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Stone Temple Pilots bassist Rob DeLeo has experienced the death of his lead singer twice – and somehow found a way to keep playing
By Jon D’Auria Published
Robert DeLeo opens up on the loss of Scott Weiland and Chester Bennington, playing alongside Johnny Depp in Hollywood Vampires, and the ’65 P-Bass with a “fingerboard like a Rickenbacker”

“Don’t play, or even look at, this bass if you’ve got a hangover”: The biggest bass guitar launches this month
By Nick Wells Published
From genre-defining signature basses to an unconventional take on a Fender classic, here’s the lowdown on August’s biggest new bass gear releases

How a forgotten 1969 Jazz Bass became the go-to studio instrument for one of London’s top session bassists
By Nick Wells Published
Sam Dixon’s bass collection also includes a 1967 Silverstone Dolphin, a Harmony H2 from 1964, and a pre-CBS Fender P-Bass

How Jefferson Airplane's Jack Casady wound up recording one of Jimi Hendrix's greatest studio jams
By Nick Wells Published
Jack Casady recalls the late-night studio session that became Hendrix's legendary Electric Ladyland recording

How Ronnie Wood began his path to rock royalty with a stolen Fender bass
By Ed Friedland Published
Long before he was a Rolling Stone, Ronnie Wood played bass guitar on a ragged 12-bar blues with Jeff Beck

How Marla Kether landed the Little Simz gig and made her debut on the UK’s biggest festival stage
By Nick Wells Published
The London-born bassist, DJ and producer enjoyed a baptism of fire on the Pyramid Stage – now her solo work brings her Afro-Brazilian influences to the fore as she plans her next step

Why bassist Paul Samwell-Smith chose a short-scale Epiphone for his “rave-ups” with the Yardbirds
By Stevie Glasgow Published
The blues-rock opener from the band’s 1966 debut album showcases a standout example of Samwell-Smith’s fluid, freewheeling bass work

The bass Bootsy Collins used to record a James Brown anthem has been listed on eBay
By Nick Wells Published
The Fender Jazz Bass bought at auction for $40,000, has now been listed on eBay for almost twice as much. But you’ll have to bid an extra $299 if you want the original strings
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