Vicky Warwick: "I love playing Fender Mustang basses, but the Jazz has more punch" By Ellen O'Reilly published 25 March 20 The fast-rising Charli XCX, Gabrielle Aplin and Josh Kumra bassist talks high-profile collaborations and her love of short-scale Fender basses
Upgrade your solos by learning CAGED scales By Chris Bird published 23 March 20 Cage fight! This match up of chords and scales will improve your leads
Voyager's Alex Canion: "I knew absolutely nothing about being a DJ, so, I got my dad’s old basses out and started chipping away" By Alex Canion published 23 March 20 The Aussie prog bass wizard on his failed attempts at DJ-ing, love for the 5-string, and favorite bass tone of all time
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Megadeth's Dave Ellefson: "With bass design, sometimes the best way forward is to go back in time" By Bass Player Staff published 18 March 20 The thrash-metal bassist is not one to sit still between the band's touring cycles. Here he talks solo ventures, spoken word and collaborating with Jackson
Victor Wooten: "Music is about more than the time spent on your instrument. It’s about the time spent on yourself" By Ellen O'Reilly published 18 March 20 How the Wooten Brothers ended up among the most accomplished musical families in history
How to use bass EQ pedals to take full control of your low-end By Dan Veall published 16 March 20 This guide will show you the importance and power of equalization on your pedalboard
Iron Maiden's Steve Harris talks British Lion, songwriting, and why his SansAmp is a carry-on essential when touring By Joel McIver published 11 March 20 "Whether the crowd is 200 or 200,000 people, there’s no difference - I still give 110 per cent wherever I'm playing"
Steve Morse: "Deep Purple used to put me in a separate van because I’d be playing the whole way between gigs!" By Amit Sharma published 11 March 20 The Deep Purple and Flying Colors hero on changing picking styles, choosing guitars and famous friends…
Warwick Rockboard MOD 5 and TRES 3.1 Pedalboard review By Stuart Clayton published 10 March 20 Warwick’s new pedalboard gear is made for stompin', and that's just what we'll do...
Stuart Zender: "I remember recording Just Can’t Stop with Jamiroquai and it felt as though the bass was flowing into me" By Bass Player Staff published 9 March 20 Stuart Zender returns with the Sound Of London Collective - and a bass performance to equal his very best
How to play power chord riffs and progressions By Chris Bird published 6 March 20 Power up your rhythm and riffing with our lesson on these staple chord shapes
Gallien-Krueger Legacy 800 review By Mike Brooks published 6 March 20 A new range of bass amps from GK tap into the history of the company - but will the Legacy 800 rock our world?
Sims Enfield Lionheart Standard Air 4 and 5 review By Mike Brooks published 5 March 20 The UK luthier's top-spec four- and five-string basses rated
The Analogues' Bart van Poppel: "A lot of Paul McCartney’s bass thinking came from him starting out as a guitar player" By Amit Sharma published 4 March 20 The tonally authentic Beatles tribute band's bass player, producer and musical director serves up a McCartney masterclass…
5 hurdles every beginner guitar player faces - and how to avoid them By Justin Sandercoe published 28 February 20 Justin Sandercoe lends GT his insight as one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers
Andy Shauf: "Follow the melody and look at the chords later" By Grant Moon published 28 February 20 The Canadian multi-instrumentalist on the craft of songwriting, vintage gear and his new album, The Neon Skyline
Vintage Reissued V100PBB and V100MP review By Dave Burrluck published 26 February 20 Brit-conceived and long-running lookalike brand Vintage is going places – particularly across the pond in the USA. Is now the time to reconsider the copy? We think so…
Wishbone Ash's Andy Powell: "We were the second generation. You’d already had Beck, Clapton, Page, Green. It was up to us to carry the torch" By Henry Yates published 25 February 20 Wishbone Ash's Andy Powell on Jamaican weed, redeeming the Flying V, and how Peter Green became his guitar hero…