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How Michael Manring’s relentless search for new sounds led to the creation of his signature Zon Hyperbass
By Nick Wells published
Michael Manring – the solo bass man, session player and tutor on pushing the bass guitar to its limits

“It’s a dialogue between the right hand and the left hand, with the right hand doing most of the talking!” Michael Manring explains the origins of his slap technique
By Nick Wells published
How the world’s ‘leading solo bassist’ fused slap bass with the rhythmic studies of Indian music

One of the most famous names on a bass guitar pickup, electronics expert, Bill Bartolini, has died aged 84
By Nick Wells published
Gary Willis, Michael Manring, Lee Sklar, and many more pay tribute to Bill Bartolini

Watch the world’s ‘leading solo bassist’ play four different bass guitars at the same time
By Nick Wells published
Michael Manring: “I’d travel with four basses and I started getting asked: ‘Why don’t you play all of them at once?’”

Jeff Berlin explains why playing bass is like playing kazoo
By Nick Wells published
Jeff Berlin enters the Dave Mustaine kazoo debate: “He’s right! What makes things interesting are the notes that we choose to play on this kazoo”

Watch Yves Carbonne play Teen Town on a custom 2-string bass
By Nick Wells last updated
Yup: TWO-string. French sensation Yves Carbonne demonstrates the mastery of multi-string basses that's wowed the likes of Marcus Miller and Michael Manring
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