Pino Palladino

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British bassist Pino Palladino performs at North Sea Jazz festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 10th July 2015. D'Angelo (right) performs during the 2012 Essence Music Festival at Louisiana Superdome on July 6, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The chance meeting between Pino Palladino and D’Angelo that helped create the sound of the vaunted Voodoo album

By Nick Wells published

The A-list bassist sheds some light on the late R&B legend's beguiling behind-the-beat hip-hop grooves

Bassists
Ernie Ball Music Man Pino Palladino StingRay

“I said to my tour manager, ‘I need 350 bucks,’ which he wasn’t happy about. That bass changed my career”: In 1981, Pino Palladino bought a fretless StingRay that altered the course of his musical life – now it’s been recreated as a signature model

By Matt Owen published

In 1981, Pino Palladino bought a fretless StingRay that altered the course of his musical life – now it’s been recreated as a signature model

Bass Guitars
John Mayer

Watch John Mayer reunite with his Fender Jimi Hendrix Monterey Stratocaster for first blues trio performance in 6 years

By Matt Owen published

It was also the first time Mayer's PRS Silver Sky received an outing during a trio gig – and the era-spanning tones on display were second-to-none

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9 of the best fretless bass performances

By Bass Player Staff published

Dive into some of the most sublime examples of fretless playing in bass guitar history

Bassists