Latest about Tim Commerford
With Rage Against the Machine, Tim Commerford pioneered an all-time iconic bass tone. No wonder he's cagey about his setup
The toughest right hand in bass charts his never-ending quest for the ultimate tone
Tim Commerford’s new Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay is a love letter to the pawnshop bass that crafted the first Rage record
Passive and active editions have been launched, but both come optimized with some clever, player-adjustable additions
That time Rage Against the Machine's Tim Commerford injected himself with steroids then set himself on fire
The RATM bassist went all out for Future User’s Mountain Lion video – which also features a cameo by Lance Armstrong
The 20 greatest slap bass songs of all time
These masterful slap basslines chart the evolution of the quintessential bass technique, from Larry Graham to today's YouTube heroes
“Bass players always are the last people to find out”: Rage Against the Machine bassist Tim Commerford doesn’t know if the band is over or not
While Commerford's words do bass player stereotypes no favors, they at least spark some hope for the future of the political rockers
“Whenever we’d drop that bass riff, places would become unhinged”: Listen to Tim Commerford’s isolated bassline on Killing In The Name by Rage Against The Machine
The beginning of RATM best-known song is a sinister D plus octave of D#
Dunlop Cry Baby Bass Wah: the most recognizable effects pedal ever made?
Classics don’t come much more heavyweight than the Cry Baby wah-wah and the 105Q Bass edition is no exception
![[L-R] Tim Commerford and Jonny Polonsky](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qp6KwQp7utSnfC5jHaNaAA-840-80.jpg.webp)
Tim Commerford and Jonny Polonsky on the unlikely origins and promising future of their eclectic new trio project, 7D7D
The Rage Against the Machine bassist on why playing with Polonsky is like “jamming with Hendrix”, and his failed experiments with short-scale basses in RATM
Rage Against the Machine's Tim Commerford reveals he has been battling prostate cancer: "I would be on stage looking at my amp in tears"
The bassist has opened up about his private battle with cancer, and revealed he had surgery just two months before the band set out on tour earlier this year
