The wildest bass solo you’ve never heard? Robert Sledge cranked the fuzz for this Ben Folds Five classic
Over the course of a stop–start 17-year-long association, the group from Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Folds on piano and ...
Paul McCartney said his very first performance with John Lennon went so badly that he swore off guitar solos
McCartney's botched showpiece was the reason he pushed Lennon to bring George Harrison into the Quarrymen. The rest is Beatles history ...
Created by the Ibanez Custom Shop in L.A., Thundercat’s double-neck bass guitar has a 6-string on top and an 8-string on the bottom
Created by Ibanez’s L.A. Custom Shop in 2012, Thundercat’s main axe is a highly customized Ibanez Artcore 6-string. It’s a ...
After 50 years at the low-end, Stanley Clarke decided to part ways with his astonishing bass collection
The bass virtuoso recounts his bass gear past and present, from his trademark Alembic to the bass equivalent of the Fender ...
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Seven things guitar players do wrong — according to professional bassists and drummers
So you think your bandmates are happy with your contribution as guitarist? That you’re doing a great job and everything is peachy? Well, I conducted an expansive investigation to find out just ...
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Larry Graham explains how his unorthodox six-string style invented slap bass
“Bass players weren't using effects up until that ... “I started from the first time I played bass. I played guitar with my fingers – not a pick. So I would thump the strings with my thumb ...
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Gene Simmons says Ace Frehley copied a Robby Krieger guitar solo note for note on a famous Kiss track
The former Kiss bass guitar player recalled how Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready told him Ace Frehley’s guitar work had been a big inspiration to him. Specifically, McCready cited “She” as one of ...
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Jack Bruce’s Gibson EB-1 is going up for a one-time-only public display
The Gibson EB-1 bass guitar that Jack Bruce played during Cream ... At the time of the concerts, Bruce spoke to Bass Player ...
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Fender unveils Player II refresh with the Strat, Tele, P and Jazz Basses in Sparkle 3-Color Sunburst
The new-look models have all the same Player II features – rosewood fingerboards with rolled edges, Alnico V pickups, ...
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Score an impressive $100 off the newly launched Fender Saturday Night Special Player Tele, Strat and P-Bass, exclusive to Guitar Center
Like the idea of a Player guitar, but want to stand out from the ... Telecaster, and Precision Bass a rich dark blue makeover and added custom-wound Seymour Duncan Saturday Night Special pickups ...