The phenomenal guitar playing of Joe Satriani needs no introduction, but he also handled bass duties on his first two albums ...

With Chic, bassist Bernard Edwards brought a new sophistication to late-'70s disco with hits like Le Freak and Good Times, ...

At its core, bass tab is a simplified notation system for the bass guitar. Where standard sheet music represents all musical elements and details the rhythms, dynamics and pitches on a five-line ...

“I took a bass string, put it on the guitar, and tuned it in unison an octave lower than the A string so I'd still be able to play with all six strings.” ...

Last fall, Raincoats bassist Gina Birch announced her debut solo album, I Play My Bass Loud, and shared the single “Wish I Was You,” which featured an assist from Thurston Moore. Today, she ...

The Traveling Wilburys always had a strong lineup of amazing guitarists, but even the most legendary have one person relegated to bass.

Paul McCartney playing a Höfner violin bass guitar on Salisbury Plain in England during the filming of “Help” in May 1965. It is similar to the one that went missing.

The recording was all done from his home studio (and sometimes in his dining room), with one musician playing all of the instruments — McDonald. Even the fretless bass got several layers upon ...