Latest articles by Bass Player Staff
Cat Popper: “Writing is complicated for me, because voices in my head tell me I should sound more like someone else”
Having earned her stripes playing bass with a laundry list of heavy hitters, Popper goes solo with new single, Maybe It's All Right
Bryan Beller on the search for the perfect bass and thinking visually when songwriting
The Aristocrats and Joe Satriani bass phenom unpacks his epic pedalboard, and explains the importance of video in music today
Meet Bassist of the Year 2020, Danny Sapko
Technically adventurous, musically astute and your favorite bassist of 2020, Sapko walks through his bass approach
Fusion legend Mark Egan talks creative chemistry, custom basses and the spirit of improvisation on new album Electric Blue
With Danny Gottlieb, Egan has crafted another album of musical surprises and virtuoso performances
Jimmy Haslip: “I know I don’t play the instrument correctly! I've just tried to find my own way of expressing myself“
He got lessons from Jaco Pastorius and toured with Allan Holdsworth – now Haslip continues to push the frontiers of bass guitar with album reissues, sessions and a playing style like no other
Black Stone Cherry's Jon Lawhon: "As a bass player, it’s your job to be the foundation – if you mess up, the whole band will come off the tracks"
Bass tips and music business advice from the hard-rockin' BSC bassist
Damian Erskine: “Don’t distract yourself with getting gear to solve all your problems. Make what you have work”
School is in session as the bassist extraordinaire launches an online bass education portal
Leanne Bowes: “I want my deep inner connection with the beat to come across, and that leaves no room for nerves”
Session and solo ace Leanne Bowes recalls the key moments that took her bass career to the next level
Bonnie Whitmore: ”I’m one of those bassists who never changes their strings, and when I do, I rub bacon fat on them to deaden them!”
Austin-based Bonnie Whitmore returns with a bass-packed new album – and some serious food for thought...
Jason Newsted: his best (and worst) bass albums
Highlights from the former Metallica bassist's discography ranked and rated
Musical director and bassist Adam Blackstone reveals how the spectacular Super Bowl 60 half-time show came together
Carefully directing sets by J-Lo and Shakira for 100 million sports fans, while playing bass at the same time... Tough gig
Megadeth's David Ellefson ranks the best (and worst) albums from his career
From thrash classics to solo projects and high-profile collaborations, the Jackson-toting bass supremo looks back at his recording history
John Myung: “Every song, every album, every musician is a potential teacher. It’s just a matter of whether you’re open enough to see it that way“
The Dream Theater bassist shares advice, gear tips and explains the joy of six
Nova Twins' Georgia South: “I love the sound of heavy electronic music and dubstep. I find inspiration in how the bass sits in those songs“
The effects-keen bassist brings a huge tone – and attitude – to modern rock music. We find out (partly) how it’s done
Sandberg California TM Nighthawk Plus and VS Lionel review
Two very different basses from Sandberg stake their claim for mid-priced market supremacy
Colin Bass: “It’s an unknown future for musicians and crew. But hopefully we will all rise like phoenixes from the ashes“
The Camel bassist is hoping to bring a little light to the world with his meditative new album, Still
The best bass gear of 2020
Despite a mutant virus, presidential upheaval and the end of all our gigs, we’ve had plenty of new bass guitars, amps and effects to enjoy
Introducing your 2020 Bassist of the Year, Danny Sapko
The 27-year-old funked his way to the well-deserved top spot
Cold's Lindsay Manfredi: ”There’s a feeling when you’re playing bass. It’s different from other instruments”
Essential survival advice, for life in general as much as related to bass playing
Broadway and West End bassist Ian King: “Hamilton is an intense gig – I’m playing four instruments in the show!“
King has played Hamilton, Mamma Mia!... You name it, he's played it, and this is the story of his journey to the stage
Destruction's Schmier on his love of Dean basses and how Born to Thrash was bought with Jack and Coke
The bass giant holds court as the German thrash metal titans return with a Covid-era live album
Madina Lake's Matthew Leone: "I was so clueless, I brought my first bass to my first-ever show in a garbage bag"
The bassist for the returning Chicago alt-rock heroes on piece-of-crap basses, love of the groove and Chi Cheng's influence
Doug Wimbish looks back at 5 of his best – and worst – bass sessions
From an inspired collaboration with Annie Lennox to a sliding doors moment with the Stones...
