Latest articles by Bass Player Staff
Could you be the Bassist of the Year?
Calling all bassists... It’s time to enter the biggest bass talent search of the year – deadline now extended to November 15!
Jah Wobble on his 5 essential bass albums
Celebrating the back catalog of the former Public Image Ltd. bassist – all the hits, the misses and the maybes
Chic bassist Jerry Barnes: “I use Bernard's chucking, but not like him… I’m trying to keep from bleeding!“
Chic's low-end master of funk on gear, influences, touring with Cher and keeping Bernard Edwards' basslines alive
Scott Reeder, Tracy Wormworth and Doug Wimbish are your Bassist of the Year judges
These keepers of the low-end will be judging your bass guitar entries
Lamb of God's John Campbell: "People ask how I play so fast - I don’t really know because I made it up as I went along!"
The metal titan gives his advice on how to be a better bass player
Margaret LaBombard: "If a song makes you feel something, you can thank the bass player"
The Slyboots four-stringer recalls her formative years playing bass, and how the NYC bass community moulded her into the player she is today
Win over $13,000 worth of bass gear in Bass Player's mammoth 400th issue competition
Get your hands on incredible prizes from Fender, Bite, Gallien-Krueger, Ashdown, Orange, Ernie Ball and many more
Trivium's Paolo Gregoletto: "I haven’t used a cab live in years. Bass was ahead of the curve when it came to DI"
The architect of Trivium's low-end on his studio setup, and why MIDI drums were key to their monstrous new album, What The Dead Men Say
Meet the owner of the world's biggest 12-string bass collection
Idaho-resident bassist Mark Rowe owns what is thought to be the world’s largest collection of 12-string basses. We meet him for a chat about the thang behind the twang...
Victor Brandt: “I’ve been happily surprised that, even with so much going in Dimmu’s music, I could squeeze in some nice bass parts”
The Dimmu Borgir bassist on satanic pickups, signature gear, and the cross-cultural exchange between Norwegian black metal and Swedish death metal
Kristiine Silinja: "I love exploration, adventures, and freedom. All that comes with a six-string bass"
Solo bassist Kristiine Silinja reminds us that there’s no such thing as ‘you cannot’...
My Dying Bride's Lena Abe: "When you’re playing slow, it’s even more noticeable if your timing’s not bang-on"
The doom-metal bassist talks playing exclusively with a pick and the creation of the band's latest album, The Ghost of Orion
Tech 21 Steve Harris SH-1 SansAmp review
The New York-based pedal company delivers a stompbox that faithfully recreates the Iron Maiden legend's sound
Andrew Levy: "If a track’s really going to travel, you’ve got to pull back the bassline and make sure the song is the star"
The bassist of acid jazz legends Brand New Heavies takes on our questions on longevity, gear and how brass can age a song
Dream Theater's John Myung: "There are moments when I’m playing parts live that I wish I did on the album the first time round"
The Dream Theater bassist on the 20th anniversary of Scenes from a Memory, the magic of down-tuning and how he brings the energy live
Billy Sheehan names 5 of his favorite bass albums
Sheehan is one of the world’s most accomplished bassists - so we can all learn from the five albums that influenced him
Megadeth's Dave Ellefson: "With bass design, sometimes the best way forward is to go back in time"
The thrash-metal bassist is not one to sit still between the band's touring cycles. Here he talks solo ventures, spoken word and collaborating with Jackson
Life of Agony's Alan Robert reveals his vintage bass guitar collection
"I've stage dived into the crowd countless times over the years holding my vintage basses"
Stuart Zender: "I remember recording Just Can’t Stop with Jamiroquai and it felt as though the bass was flowing into me"
Stuart Zender returns with the Sound Of London Collective - and a bass performance to equal his very best
Leprous bassist Simen Daniel Børven: "Good sound is in the hands. All the cool brands out there won’t save you"
The French prog-metaller steps out of the gear mindset and says the tone is all in your hands
Alter Bridge's Brian Marshall: "As a bass player, I tend to play off of what a vocalist would do"
The hard-rock bassist talks writing and recording Walk the Sky, and collaborating across time zones
Ruth Goller: "My regular Mustang Bass is still my favorite... I know exactly what to do with it"
Bass Player columnist and composer Ruth Goller talks about her career playing jazz, world and uncategorizable music
The 100 best bass players of all time
The definitive rundown of the legends, unsung heroes, virtuosos and trailblazers that make bass great
