Latest articles by Nick Wells
10 things you didn’t know about Carol Kaye
She played for Elvis, Sinatra, Spector, the Beach Boys - but just how did she do it?
Should Bill Wyman have gotten a songwriting credit for The Rolling Stones (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction?
Bill Wyman: “The fact of the matter is that my bassline made the song just as much as Keith’s guitar riff”
Andy Fraser: “It was me trying to impersonate Pete Townshend, who was, to me, the all-time greatest chord king”
How Free’s worst ever gig inspired one of the most iconic bass solos in rock
The Mu-Tron III: “Without it, there ain’t no Bootsy”
Everything you need to know about the iconic stomper from Musitronics
Epiphone Newport Bass review
All of the vintage Epiphone charm without the hefty price tag?
John Patitucci: “My gratitude for Wayne Shorter is boundless”
John Patitucci, Robert Trujillo, Flea, Felix Pastorius and many more pay tribute to jazz legend Wayne Shorter
“I don’t buy the idea that the bass player is the quiet one”: The 5 most notorious bass guitarists in rock
From Mötley Crüe hellraiser Nikki Sixx to GN‘R’s Duff McKagan
Why Flea’s bass track had to be fixed in the mix on Alanis Morissette's hit record
Mix Engineer Chris Fogel: “Flea was way out of time on You Oughta Know”
50 years ago: The Runaways’ guitarist Lita Ford was invited to replace John Paul Jones in Led Zeppelin
Lita Ford: "Robert Plant says to me, ‘You’re really good on guitar. Would you like to play bass for Led Zeppelin?’”
Jeff Berlin explains why playing bass is like playing kazoo
Jeff Berlin enters the Dave Mustaine kazoo debate: “He’s right! What makes things interesting are the notes that we choose to play on this kazoo”
Is this the end of bass rigs as we know it?
With the launch of the Super Pre, Holly Bergantino says: “Big 8x10 bass cabinets are out!”
Megadeth's Dave Mustaine: “The bass isn’t a difficult instrument to play. It’s one step up from the kazoo, isn’t it?”
When Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine slammed all bass players on ABC News
Metallica’s Robert Trujillo: “Cliff’s approach was, ‘I’m gonna play what I feel, and if you don’t like it, screw you!’”
Trujillo remembers bass guitar’s ultimate metal maverick, Cliff Burton
A piece of bass history has been listed on Reverb
What do you mean, you don’t have $7,250 for an original Gibson EB-1?
The 10 coolest bassline samples ever
How Sugarhill Gang, Eminem and even Vanilla Ice introduced new generations to the basslines of Ron Carter, Nathan East, Lee Sklar, John Deacon and more
“You can’t arrest me, I’m a rockstar!” The 10 most outrageous moments of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious
Never Mind The B**llocks, here are Sid's most infamous moments
Rick Rubin says Paul McCartney is the “best of all bass players”
In a new interview, Rubin has claimed the Beatles icon is the greatest of all time
Which is better: 4- or 5-string bass?
“Unless you’re Les Claypool, more than four is unnecessary!” Duff McKagan, Adam Blackstone and Glenn Hughes weigh in on the age-old debate
Lemmy’s 5 greatest Motörhead basslines
"Lemmy’s bass playing was just so insane!" The bass playing legacy of one of the greatest bassists in the history of metal and hard rock: Lemmy
Larry Graham – Hair bass lesson: unlock the funk legend's slap bass secrets
Jacob Umansky unravels the slap 'n' pop mastery of Sly and the Family Stone’s bass ace Larry Graham
The 10 best covers of Charles Mingus songs
From Keith Richards to Joni Mitchell, we chart the 10 best takes on ‘The Angry Man of Jazz’, Charles Mingus
Move over, I'll drive: Meet Dingwall's Lamborghini-inspired signature bass for Bad Wolves' Kyle Konkiel
The Kyle Konkiel Signature sports a custom color-shift finish, Nordstrand EQ and an additional pickup configuration
Watch Jeff Beck help a young Tal Wilkenfeld play an insane bass solo
Tal Wilkenfeld looks back on her impromptu bass jam with Jeff Beck that went viral
