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Best acoustic bass guitars 2025: Unplug and play with our pick of top acoustic basses
By Chris Corfield last updated
Our expert guide to the best acoustic bass guitars will instantly boost your low-end game, and enable you to play at home or on the go

Best Precision Bass 2025: P-Basses from Fender and beyond
By Chris Corfield last updated
Our top picks of the most recognizable bass in history, including models from Fender, Sire, Sterling by Music Man and more

Spector unveils three new basses – featuring fresh tonewood and finish options and a gnarly preamp created with Darkglass
By Phil Weller published
The Euro CST and LX models – offering through and bolt-on necks – add variety to its bass range while underscoring the “classic Spector growl”

Squier just gave the six-string Jazz VI bass its Affinity series debut
By Phil Weller published
The Jazz VI has been launched as part of a comprehensive Affinity expansion pack, which also includes updated active four- and five-string bass models

Best budget bass guitars 2025: our top pick of basses under $500/£500
By Richard Blenkinsop last updated
Need to tackle the low-end on a budget? Not to worry, our experts have run the rule over our favourite bass guitars that come in under $500/£500

Krist Novoselic debuts new band in Kurt Cobain's hometown – and pays tribute with a rendition of Nirvana's debut single
By Janelle Borg published
Krist Novoselic and his new band, The Bona Fide Band, gave a nod to Kurt Cobain and Nirvana with their own rendition of Love Buzz

Solar’s new Type-E models look to bring “extreme modern shapes” to the bass guitar world
By Phil Weller published
Ola Englund’s firm has announced an angular new bass shape that looks to introduce a “new standard for metal bass”

Ibanez launches “revolutionary” new multi-scale bass guitars – and they’re fitted with a game-changing tuning technology
By Phil Weller published
Two new bass models are geared towards heavier music, and feature some pioneering Graph Tech appointments to offer improved tuning

Up close and personal with the 1965 Gibson EB-6D – the super-rare bass that looks like an SG
By David Davidson published
Well Strung Guitars' David Davidson introduces us to a bona fide oddball – an electric bass with six strings and two pickups that was never a big hit for Gibson… but was played by Elvis
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