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Best budget bass guitars 2024: 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
Is this the world’s most expensive bass guitar?
By Bill Leigh published
The Flora Aurum – created in 2007 to mark Ritter Basses’ tenth anniversary – was priced at $100,000
Harley Benton has launched a new series of Fender-inspired bass guitars – and prices start from just $207
By Phil Weller published
Precision, Jazz and Mustang-flavored four- and five-strings headline the affordable new MV range
Why Lee Sklar hand-carved his 1962 Fender Jazz Bass
By Nick Wells published
1971’s Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon featured some of Lee Sklar’s best work with James Taylor – and Lee Sklar's “total hippie bass”
Spector unveils Doug Wimbish USA Custom Series basses, including a replica of his iconic 1987 5-string
By Janelle Borg published
With signature EMG pickups and an era-specific headstock design, Spector's new basses promise to deliver “the sound and feel that inspired Doug Wimbish's signature style”
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