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John McVie’s Rumours Alembic bass sells for $100,000
By Nick Wells published
John McVie’s one-of-a-kind Alembic used to record The Chain with Fleetwood Mac sells for $100,000
The bass remains the same: How they made the Manson John Paul Jones E-Bass identical to the Led Zeppelin legend’s actual bass
By Nick Wells published
JPJ’s long-serving guitar tech, Hugh Manson, on the making of his high-profile signature model
The year's best-selling bass is now on sale – grab the Squier Bass VI for a crazy price this Cyber Monday
By Daryl Robertson published
Get Back to a classic 60s bass tone with the Squier Bass VI for only $374.99 at Sweetwater
Level 42 legend Mark King on his 5 most famous bass guitars
By Nick Wells published
“This guy from Alembic showed up with a suitcase and said that he wanted to make a bass for me”
America Paz's fluorescent 6-string is one of the wildest basses you'll see this year
By Nick Wells published
The NG3 'Sailor Bass’ is what you get when you team Dingwall Guitars up with a tattoo artist and neon paint specialist
Explore deep bass tones with the ultra-versatile, super-comfortable Reverend Mercalli 4
By Guitar World Staff published
Features include a solid Korina body, 5-piece maple and walnut neck, proprietary pickups and much more
The 17-string bass Elwood Francis played during a ZZ Top show was a cheap Chinese knockoff of Jared Dines' 18-string Ormsby
By Sam Roche published
Dines called out the “ripoff” guitar on Instagram, to which Francis responded: “The joke’s on me ‘cause I have to play that bootleg POS!”
Watch Yves Carbonne play Teen Town on a custom 2-string bass
By Nick Wells last updated
Yup: TWO-string. French sensation Yves Carbonne demonstrates the mastery of multi-string basses that's wowed the likes of Marcus Miller and Michael Manring
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