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The 17-string bass Elwood Francis played during a ZZ Top show was a cheap Chinese knockoff of Jared Dines' 18-string Ormsby
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
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
The Fender Bass VI is this year's best-selling bass guitar thanks to the Beatles
The baritone-meets-bass has overtaken Precision and Jazz models after its appearances in Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back documentary led to a surge in sales
Ernie Ball Music Man launches new 35th anniversary StingRay 5 bass guitar
The special-edition five-string features stainless steel frets and a maple-veneered Spalted Sunburst maple top, and comes in single- and dual-humbucker incarnations
Fender debuts outlandish Jazz Bass V for funk favorite MonoNeon
MonoNeon's tricked-out 5-string Jazz Bass comes with an eye-popping neon finish, an 18V preamp and a sock (yes, really)
Harley Benton's new J-style MV-4JB Gotoh bass guitar has a more impressive spec sheet than its price tag would suggest
Available in four sleek finishes, the all-new four-string sports Gotoh hardware, Roswell JBA alnico 5 single-coils and a host of other head-turning appointments
Solar Guitars announce signature bass for The Haunted’s Jonas Björler
The latest signature model from Solar Guitars promises powerful metal tones and effortless pose potential
Kramer Disciple D-1 Bass review
The unashamedly extrovert K-Bass continues its purple reign
