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Billy Sheehan explains his three-finger plucking technique
By Nick Wells published
After almost 60 years of playing bass, Billy Sheehan is still learning – and still flooring listeners

DiMarzio and Billy Sheehan have reinvented the P-Bass pickup with a new patent
By Janelle Borg published
The new DiMarzio design reimagines P-Bass pickup covers, promising improvements in both playability and performance

“You could play a one-string bass with a pick and still create amazing music”: Billy Sheehan disputes his reputation as “an overplaying icon of lead bass”
By Joel McIver published
For Mr Big and Sons Of Apollo bassist Billy Sheehan, there’s more to playing rock bass than mere mechanics

The Winery Dogs’ Richie Kotzen and Billy Sheehan talk improv, adrenaline, and the importance of balancing godly chops with songs
By Joe Bosso published
Yeah, they know they're good. But Sheehan and Kotzen's new Dogs album, III, makes the case for knowing where and when to unleash the fretboard pyro, and when to reference Motown

How Billy Sheehan learned to slap
By Nick Wells published
“I could never figure out where those notes were coming from. Then I’d go see Victor Wooten and just give up!”

Mr. Big announce farewell world tour
By Jackson Maxwell published
At each show, the band will perform their 1991 album, Lean into It – including the album's sing-along, chart-topping smash hit single, To Be With You – in its entirety

Rick Rubin says Paul McCartney is the “best of all bass players”
By Nick Wells published
In a new interview, Rubin has claimed the Beatles icon is the greatest of all time

Billy Sheehan on why, 40 years on, it was time to bring Talas back and celebrate the triumphant year of 1985
By Adam Kovac published
“We played together again, and we had a riot”: the bass icon reflects on a band who were heirs to the '80s hard-rock and metal guitar throne and a comeback tinged with tragedy
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