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Which is better: 4- or 5-string bass?
“Unless you’re Les Claypool, more than four is unnecessary!” Duff McKagan, Adam Blackstone and Glenn Hughes weigh in on the age-old debate
Lemmy’s 5 greatest Motörhead basslines
"Lemmy’s bass playing was just so insane!" The bass playing legacy of one of the greatest bassists in the history of metal and hard rock: Lemmy
Lessons you can learn from Slash‘s blues guitar solos
Learn how to keep your solos fresh and memorable with this look at the Guns N‘ Roses icon‘s bluesier side
Slash reveals how he really came up with the Sweet Child O’ Mine riff
The Guns N' Roses guitarist explained that the iconic riff did not originate from a warm-up routine, contrary to popular belief
Krist Novoselic: “The bass got caught in the TV lights – and then boom!”
At the 1992 MTV Awards, Nirvana bassman Krist Novoselic threw his Gibson 25 feet in the air, forgetting it would come down again shortly afterwards
Opening for Guns N’ Roses, taking lessons from Randy Rhoads and trading licks with Steve Vai: what the Sunset Strip's golden era was really like
As a new compilation album assembles some of the era's deepest cuts, Jaded Lady guitarist Danelle Kern and Romeo and Hellion alum Chet Thompson recall their fondest memories from the epicenter of shred guitar
Slash once joined Nile Rodgers and Chic for a marathon Le Freak solo spot – but the show ended in tragedy
Watch the 1996 performance the Guns N’ Roses guitarist called “the biggest privilege of my life” – at the concert that would prove to be bass legend Bernard Edwards’ last
Slash bassist Todd Kerns: “Guns N’ Roses’ music was in my DNA, so when I met Slash, it was like, ‘What are we doing? Nightrain? Okay!’ I just knew the songs”
Kerns is on a mission to deliver the very best bass – and vocal harmonies – he can, and leaves us some valuable nuggets of career advice
