Bass Week: As bass players we naturally have to know our chords, and ideally a fair bit about harmony and chord progressions ...

Before he became ‘the’ Bootsy Collins, William Collins was a young guitarist who desperately wanted to join his brother's band ...

The “more is better” philosophy isn’t always true, but for the Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra, that recipe has been a ...

He walked in by himself without a parent or other adult, looked me in the eye and pitched a two-hour show,” said the Ramkat's ...

From John Myung to Felix Pastorius to Thundercat, we follow their historic quest for the ultimate extended-range axe ...

After more than 55 years, Randy Boyd doesn’t only continue to play the steel guitar because ... John Sullivan, a lifelong friend who has played bass guitar with Boyd for more than 48 years ...

On the first two albums, there were lots of instrumentals, and I was trying to convey ideas that way,” Thundercat told Bass Player. “Now songwriting has taken a front seat.

The Head and the Heart talk about their new album, 'Aperture,' reconnecting with the spirit of their early days in Seattle, and more in our interview ...

and he would gush over Dusty Hill’s bass parts in ZZ Top songs or the surf guitar stylings of The Ventures. “We’d be out getting ready to play a Tchaikovsky symphony,” he said ...

"That f--king bass ... t do something, because the audience goes berserk and that's all that matters." While he's done with touring on a lengthy scale, the guitar legend continues to play select ...

Boosting the bass made it even better. Each note plucked at the beginning of ‘Jumpsuit’ by Twenty One Pilots sounded clear with loads of depth. The Bass Boost EQ gave a lovely warmth to the bassline ...

For this group of Galway school pals, it was – and continues to be – the stuff of dreams. After forming a band ‘for fun’ ...