Bass Player Live! 2017 Returns To Hollywood November 4th-5th

Bass Player Lifetime Achievement Award to Flea; clinics by Chuck Rainey, dUg Pinnick, Bunny Brunel and Andrew Gouche announced for Bass Player LIVE! 2017.

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Dmitry Lisenko Releases New Solo Acoustic Bass Album Titled ‘Minimalist’

Minimalism is the practice of making space for the things you value most in life, by removing the excess that distracts you from happiness.

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Darkglass Electronics Unveils the Alpha·Omicron Distortion

With the double distortion engine (Alpha and Omega), our new creation delivers unparalleled versatility, harmonic rich and bone-crushing sound.

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Green Day to Support Victims of Hurricane Harvey With Performance

“We kept seeing these terrible images of devastation coming from Texas, and we knew we had to do something to help,” said Green Day lead vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong. “We’re…

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Watch “Black Sabbath: The End of The End” Official Trailer

The sold-out performance marked the culmination of a global tour that saw the band play to over one and a half million fans. With their inception in 1968, BLACK SABBATH…

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Bass Player’s Coverage of The 2017 Warwick Bass Camp and 35th Anniversary Celebration

We travel out to Germany to cover Warwick’s 2017 Bass Camp and 35th Anniversary Celebration.

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Ear Trumpet Labs Releases The Nadine Upright Bass Mic

Nadine is a medium-large diaphragm condenser microphone that excels in capturing the natural acoustic sound of the upright bass, picking up as much of the surface sound as possible while…

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Peter Hook: Bringing Joy Division and New Order to New Audiences with the Light

“Honestly, it’s like banging your head on a brick wall,” Peter Hook deadpans, barely concealing the gleeful sarcasm in his Mancunian lilt.

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Steve Swallow: The Jazz Bass Pioneer Meets Iggy Pop

Steve Swallow is one of the most accomplished and most recorded jazz bassists of all time, with a career that’s now in its sixth decade—but there’s nothing he likes better…

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Review: Ernie Ball Music Man 30th Anniversary StingRay5

The music man StingRay has been lauded continuously in these pages, most recently in 2016 when we reviewed the 40th-anniversary edition of the stalwart bass. Looking back on our many…

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