Latest articles by Bass Guitar
Rock Goddess bassist Jenny Lane: “When I’m struggling a bit onstage, I think ‘What would Lemmy do?’”
The UK bass player talks band monogamy and keeping her (Motör)head
Nashville Pussy’s Bonnie Buitrago: “Basslines can be incredible if they are driving and simple, or wild, non-stop jammin’”
The US rockers’ bassist on the tone and technique at the heart of her sound
Mai Leisz: “The notes you don’t play can be more important than the ones you play”
The David Crosby bassist and MaiGroup band leader reflects
Dave Marks: “I get parachuted into a lot of gigs and it’s never a soft landing”
Dave Marks is a session and stage bassist, festival organiser, educator and writer. We ask the great man how he gets it all done…
The Cult’s Jamie Stewart: “The job of a bass player is not to be front and centre; it’s to play your part in the bigger sonic picture”
The Cult were and remain that rare thing, a band whose appeal extends across multiple generations of music fans
Justin Currie: “Del Amitri’s songs had tons of arpeggiated guitar melodies. How did you fit the bass in?”
Del Amitri are the subject of a new, official band biography; singer and bassist Justin Currie casts his eye back
UB40's Earl Falconer: “You can travel across continents with Steinbergers and they’re always in tune”
It’s four decades since Brit-reggae stars UB40 emerged, fuelled by the massive bass-lines of Earl Falconer. We raise a glass with the Earl himself...
Five Finger Death Punch's Chris Kael: “People don’t hear bass; they feel it”
Chris Kael of Las Vegas metallers Five Finger Death Punch on the role of the bass, keeping an eye on the future and knuckling down to business...
