Latest articles by Joel McIver
Gillett Contour S
Gillett’s innovative Contour bass design slims down, gains a piezo pickup and endures a road-test
Session bassist Bill Banwell: “It doesn’t matter what gig you’re doing, just play as well as you can because you don’t know who might be watching”
Want to hit the big time? Follow the example of Rag’n’Bone Man bassist Bill Banwell, whose work rate puts the rest of us to shame…
Jamiroquai's Paul Turner: “You need to be able to head-nod or foot-stomp while you’re playing, or you’re not in the pocket”
Jamiroquai bassist Paul Turner may be living the dream, but he fought hard to get to the top. Read on for the tale of how he got there
Ida Nielsen: “When I do my own band, I can feel so many things that I learned from Prince. He was a great bass player”
The bassist talks tone, signature gear and Prince's love of Danelectro Fab Tones
Stone Temple Pilots' Robert DeLeo: “I love the personality that amps and basses give each part of the song. It’s like painting”
Stone Temple Pilots bassist Robert DeLeo has been through a lot in recent years
Andrea Goldsworthy: “Never assume it’s fine. It’s not like, ‘I only do arenas now, I don’t need to prepare’ - I do. Everybody does”
10 years ago, Andrea Goldsworthy had just become the bassist for a little-known pop artist called Paloma Faith. Now she’s playing the world’s biggest stages…
Stu Hamm: “Tuning is a myth; it’s like money in that it’s a shared hallucination”
The bass maestro on tuning, tone and The Diary Of Patrick Xavier
Derek Smalls: “I’ve stayed out of pods, mate. Once bitten, twice shy... I don’t even like lifts”
Once of the legendary spinal tap, now a solo artist, the great Derek smalls returns with a star-studded album, including a song about his ‘old chap’
Machine Head's Jared McEachern: “I told myself ‘I’m gonna give it a shot - and whatever happens, at least I tried’”
California metal monsters Machine Head return with a new album, loaded with huge sounds from bassist Jared McEachern
Lee Pomeroy: "To play these songs with Jon Anderson and Trevor Rabin is a dream come true"
Yes. ELO. Take That... how many other bassists can you name who play in not one but three massive bands? Joel McIver meets the mighty Lee Pomeroy
Retrovibe EVO Davie504 Signature Bass by Chowny
Italian Youtuber Davie504 gets a signature Retrovibe from Bristol’s Chowny
