Soundroom: Fender Pawn Shop Mustang Bass, Warwick RockBass Corvette, and Warmoth Short Scale Series

5/17/2013 12:17:00 PM
THE OLD ADAGE THAT “LEO GOT IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME” WITH THE Fender Precision Bass is hard to dispute; the combination of styling, ergonomics, and tone from that design forms the core of our consciousness as bass players. More...

Soundroom: Fodera Monarch 4 Standard Bass

5/17/2013 12:03:00 PM
THERE ARE HIGH-END BASSES, AND THEN, THERE’S FODERA. More...

Soundroom: Ibanez BTB1405E Premium

4/17/2013 6:58:00 PM
WITH AN ARTIST ROSTER THAT RANGES FROM THRASH/ELECTRONICA iconoclast Thundercat and metalcore monster Mike D’Antonio to fretless phenom Gary Willis and R&B jazzer Gerald Veasley, it can be tough to pinpoint the Ibanez aesthetic. More...

Soundroom: Fano Alt de Facto PX4 and Alt de Facto GF4

4/17/2013 6:48:00 PM
IN HIS ALT DE FACTO LINE OF BASSES AND GUITARS, BUILDER-DESIGNER DENNIS Fano seeks to build historical replicas of instruments that never actually existed. More...

New Gear from the 2013 NAMM Show

3/26/2013 4:55:00 PM
This month and next, we’ll be sifting through everything we saw at this year’s NAMM Show to bring you the best in bass. More...

Soundroom: Aria Pro II Cluff Burton Signature Bass

3/21/2013 7:10:00 PM
THERE ARE THOSE ICONIC INSTRUMENTS—PAUL MCCARTNEY’S HÖFNER 500/1, CHRIS SQUIRE’S Rickenbacker 4001, Jaco Pastorius’ “Bass of Doom,” to name a few—that are so closely linked with that particular player that the mere sight of More...

Jack Casady's Bass, part 2

3/18/2013 3:54:00 PM
Jack Casady's bass, from the July 1972 issue of Guitar Player.     Next page--> More...

Jack Casady's Bass, part 3

3/18/2013 3:54:00 PM
Jack Casady's bass, from the July 1972 issue of Guitar Player. More...

Jack Casady's Bass, July 1972

3/18/2013 3:50:00 PM
Jack Casady's bass, from the July 1972 issue of Guitar Player.     Next page--> More...

Guild, April 1972

3/18/2013 3:27:00 PM
Name that tune! From the April 1972 issue of Guitar Player. More...

Soundroom: Ibanez ATK805E Premium

1/30/2013 12:00:00 AM
“EVERY STYLE. EVERY SONG. EVERY NIGHT.” More...

Soundroom: Lariat Gabriella

1/18/2013 12:00:00 AM
LIKE MANY LUTHIERS, PAUL LAIRAT STARTED out on guitar, worked in carpentry, and then brought his two passions together, when he made his first guitar back in the mid 1990s. More...

Fender Select Precision & Jazz Basses

11/5/2012 12:00:00 AM
IT’S AN ADAGE YOU HEAR TIME AND AGAIN—LEO GOT IT right the fi rst time. More...

Höfner 173 "Artist"

11/5/2012 12:00:00 AM
FOUNDED IN GERMANY IN 1887, HÖFNER may forever be typecast by low-end aficionados as the company that made Sir Paul McCartney’s 500/1 “Beatle Bass.” More...

Blast Cult One4Five and Channel Blaster

11/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
THE SLAP UPRIGHT BASS TECHNIQUE WAS originally a response to the problem of getting heard in a group. More...