Fitting fresh bass strings can be a real treat ... for how in-tune one string plays at every note, whether that’s high or low ...

When I was a kid, that was my favourite sound on the guitar ... of the fretboard… the one, the two and the five. I think that’s sort of my signature," he says of the three-note inversions ...

After thirty-five years the Australian improvising trio are still pushing forward into strange new territories, finds Levi ...

Performing alongside guitarist Nile Rodgers, Jerry Barnes has bestowed his deep-pocketed basslines upon Chic since the ...

[Mattias Kranz] seems to have done, so he built the 360 Guitar, a new instrument with a circular, rotating neck. The rotating ... of the standard strings for a bass and treble guitar, plus a ...

Any bassist has an uphill battle not to get overshadowed, but Klaus Voorman turned in one of the best performances in just five seconds of a song.

The American Ultra II range looked stunning in real life and we are pleased to report that the colour descriptions are just ...

In a rare interview, the blink-182 bassist shares his tone secrets, the bassline he still struggles to play, and how Ned’s Atomic Dustbin changed the way he approaches the bass ...

Although it’s true that bass strings last longer than standard guitar strings, I believe it’s important ... making for great progress across the fretboard. However, you do pay quite a price for Ernie ...

You could argue that the American Ultra II is a blasphemy against the purity of Leo Fender's first masterpiece – or you could ...

A slide is moved up and down the fretboard ... note is sounded out from the EV3’s internal speaker. It’s strictly a monophonic instrument, but three different sounds are available: a bass ...

Leo Fender spent most of his life in Fullerton and started the musical instrument company with his name in town.