The Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh, who helped co-found the legendary band and served as their bassist, has died at the age of 84.

Lesh didn’t play bass when he joined Jerry Garcia’s new band, leading to an innovative style that brought the instrument to the fore ...

Nikki Sixx said his career would probably have turned out differently if he hadn’t started out on his stepfather’s cheap ...

Sitting at opposite ends of the board are Anthony Jackson and James Jamerson Jr., the world's foremost authorities on the ...

Phil Lesh, the bass player who co-founded the legendary rock band Grateful Dead, died on Friday. He was 84. Lesh’s death was ...

Gene Simmons shared his less is more approach to bass playing, admitted he's not a virtuoso, and doesn't like "show-offs in music." ...

It doesn't matter how well-honed your guitar chops are, the way your instrument is set up will have a huge effect on how ...

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 ...

In 2007 it was acquired by NewBay Media in New York, where it joined a portfolio of magazines that included Bass Player, Electronic Musician, Keyboard, Mix and Guitar World. According to the San ...

As part of a new guitar maintenance series, our friends at MusicNomad have provided us with some of their most popular products to try and we'll be putting them through their paces in our step-by-step ...

Even when holding the speaker in your hand, you can feel the beats, quite literally. With my favourite A R Rahman playlist, I could feel the bass punch of the speakers even as the vocals stayed clear ...