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Sterling By Music Man Stingray 34HH and 34PB

Sterling By Music Man Stingray 34HH and 34PB review

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Ernie Ball’s Music Man Stingray is one of the bass world’s most iconic instruments - can these Sterling Rays be considered serious alternatives?

Sadist’s Andrea Nasso: “Six-strings? I’m still afraid of them”

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We talk RHCP, slap and going solo with the Italian bassist

Simone Butler (Primal Scream): “My advice? Don’t fear failure - fear regret”

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The Primal Scream bassist talks up the Loaded low end

Mike Bendy: “I interviewed Victor Wooten for my high school newspaper - an eye-opening experience for a young bassist”

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Dear Moon, Bendy Effect and The Hipster Assassins bass player is keeping busy

Jeremy Wagner on Paul Gray: “When he passed away, I couldn’t believe it”

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The Broken Hope man pays tribute to departed Slipknot man

Angra’s Felipe Andreoli: “I’ve never stopped playing the bass, it was very natural for me”

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We talk to the Brazilian virtuoso

Ryan Madora: “I’ve learned mostly by ear: I was the person that sat in the basement for hours and played along to records”

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We talk to the session bassist and Robben Ford collaborator

GB Guitars Merlin review

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A real wizard

Kenny Passarelli: “I learned a lot from Stephen Stills about playing bass”

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The CSN and Stephen Stills bassist reflects

Colin Edwin: “I’ve always liked playing live - it’s in my blood”

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The former Porcupine Tree man talks O.R.k.

Seymour Duncan Fooz Analogue Fuzz Synthesizer review

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A fuzz, filter and tremolo in one?

Rise Against's Joe Principe: “Bass playing should be about locking in with the drummer. I’ve always seen myself as a percussive player”

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The punk bassist talks Wolves, bass and his beloved Fender crossbreed

You Me At Six's Matt Barnes: “I didn’t play a P-Bass for ages. When I finally picked one up, the neck was incredible”

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The bassist talks Fenders, favourite players and recording VI

Lisa Mann: “I was always attracted to the sound of the bass, whatever I was listening to”

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The blues bassist and singer-songwriter on bringing technical chops to the long-established style

Jessica Pimentel: “Bass is a punch that lingers in the air, a hum that lives in the belly and rattles the heart”

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The Orange Is The New Black actor/musician discusses her bass roots, classical lessons and brutal metal projects

Mia Wallace: “With Niryth, it is absolutely essential to play five-string bass”

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We get an update from the black-metal bassist

Mark Menghi: “I just can’t get away from my Fender. It’s like a third arm for me”

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The Metal Allegiance bassist on the supergroup's sound

Suzy Starlite: “My job is to be the custodian of the groove”

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The Starlite Campbell Band bassist on her role, rig and developing Supertone

5 Seconds Of Summer's Calum Hood: "I fell in love with bass pretty quickly. It holds a lot of the melody in our songs"

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We hear from the Aussie poppers' bassist and songwriter

Dougie Poynter: “Each song by INK. features a different bass, and one song has two different basses”

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The bassist discusses his new band, love for Music Man Sterling and the future of McFly

London Bass Guitar Show 2018: 5 reasons you have to be there

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Obscura's Linus Klausenitzer: "People say that all music has been done before, but I totally disagree"

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The German tech-metal bassist reflects

Happy Mondays' Paul Ryder: "I never learned to slap, but there’s a single pop on Kinky Afro"

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The Manchester bassist talks so hip...

Steve Queralt talks Ride's Weather Diaries: "I used a four-string Steinberger bass for a lot of the recording"

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The bassist on shoegaze, Stingrays and losing his head

Paul Geary on breaking into session bass playing, career turns and lessons learned

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Insight from the session supremo

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