Laurence Cottle: “30 years later, I still hear people saying, ‘I’ve never seen five strings on a bass before’” By Joel McIver On Clapton, side-gigs and being the man with Van
Alice In Chains' Mike Inez: "I think beat-up basses sound better, somehow" By Joel McIver AIC's low-end legend on his Warwicks, the bass community and auditioning for Ozzy
The B-52s' Tracy Wormworth: “I came up in the fusion era, and there were so many amazing bass players at that time. I saw Jaco Pastorius many times” By Joel McIver The bassist talks Sting, The Waitresses and Rolling Stones auditions
Stanley Clarke: "I built a new bass that looks like a Stratocaster; Fender is going to release it" By Joel McIver The Return To Forever bass legend on his surprising new model, gear secrets and spreading The Message
Guy Pratt: “The '80s music business was this ludicrous theme park awash with money. All you had to do was get over the fence” By Joel McIver We talk to the Pink Floyd, Madonna and Michael Jackson bass legend
Gillett Contour S review By Joel McIver £2,450 Gillett’s innovative Contour bass design slims down, gains a piezo pickup and endures a road-test
Tech 21 Dug Pinnick DP-3X review By Joel McIver £269 €299 $289 Signature pedal from the iconic bassist
Tony Butler: “Being a bass player has been the greatest asset of my life” By Joel McIver The Big Country bassist on turning songwriter and some famous four-stringer friends
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” By Joel McIver The Kelis and Rag’n’Bone Man bassist reflects
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” By Joel McIver Going deeper with the groove-orientated bassist and session supremo
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” By Joel McIver 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” By Joel McIver One of alt-rock's most tasteful bassists on STP's new album, gear and singer
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” By Joel McIver The Paloma Faith bassist on playing with the popstar, tone and touring
Stu Hamm: “Tuning is a myth; it’s like money in that it’s a shared hallucination” By Joel McIver The bass maestro on tuning, tone and The Diary Of Patrick Xavier
Spector Bantam review By Joel McIver £1660 A short-scale bass with all the details you’d expect from Spector?
Cort GB75JH review By Joel McIver £619 Can you really get a decent active five-string for £600 and change?
Fender Montecito Ukulele review By Joel McIver £210 €211 $249 It’s a uke that looks like a miniature guitar!
Derek Smalls: “I’ve stayed out of pods, mate. Once bitten, twice shy... I don’t even like lifts” By Joel McIver Big on Smalls - in-depth with the Spinal Tap bass legend
Machine Head's Jared McEachern: “I told myself ‘I’m gonna give it a shot - and whatever happens, at least I tried’” By Joel McIver The bassist on his key gear and landing the gig with the metal titans
Lee Pomeroy: "To play these songs with Jon Anderson and Trevor Rabin is a dream come true" By Joel McIver The busy bassist on touring with Yes, ELO and Take That
