Latest articles by Joel McIver
Ariane Cap: “I want to be the best musician I can be, and I also want to be the best educator I can be”
The bassist on juggling her routine, projects and rapid-fire learning
Mohini Dey: “Give people what they want when you’re working for them. You should serve their music and not just yourself”
The fast-rising bass talent on her astounding journey
Joe Dart: “The one thing you absolutely can’t skip on is developing great time”
The Vulfpeck player on beginnings, bass advice and his signature Music Man
Vltimas’s David Vincent: “I’ve always viewed bass as a tool for bridging the gap between the drums and the guitar”
The former Morbid Angel man returns with a new supergroup
Jonny Goood: “There’s really no wrong way to rock out with Lady Gaga”
The session bass star on how he went from homeless to Super Bowl Halftime performer
Duff McKagan: “Whenever I play live, I play in anger and I dive in”
The Guns N' Roses man talks taking bass lessons and his new Fender signature
Schecter J-4
’Do we want to review this oceanic J, they said? Frankly they had us at ‘Seafoam Green’
Dean Mark: “There were a lot of jam nights. I went to them all! If I could get up and play, I would”
The session bass whiz reflects on his rise through the ranks
Hagstrom Super Swede Bass
It’s ABBA-out time this luxurious Scandinavian bass design was reissued
Pigtronix Philosopher Bass Compressor Micro
Time to meat Pigtronix’s ham-pressive new compressor
Rudy Sarzo: “Randy Rhoads put his reputation with Sharon and Ozzy on the line to bring me in - I had no track record”
The ultimate rock bass journeyman on his time with Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, The Guess Who and more
David Ellefson and Frank Bello: “We've never really been the soloists in our native bands, so now was our time to step up”
The Megadeth and Anthrax bassists on Altitudes & Attitude's debut
Space: “I actually wrote all the songs just on a bass. No guitar. All of them. I was trying to be Cypress Hill”
Space's bassmen tell us about their new album, injuries and ancient-yet-beloved gear
Soulfly's Mike Leon: “I use slapping and popping all the time - there’s something about the attack”
The metal maestro on Flea, violin and his aggressive technique
Darkglass Hyper Luminal Hybrid Compressor
The Finnish effects king returns with a glowing new product
Laurence Cottle: “30 years later, I still hear people saying, ‘I’ve never seen five strings on a bass before’”
On Clapton, side-gigs and being the man with Van
Alice In Chains' Mike Inez: "I think beat-up basses sound better, somehow"
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”
If you ever get the chance to sit down and talk bass with Tracy Wormworth, we suggest you take it
Stanley Clarke: "I built a new bass that looks like a Stratocaster; Fender is going to release it"
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”
We talk to the Pink Floyd, Madonna and Michael Jackson bass legend
