Joel McIver

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 Published 30 July 18

Stone Temple Pilots bassist Robert DeLeo has been through a lot in recent years

Hagstrom H8-II

By Joel McIver Published 16 July 18

A bass for those for whom twang is the thang

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 Published 10 July 18

10 years ago, Andrea Goldsworthy had just become the bassist for a little-known pop artist called Paloma Faith. Now she’s playing the world’s biggest stages…

Stu Hamm: “Tuning is a myth; it’s like money in that it’s a shared hallucination”

By Joel McIver Published 3 July 18

The bass maestro on tuning, tone and The Diary Of Patrick Xavier

Spector Bantam

By Joel McIver Published 30 June 18

A short-scale bass with all the details you’d expect from Spector?

Furch B-62 SW

By Joel McIver Published 11 June 18

Czech out this acoustic wonder

Cort GB75JH

By Joel McIver Published 6 June 18

Can you really get a decent active five-string for £600 and change?

Fender Montecito Ukulele

By Joel McIver Published 3 June 18

It’s a uke that looks like a miniature guitar!

Ibanez AVD10E

By Joel McIver Published 2 June 18

Golden brown, texture like sun?

Derek Smalls: “I’ve stayed out of pods, mate. Once bitten, twice shy... I don’t even like lifts”

By Joel McIver Published 21 May 18

Once of the legendary spinal tap, now a solo artist, the great Derek smalls returns with a star-studded album, including a song about his ‘old chap’

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 Published 14 May 18

California metal monsters Machine Head return with a new album, loaded with huge sounds from bassist Jared McEachern

Lee Pomeroy: "To play these songs with Jon Anderson and Trevor Rabin is a dream come true"

By Joel McIver Published 7 May 18

Yes. ELO. Take That... how many other bassists can you name who play in not one but three massive bands? Joel McIver meets the mighty Lee Pomeroy

Retrovibe EVO Davie504 Signature Bass by Chowny

By Joel McIver Published 6 May 18

Italian Youtuber Davie504 gets a signature Retrovibe from Bristol’s Chowny

Anaconda Ultra J6E Elite

By Joel McIver Published 8 April 18

Top-spec bass with a crushing pricetag

The Stranglers' Jean-Jacques Burnel: “We try to rehearse without looking at our guitars, so you're free to play with the song”

By Joel McIver Published 19 March 18

The high-kicking bassist on flow, inspiration and hearing loss

Spector Euro 4 1977 Limited Edition

By Joel McIver Published 12 March 18

Looking backward is the new looking forward

Gretsch G9500 LTD Jim Dandy

By Joel McIver Published 3 March 18

All fine and Dandy

Hagstrom HB-8

By Joel McIver Published 13 February 18

Eight strings? What sorcery is this?

Ashdown Nate Mendel NM2 Double Distortion

By Joel McIver Published 10 February 18

Foos man gets his own signature distortion

Acoustic Guitar Innovation Parlour 13

By Joel McIver Published 10 January 18

Reluctant to trust baggage handlers with your precious acoustic? Check out this nifty solution to a perennial problem

Foo Fighters' Nate Mendel: “I’m nearly 50 years old, and seriously, I’m still thinking like a teenager”

By Joel McIver Published 8 January 18

What’s it like to play bass in one of the world’s biggest rock bands? Nate Mendel tells it like it is to Joel McIver