Joel McIver
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As former Police guitarist Andy Summers returns with a new solo album, he has plenty of playing insight to share from a career rich in versatility

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Che chitarra bella! Pouring a glass of Chianti and straps on this retro italian beauty

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Legendary bassist Francis ‘Rocco’ Prestia, the owner of the funkiest string-plucking hand on the planet, gives Joel McIver fair warning

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The PVRISian on his new album and favoured four-strings

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Bass player talks making Gore and his love of Fender VIs

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Fancy getting Naked with Patrick James Eggle for only £479?

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Chris ‘Freekbass’ Sherman is a man on a mission - to bring bass to the world. Are we going to help him along the way? Of course we are! Listen up as the great man talks the low notes

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Prince bassist gets her own, suitably fabulous, Sandberg

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"You don’t get to decide whether you’re successful or not"

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Mouth-watering bass guitars that come at a price

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Get the most bang for your buck

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Make like a squirrel and dig out this splendid walnut-finished Spector Legend

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Talking tone and technique with the formidable bassist

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Bad Religion frontman Greg Graffin takes an unexpected left turn into acoustic country music... and it works! “I’ve had this music in my blood the whole time”, he tells Joel McIver

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A stairway to heaven or a highway to hell?

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Sometime singer with Kyuss, Slo Burn and Hermano on his acoustic album

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A bonkers but brilliant fuzz

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The best a man (or woman) can get?

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Eight hundred quid for a fun-sized acoustic bass? That’s a whole lotta fun…

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Go unplugged with these big-bottomed electros and acoustics

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Can it really be three decades since the lovely Stingray gained an extra string?

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Grammy-nominated bassist Tony Choy has been a force of nature at the low end for more than 25 years, pioneering new approaches in metal, Latin, funk and even pop music. We meet the great man...
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