Joel McIver
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A quality six-string for under £300? Let’s take a look…

By Joel McIver Published
The sometime Policeman talks vintage guitars, his light-fingered offspring and the power of jazz…

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Matt Kean and his band Bring Me The Horizon have spent the last decade rising up the ranks from clubs to sold-out stadiums. “I don’t even know any theory!” he tells Joel McIver...

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No bass screams ‘Metal!’ like a BC Rich. If headbanging is your thing, look no further

By Joel McIver Published
We review a lot of basses here at MusicRadar from the low- and high-budget end of the spectrum.

By Joel McIver Published
Stoner-rock bassists with shallow pockets rejoice! Here's a chorus pedal that allows you to sound like you're from Palm Desert back in 1991 for a measly 59 quid.

By Joel McIver Published
We review a lot of basses here at MusicRadar from the low- and high-budget end of the spectrum.

By Joel McIver Published
Songwriter, actor, author, activist, rock star, jazz freak... Gordon 'Sting' Sumner is quite the renaissance man. Oh, and he plays bass. We meet the legend...

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Sam Fogarino talks Ludwig kit, playing live and click tracks

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Bow down and worship at the altar of Uncle Tony Iommi, the godfather of the heavy metal guitar and the single most influential metal axeman that ever applied pick to string in anger.

By Joel McIver Published
New wave drumming hero picks his finest

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Metal drumming innovator picks his finest

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Ah yes! The late 70s was a fine era for bass guitars.

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Malcolm Toft, the designer of Bassics' new BPA-1 preamp, has a serious reputation...

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We recently reviewed the Darkglass Microtubes Ultra, a superb distortion pedal given the 'Ultra' upgrade for those who fancied some extra tone-shaping options and a bypass switch.
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Steve Lawson, the man sitting opposite BGM and delivering anecdotes about his eye-opening career, is munching on a chapati.

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Galloping rhythms, Bahamanian studios and single-coils that pickup local taxi chatter - it can only be 'Maiden!

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From Cannibal Corpse to Deicide, Morbid Angel to Death

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From the Big Four - Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth - to the new wave
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