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“Paul’s bass playing is so lyrical and melodic, and it’s just so beautiful”: Flea on McCartney
By Will Simpson published
Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea calls Paul McCartney "the greatest rock bassist"

Epiphone pulls a (white) rabbit out of the hat to honour Jack Casady with signature fretless bass
By Jonathan Horsley published
From its semi-hollow build to its JCB-1 humbucker and impedance switch, here's a bass with mojo for an artist who is all mojo, and it's available for the first time as a fretless model

"He became just my hero, really": Paul McCartney's bass idol, 'incomparable' Motown session giant James Jamerson
By MusicRadar last updated
We celebrate one of the greatest of them all

"We saw Cliff play, and lost our minds": Memories of Metallica's lost bass titan Cliff Burton as band launches virtual exhibit
By Will Groves published
The first of four planned exhibitions includes interviews, photos, early recordings, letters and more

How Joni Mitchell embraced the formidable personality and talent of bass virtuoso Jaco Pastorius
By Neil Crossley last updated
“He pointed to his rental amp and said, ‘I'm not playing through that piece of shit’. So he took mine”

“I found it late at night while internet surfing on one of those Chinese websites”: How ZZ Top acquired their 17-string bass
By Will Simpson published
How ZZ Top got hold of their 17-string bass

"Ok, here we go": Spector launches new range of Euro basses
By Will Simpson published
Spector launches a new range of their Euro LX and CST basses

See Fatboy Slim rehearsing bass in a hotel bedroom ahead of his Housemartins Glastonbury reunion
By Rob Laing published
Norman Cook has still got his four-string chops
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