Further individualizing Rutherford's low-end approach in Genesis was the ... “In the late ’70s, I would write on guitar and ...

Bassist Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, passed away recently at the age of 84. Phil was one of the ...

Willie Weeks is best known for his storied bass solo on Hathaway’s 1972 Live album, but the disc also features what may be ...

You seldom hear people say, "I love the bass guitar in that song." But the bass holds the whole darn thing together. That's ...

I thought Phil was the most unique part of the Grateful Dead. It didn’t surprise me that Bob Dylan said that in his book Philosophy of Modern Song, when he was talking about [“Truckin’”]. Usually ...

Because higher action doesn't just affect how hard your guitar is to play. If your action is low it can highlight uneven frets that can cause the dreaded fret buzz, or even choked notes where the ...

With three synth layers, a variety of digital and virtual analogue engines and an innovative interface, Polyend's latest has ...

The most common story is that Leo Fender invented the electric bass with his Precision model in 1951. Not so. The first bass ...

So Intense Is The World, recorded in Brusseau’s studio, has a quiet intimacy—low bass-y guitar lines, bare-bones percussive .

Tsunami created a DIY blueprint for the ’90s indie rock scene. Decades later, a new box from Numero Group celebrates the band ...