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Jason Momoa performs his first ever live show as a bassist – covering Black Sabbath, Zeppelin, Metallica and Stevie Nicks
By Rob Laing published
He's formed a power trio with two old friends
YouTube bass star Julia Plays Groove rocks out on new cover of Dua Lipa’s Training Season
By Ben Rogerson published
Training season ain’t over until Julia Przybysz has given us her version
You can now design your dream StingRay bass with Ernie Ball Music Man’s Custom Design Experience – and there are 30 finishes to choose from
By Jonathan Horsley published
Spec up a four or five-string StingRay Special with your choice of finish, hardware, pickups, fingerboards… even the gauge of strings. Will more guitar and bass brands follow suit?
NAMM 2024: Harley Benton launches the PB-Shorty SBK, a 30” scale bass for beginners inspired by a low-end classic – and it costs just £103
By Jonathan Horsley published
Go, Shorty, it’s your birthday…
NAMM 2024: Epiphone launches the Rex Brown Thunderbird, and the Pantera bassist’s new signature model is a classy display of low-end power
By Jonathan Horsley published
Finished in Ebony with gold accents, and a fun little doddle on the rear control cover, this is Epiphone applying going high-end with a serious signature bass for the rock and metal player
Harley Benton’s mind is on the summer holidays already with the launch of the GS-Travel-E Bass – and you can choose all-mahogany or spruce-topped
By Jonathan Horsley published
Passport, shades, suncream, guide book, clean underwear… Oh, and an acoustic-electric bass guitar. C’mon, what else do you need for your holidays?
Harley Benton expands its BZ-1000 II NT series with a pair of sub-£500 extended-range bass guitars – and AAA flame maple veneers come as standard
By Jonathan Horsley published
“The 5-string BZ-5000 II NT and the 6-string BZ-6000 II NT are certainly not for the traditional player!” say the budget gear brand as they court the prog and djent demographic
“It’s just very playable. To me, it’s the best tone that we’ve had from a live show to date”: Sterling By Music Man debuts affordable new signature StingRay for Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Pete Wentz StingRay is a stripped-down passive four-string with a design inspired by skateboards, watches, and of course the aquatic birdlife of Vermont
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