WELCOME

Bass is an art, a philosophy, a way of life... and a state of mind

STILL LIVES

Tony Levin documents his career in a 247-photo book

TIM BOGERT RIP

W e were sorry to learn of the

Nitti returns

The celebrated bassist delivers a new album

Love Lines

A great bass-line in 85 words or less

CHI CHENG REMEMBERED

New spoken-word album celebrates the memory of the late Deftones bassist

BRANDI DISTERHEFT

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF PLAYING WITH VETERAN MUSICIANS?

ADAM RIGG BAD DAY BLUES BAND

WHAT’S THE SECRET OF PLAYING BASS WELL?

ROBBY YOUNG EVADE ESCAPE

ARE MUSICAL RELATIONSHIPS IMPORTANT?

Paul Chambers

We celebrate five great -and less great! -albums on which a notable bassist appears

MILES DAVIS

Kind Of Blue (1959)

ART PEPPER

Art Pepper Meets The  Rhythm Section (1957)

PAUL CHAMBERS

1st Bassman (1960)

WYNTON KELLY

Last Trio Session (1988)

I WAS THERE!

The Who enter their imperial phase, with John Entwistle on peak form

MAKE NOTES STAND OUT

Ensure that your bass is audible in every situation

TO BOIL OR NOT TO BOIL?

Does boiling old bass strings really restore their top end?

EXPLORE UPPER STRUCTURE EXTENSIONS

Session and stage bass ace Joe Hubbard walks

'BASS TRAVERSES DIFFERENT WORLDS'

Want to learn the secrets of the universe? Then you’d better join us as we sit down with Stephen ‘Thundercat’ Bruner, the pre-eminent bassist of his generation. This one goes deep!

HAIM SWEET HAIM

“It’s just me, with no bells and whistles,” explains Este Haim of the bass behind her trio’s acclaimed music 

KIND OF BLUE

Fusion artist extraordinaire and sometime Pat Metheny alumnus Mark Egan brings us up to date with his new album, Electric Blue, recorded with his long-time drummer colleague Danny Gottlieb

THE LIFE OF BRYAN

Bryan Beller does so many bass-related things so well and so prolifically that he puts the rest of us to shame. Listen up, as he tells us about his commentary on the absurd world in which we find ourselves in 2021

THE BIG F

Jason  recently  ordered  a  beautiful  custom  Fender Precision.  He  and  Fender  Master  Builder  Vincent Van  Trigt  tell  the  story

BASSIST Of The YEAR

Meet Danny Sapko, voted by you as Bassist Of The Year 2020!

POP MUSIC

Cat Popper has earned her stripes as a bassist with a long list of big names – so a solo career is long overdue. We meet the reluctant star

MEDICINE MAN

The Foo Fighters return with a new album, Medicine At Midnight, with the low end taken care of as always by the great Nate Mendel. Has he fallen for a five‐string yet? Find out here

DAVE SWIFT MEETS SNOW OWL

DAVE SWIFT AND SNOW OWL

Dave swift

BORN 1964 RESIDENT UK NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS Thirty years

Juan 'Snow oud' Gracia-Herreros

BORN 1977 RESIDENT Born in Colombia, raised in

GEAR Reviews

Welcome to our expert road-tests of state-of-the-art basses, amps and effects

LAKLAND Skyline J-Sonic

THE BASS GALLERY www.thebassgallery.com

YAMAHA BBPH Peter Hook

YAMAHA www.yamaha.com

ANACONDA Hydra

ANACONDA BASSES  www.anacondabasses.co.uk

ASHDOWN Tone Pocket and Ant

Ashdown return with two new lightweight innovations. Your lower back will thank you, says Phil Mann

BP Notat on Legend

The following is a guide to the notation symbols and terminology used in Bass Player magazine

MIX AND MATCH ARPEGGIOS

Nashville-based session and stage bassist Ryan Madora is

DIG DEEPER WITH YOUR BASS THINKING

HONE YOUR SKILLS

HEXATONIC SCALE PATTERNS

THE NEXT STEP

MIX AND MATCH: ADVANCED SLAP

THUMBS AHOY!

SPEAKER CONES EXPLAINED

Many of us find it difficult to understand the roles of different speakers. Dan Veall is here to help us out