Behold our world-beating bass gear review section, where we bring you the crop of each month’s new, interesting or otherwise relevant bass guitars, bass amplifiers, bass cabs and bass effects. Occasionally we’ll review a guitar effect if it’s useful for bassists, but generally speaking, this zone is reserved for bass-specific gear. BP was (note past tense) the best bass magazine in the world, and we had readers all over the planet, so we’ve always been responsible about our conclusions. If a product is worth your time, we’ll say so; if it’s flawed, we’ll make that clear. We’re not answerable to advertisers in any way, and our tests are independent of the views of musicians, manufacturers and distributors. The job isn’t over, by any means. We’ll continue to review gear at www.bassplayer. com, and I hope to see you there. Why stop now? There’s a whole lot of basses to play, amps to turn up, and effects to step on.