News and views from the bass world, collated by BP's team of newshounds
“I had a good friend in high school who played bass – he would play along to bands like Black Sabbath and Deep Purple in his bedroom. He ended up getting a new bass and gave me his old one. I don’t remember what kind it was, but I started off learning Black Sabbath songs on that bass. I know my parents had to have been very concerned about me at that point – but to their credit they never said anything!