Robert Trujillo has called grunge guitar legend Jerry Cantrell one of his favorite bass players. You read that right — bass .

A slash chord such as A/B features a triad over a non-root bass note. In this case, an A major with a B in the bass (check ...

So none of our featured chords has a minor 2nd in the bass. But never say never… We’re sticking with clear, unambiguous root ...

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

Although they played together for less than a year, James Brown became somewhat of a father figure to bassist Bootsy Collins, ...

“In the late ’70s, I would write on guitar and we would track bass last. As a result, some of the note choices would define ...

Lava Music has spent the last few years impressing music journalists and guitarists with a bunch of carbon fiber ...

Something not looking for applause, yet more essential than any show-stopping riff. It’s the bass guitar of our lives: purpose. The bass guitar is a curious beast, isn’t it? It doesn’t clamor.

Forget Jimmy Page, Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix or Slash; here we look at five criminally overlooked guitar heroes in music ...

Myles Kennedy and Devin Townsend team up for a UK and Ireland tour this month - beginning in Glasgow on 24 November and ...

Trying to choose 15 songs from Quincy Jones' illustrious career in music is a steep challenge, but you can't go wrong with ...

South Korean quintet TXT's latest mini-album delivers six meticulously crafted tracks that showcase the group's evolving ...