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Jimmy Garrison’s Legacy Celebrated with Stanley Clarke, Reggie Workman, John Patitucci, and More

Jimmy Garrison’s Legacy Celebrated with Stanley Clarke, Reggie Workman, John Patitucci, and More

Bass legends will gather at ShapeShifter Lab for two days of performances and talks celebrating Jimmy Garrison and John Coltrane’s centennial.

Glockenklang Introduces Acoustic 10-2 Cabinet for Double Bass, Electric Bass, and More

Glockenklang Introduces Acoustic 10-2 Cabinet for Double Bass, Electric Bass, and More

The Glockenklang Acoustic 10-2 is a compact 200-watt, two-way cabinet built to reproduce double bass, electric bass, and acoustic instruments faithfully.

John Deacon and Queen Tear Through “Tie Your Mother Down” in Budapest

John Deacon and Queen Tear Through “Tie Your Mother Down” in Budapest

Queen’s restored Budapest concert film shows John Deacon on his trusty Fender P Bass as the band rips through “Tie Your Mother Down” for a massive 1986 crowd.

Oteil Burbridge and LaMP Announce Make-A-Wish Benefit Tour

Oteil Burbridge and LaMP Announce Make-A-Wish Benefit Tour

Oteil Burbridge will join LaMP for four benefit concerts supporting Make-A-Wish, with stops in New York, Vermont, and Massachusetts this October.

EarthQuaker Devices Expands the Easy Listening with Stereo Routing and XLR Outputs

EarthQuaker Devices Expands the Easy Listening with Stereo Routing and XLR Outputs

EarthQuaker Devices expands its Easy Listening amp simulator with new stereo routing, a headphone output, active EQ, an auxiliary input, and XLR outputs.

Spector Demos Rex Brown’s New Euro 4 Signature Bass

Spector Demos Rex Brown’s New Euro 4 Signature Bass

Spector GM Wil DeYoung demos Rex Brown’s new Euro 4 Signature bass through a Darkglass combo, with the gritty overdrive coming straight from the amp itself

Christian McBride & Ursa Major Announce Debut Album, “Points of Light”

Christian McBride & Ursa Major Announce Debut Album, “Points of Light”

Christian McBride and Ursa Major announce their debut album, Points of Light, and share a spacious new cover of George Duke’s classic “No Rhyme, No Reason.”

Keep It Groovy: How Bass and Drums Lock In on Albert King’s “Born Under a Bad Sign”

Keep It Groovy: How Bass and Drums Lock In on Albert King’s “Born Under a Bad Sign”

Learn how Duck Dunn’s bass line locks with the drums on Albert King’s “Born Under a Bad Sign,” including its pickup, feel, form, and key rhythmic cues.

Vulfpeck Drops Video for “The Beachcomber,” the First Taste of Upcoming Album Decay of the Aura

Vulfpeck Drops Video for “The Beachcomber,” the First Taste of Upcoming Album Decay of the Aura

Vulfpeck returns with “The Beachcomber,” the first single from Decay of the Aura, featuring Joe Dart locking in on his knobless Sterling bass.

Emma Dayhuff Explores the Places That Shape Us on “Mountains”

Emma Dayhuff Explores the Places That Shape Us on “Mountains”

Bassist and composer Emma Dayhuff draws inspiration from Montana mountain ranges and New York City skylines on her second solo album, “Mountains.”

IK Multimedia Unveils the TONEX Board All-in-One Modeling Platform

IK Multimedia Unveils the TONEX Board All-in-One Modeling Platform

IK Multimedia’s TONEX Board combines four simultaneous Tone Models, 76 effects, flexible routing, and more than 50 ready-to-play bass presets in one unit.

Toy Factory Project Blows “24 Hours at a Time” Wide Open in a 19-Minute Jam

Toy Factory Project Blows “24 Hours at a Time” Wide Open in a 19-Minute Jam

Oteil Burbridge and Toy Factory Project take “24 Hours at a Time” way out, stretching the Marshall Tucker Band classic into a heady jam.