All photos by Madison Thorn Vintage Vault Bass Players, Beware: A Low-Ender Novelty for One-Man Bands Ellen Angelico Nov 09, 2024
Vintage Vault Gibson’s ’Birds of a Feather, Flocked Together Dave Rogers Laun Braithwaite Tim Mullally Jan 05, 2022
Gear The Walrus Was Paul The Hofner 500/1 violin bass has been McCartney’s career-long sidekick. Let’s spotlight a 1967 model. Richie Owens Feb 07, 2021
Bass Swiss Cheese and Vibrating Instruments Does artificially breaking in a guitar by “exciting” it really work—at least in the manner we hope it will? And what does that have to do with cheese? Heiko Hoepfinger Jan 22, 2021
Gear A ’61 Supro That’s Super for Slide This original archtop Coronado’s Vistatone pickups speak the language of Ry Cooder and other tone hounds. Richie Owens Nov 22, 2020
Artist Features Meet Murph, My Surf-Rock Friend SoCal in the ’60s was a hotbed of guitar building, but it wasn’t just the big guys equipping aspiring rock stars. Frank Meyers Nov 16, 2020
