Bassists
Rig Rundown: Big Business
Four strings, a stack of Sunns, and plentiful pedals allow Jared Warren enough viciousness and volume for bass and guitar.
Jacob Collier: "I’ve Got Too Much Creative Potential to be Reasonable.”
How the Grammy winner and YouTube sensation thinks about rhythm, harmony, and life.
Rig Rundown: Djunah
Tap-dancing, noise-rocking Donna Diane conjures lightning and thunder by layering her Kurt Ballou-designed Craftsman guitar over a Moog Minitaur bass synth.
Ron Carter Needs You to Focus
If you're on a gig or session with a legend don't even think about checking your cell.
Steve Swallow in Flight
At 79, the father of electric jazz bass is busy inventing and innovating as a composer, player, and instrument designer—and continuing his 40-year collaboration with John Scofield via the new Swallow Tales.
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Rig Rundown: Big Business
December 2, 2020
Four strings, a stack of Sunns, and plentiful pedals allow Jared Warren enough viciousness and volume for bass and guitar.
Jacob Collier: "I’ve Got Too Much Creative Potential to be Reasonable.”
December 2, 2020
How the Grammy winner and YouTube sensation thinks about rhythm, harmony, and life.
Rig Rundown: Djunah
November 4, 2020
Tap-dancing, noise-rocking Donna Diane conjures lightning and thunder by layering her Kurt Ballou-designed Craftsman guitar over a Moog Minitaur bass synth.
Ron Carter Needs You to Focus
November 4, 2020
If you're on a gig or session with a legend don't even think about checking your cell.
Steve Swallow in Flight
November 3, 2020
At 79, the father of electric jazz bass is busy inventing and innovating as a composer, player, and instrument designer—and continuing his 40-year collaboration with John Scofield via the new Swallow Tales.
For the Love of Demos, Pt. 1
November 2, 2020
Bassist Hondo Felder looks for the versatility factor.
Boris Wields the Hammer of Doom
October 22, 2020
Wata and Takeshi take a Jackson Pollock approach to jamming—via a legion of amps and effects—to create the new soundtrack for the apocalypse, NO.
Paul McCartney Announces McCartney III
October 22, 2020
Recorded in "rockdown," the album was mostly built from live takes of Paul on vocals and guitar or piano, overdubbing his bass playing and drumming atop that foundation.
Listen to the November 2020 PG Spotify Playlist
October 14, 2020
This month's jams include Boris, John Scofield, Julian Bream, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Nick Perri, Noveller, and more.
Album Spotlight: Thundercat’s Cosmic Tilt-A-Whirl
August 10, 2020
On It Is What It Is, the bassist examines the loss of his best friend, Mac Miller, through a deep-dive, jazz-fusion opus.
Wong Notes Episode 7: Sean Hurley
July 15, 2020
The first-call session bassist (John Mayer, Morissey, Lana Del Rey) discusses gig prep, gear essentials, and how confidence improves tone.
Practice Makes Music: Creative Ways to Learn from Your Favorite Artists
June 27, 2020
A guide on how modern R&B and pop could unlock your inner practice addict.
Rig Rundown Best-Ofs: Most Iconic Basses
June 26, 2020
Verdine, Flea, Sheehan, Josephine and six other legends show us their favorite earth-rumblers!
Live at Grimey's: The Wood Brothers
March 19, 2020
In support of their just-released eighth studio album, Kingdom in My Mind, Chris, Oliver, and percussionist Jano Rix strip down some of their newest songs.
Listen to the April 2020 PG Spotify Playlist
March 18, 2020
This month's playlist includes new tunes from Nili Brosh, Drive-By Tuckers, Sons of Apollo, Alcest, and more.
Judas Priest Announces 50 Heavy Metal Years Tour
February 24, 2020
The tour will feature Sabaton as an opener.
Rig Rundown: Dr. Dog
February 12, 2020
Solid-state bizarros, custom instruments, and shape-shifting digital dynamos power these lo-fi rockers' aural adventures.
"It’s Not Just a Gimmick.” Bumblefoot Defends Fretless Guitar—and Billy Sheehan Backs Him Up
February 11, 2020
With twin doublenecks and zero amps, the shred legends bring the heavy to their second album with prog supergroup Sons of Apollo.
Which Pro Bassist Has the Wildest Pedalboard?
February 6, 2020
Poliça’s Chris Bierden, PG editors, and our Reader of the Month discuss low-enders with staggering stomp stations.
Song Premiere: King Buffalo’s “Eta Carinae”
January 28, 2020
The psych-rock power trio unleashes an eight-minute opus blending elements of drone, stoner rock, and “War Pigs" from their forthcoming Dead Star EP.
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