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When Tim runs into a dangerous power situation in an old Magnatone lap steel amp, he''s tasked with completely reimagining the project.

A pretty pile of basses

Pro bassists weigh in on the differences between how guitarists and bassists approach the instrument

Ideas for approaching the “B” Section and its common chord changes

Four beauties to celebrate Claudio Pagelli''s 30th anniversary

An Ampeg B-15-N without a speaker plug

Peavey dives into the low-wattage boutique market with signature affordability

The origins of a "Bass Collection" bass from the eighties

The Komet 19 can be summed up as such: small amp, huge tone.

In an historical sense, the Rickenbacker Electro Spanish is certainly one of the most interesting models, as it was the first commercially produced, American-made electric guitar with a standard or

When Leo Fender invented the instrument he called a Precision Bass, he had modest goals. As he later told music journalist Tom Wheeler, “We needed to free the bass player from the big doghouse, the acoustic bass. That thing was usually confined to the back of the band, and the bass player couldn’t get up to the mic to sing. And … guitar players would have an advantage if they could have an instrument with frets that would make doubling on bass easier for them.”

How to add individual on/off switches for each pickup to your Strat

Peter Stroud''s tips to becoming a great rhythm guitarist

How to get in a groove by laying off on a chops extravaganza

Line 6 recently unveiled their new Spider IV line; here''s the details on the amps

The BX500 features a lot of watts packed into a small package for a portable, flexible bass amp option

The Abunai 2 offers a great variety of overdriven tones

Escovedo is a talented, eclectic guitarist from Austin who''s starting to steal the title, "Austin''s favorite son."

Rusty Cooley shares ideas from a song he co-wrote with Derek Sherinian

The golden eras of vintage bass amps