Bass Player US Magazine - February 2015

In this issue

Jack Bruce
Bass, rock & roll, and the music world in general lost an archetype and a key architect with the passing of Jack Bruce in November. We’re honoring Jack this month’s with a look back at his singular career, a focus on his bass style and gear, plus insight from his plucking peers. We also recap an outstanding Bass Player LIVE! 2014, and catch up with Gary Clarke bassman Johnny Bradley, Slash thumper Todd Kearns, Gotham upright force Omer Avital, and Nashville ace Steve Mackey. We check out Zon's Mojo Basses, Acme’s Low B Cabinet, the Sonic Farm DI, and the RedWitch Factotum Suboctave Drive pedal, and we funk out to the late George Duke’s slow jam classic, “Reach for It,” for a transcription of both Duke’s keyboard bass line and Byron Miller’s baddass, track-long bass solo.

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Bobby Vega
Ever since his first recording session with Sly Stone at the age of 17, Bay Area bass badass Bobby Vega has set the bar for funktastic pick playing. In this month's cover story, he goes deep on his plectrum technique and artistic approach. Plus: interviews with Cheap Trick's Tom Petersson, Dream Theater's John Myung, and Jerry "J Blakk" Henderson of Big Sam's Funky Nation; reviews of the Blackstar Fly Bass mini-amp, Mesa-Boogie D-800 head and Ultra Lite cabinets, and new pickups from Lindy Fralin; Jazz and R&B lessons you can use; a full-song bass transcription of Deep Purple's "Gettin' Tighter;" and more!