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ASHDOWN RM-800-EVO ll

What a lightweight! Kev Sanders tests the new head from Ashdown

DUVOISIN Standard 5

Mike Brooks gives this Swiss-style five a road test…

I WAS THERE!

A historic moment in bass world – recalled by those who were there to see it

BAREFACED - One10T Cabinet

A new Barefaced cab? Kev Sanders feels the quality

KRIST NOVOSELIC

It’s 30 years since the release of Nirvana’s era-defining album, Nevermind, and high time that we revisited this 2011 chat with the great bassist turned political activist, Krist Novoselic, a musician who witnessed a truly chaotic period in music history

BASS PLAYER AWARDS 2021

After a year off thanks to the pesky virus, BP’s annual Lifetime Achievement Awards return—and this time we add a new category. Raise your glass to this year’s winners, Marcus Miller, Gail Ann Dorsey, John Taylor and Charles Berthoud.

RUSH TO READ

Rush’s Geddy Lee will release an “epic” memoir in 2022

STAYING POWER

Tal Wilkenfeld’s recent album Love Remains features a five-string in tenor tuning with a capo. Ellen O’Reilly finds out why…

TONEWOODS EXPLAINED

Do woods really determine tones?

SENDING UP A FLARE

Sedulous tone maverick explains how simply recording big, hairy, gnarly guitar riffs into his iPhone became his “life raft for sanity,” getting him out of his bunker, forging new connections and birthing a creative oasis amid the chaos

THE COMMITTED SINNER

JOHN 5 — a guy who really, really, really loves playing guitar — tells you everything you need to know about SINNER, his brand-new solo album featuring a QUEEN cover, some carefully hone driffs — and guest appearances by DAVE MUSTAINE and KISS man PETER CRISS

ONWARDS

STALWART YES GUITARIST STEVE HOWE ON THE INSPIRATION, TONES AND SENTIMENT BEHIND THE QUEST, THE PROG-ROCK MASTERS’ FIRST STUDIO ALBUM SINCE THE PASSING OF FOUNDING BASSIST CHRIS SQUIRE

Blitzkrieg Rock

PUNK LEGEND BRIAN BAKER KEEPS BAD RELIGION — AND FAKE NAMES, HIS LATEST PUNK SUPERGROUP — ROLLING WITH HIS STASH OF VINTAGE GUITARS

Zakk's Dirty Dozen

From Ozzy Osbourne's “Miracle Man” to Generation Axe’s “Highway Star,” Zakk Wylde Discusses 12 Musical Milestones From A Career Spanning More Than Three Decades

Port Authority

GIBSON GENERATION G-00 AND G-200 ACOUSTICS

Love at First Stang

Fender Kurt Cobain Jag-Stang

Orange Is the New Shred

Dean Guitars Md24 Floyd Roasted Maple

Echoes From Another World

Cheap Trick's RICK NIELSEN talks John Lennon, Jeff Beck, "cool little guitars" and the band's milestone 20th album, In Another World

COLD TRUTH

Guthrie Govan delivers a faithful account of the Aristocrats onstage with Freeze! Live in Europe 2020.

Acoustic Blues Musings, Pt. 3

Open roots tuning tips.

MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS

Dave Navarro picks a handful of Jane’s Addiction tracks that define his glammy heyday.

FENDER

Tone Master Super Reverb

How I Wrote…“Cult of Personality”

Vernon Reid opens up about Living Colour’s 1988 breakthrough hit.

MUSIC OF THE SPHERES

Astronaut Chris Sembroski took a Martin ukulele to space and discovered the joy of making music in microgravity.

CUTTHROAT AUDIO

Francene 2x10 Combo

Red Rocker

It’s standard issue beneath its custom skin, but this 1974 Marshall 50 Lead stack has looks that thrill.

PURE BLISS

Santa Cruz Guitar’s Happy Traum Signature HT/13 is a fingerpicker’s delight.

TAYLOR

TaylorSense Guitar Health Monitoring System

Queen's Golden Jubilee

On the 50th anniversary of the iconic band’s founding, members Brian May and Roger Taylor talk about luck, legacy and Freddie Mercury.

Mickey Guyton – ‘A Little Black Girl from Texas'

Singer Mickey Guyton is blazing a trail for country music to embrace more artists of color. It’s taken 10 years of hard work and detours for her to break through