Bass Player US - Holiday 2021

In this issue

THE FIVE ALBUMS THAT MADE ME
The funk master Freekbass lists five of his career-best albums with Joe Shooman.

TIM STAFFELL AND JOHN DEACON
Before Queen recruited Deacy, Tim Staffell played the bass. Mike Brooks meets the man who didn’t bite the dust.

CLASSIC INTERVIEW: KRIST NOVOSELIC
In this instalment of BP’s unmissable Classic Interview series, we recount a reflective meeting with the great Nirvana bassman, 30 years since Nevermind.

RUSH TO READ

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

2 mins

Freekbass

The funk master talks us through five career high points.

1 min

I WAS THERE!

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

2 mins

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.

10+ mins

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…

5 mins

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

10+ mins

DUVOISIN Standard 5

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

3 mins

ASHDOWN RM-800-EVO ll

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

3 mins

BAREFACED - One10T Cabinet

A new Barefaced cab? Kev Sanders feels the quality

3 mins

TONEWOODS EXPLAINED

Do woods really determine tones?

3 mins

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Bass Player US Magazine Description:

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!