'Bryan Beller: Mastering Tone and Versatility' DVD Now Available from Alfred Alfred Music Publishing, the world leader in educational print music publishing since 1922, proudly expands Alfred’s Artist Series with the release of Bryan Beller: Mastering Tone and Versatility, an instructional DVD designed to help bassists achieve musical mastery and the ability to play tough music tastefully.    Extreme bass player Bryan ‹ more ›

Music Masters Camp Series Announces the

New Products From Markbass

New Signature Basses From ESP and LTD

Jeff Ament and Mike Lull In a nondescript industrial park near downtown Seattle, a giant machine is whirring to life. It’s days before Pearl Jam is to launch its PJ20 tour, and there’s lots to be done. Downstairs at the band’s warehouse, techs and assistants scramble amid towering shelves of gear to prepare for rehearsal—one of just a few remaining before the tour—while ‹ more ›

Thundercat: Future Soul

Flea Association

Victor Wooten: More Love

Dog House & Pork Chop: The Doubling Masters Speak, Part 1 EVERY BASSIST HAS A STORY. Doubling bassists tell two stories—how they came to play the slab, and how they learned to play the tree. The slab (the electric bass guitar) is the kissing cousin of the people’s instrument, the electric guitar. The tree (the acoustic double bass) is a huge furniturelike package that underpins classical, ‹ more ›

Doubling: Multi-Bass-Tasking

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Roscoe Century Basses Twentieth Century American philosopher and educator Mortimer Adler once said, “People value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant, or as intrinsically admirable.” This quote came to mind this past month as I reviewed three basses from North Carolina luthier Keith Roscoe. It’s not often that I get a chance to review three instruments ‹ more ›

New Gear, September 2011

Buying An Upright Bass

Meet Your Maker: Michael Tobias of

James Jamerson Honored With Samson's International Bassist Award

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BPL '11: Bromberg Press Conference, Feraud Super Band, New Fodera & More!

Marcus Miller, Pino Palladino, dUg Pinnick & More!