I had this bass for a very short time. Not long enough to do a proper full review — and I regret that, because the more I played it, the

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This bass has been with me through a lot. Clubs, bigger stages, recording sessions. It always delivered. And now it’s looking for a new home. The MusicMan StingRay 5, 1995.

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This bass came to me during one of the hardest periods of my life. It was during the war. Ukraine, 2022. Things were falling apart on every level — not

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I want to talk about Warwick’s budget line, the RockBass Corvette, and specifically about how much it’s improved — because the old versions had problems that were genuinely hard to

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Two videos, one bass, and a simple message: if you want to slap, Warwick makes some of the best instruments for it on the planet. The Warwick Corvette $$ —

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I had the Fender Jaco Pastorius signature fretless bass in my hands. And my first thought was: this is beautiful. My second thought was: it’s too perfect. Jaco Pastorius had

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Let me tell you about the best decision I made for my live rig, and why I turned down the Moog. When I was putting together the synth bass sound

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Some bass lines are famous. Some are underground classics that bassists trade recommendations about like secrets. Wayne Braithwaite’s bass line on Melba Moore’s “Mind Up Tonight” is the second kind.

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If “There It Is” is the one that builds and builds, “I Can Make You Feel Good” is the one that hits you right at the start and never lets

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Shalamar put out some of the most infectious R&B records of the early 80s. “There It Is” is one of those tracks I keep going back to because the groove

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