Stephen Bruner isn’t just a bass player – he’s a whole way of approaching life, built on a philosophy somehow espoused in the TV cartoon whose name he has adopted. Having spent his teens and ...

On the first two albums, there were lots of instrumentals, and I was trying to convey ideas that way,” Thundercat told Bass Player. “Now songwriting has taken a front seat.

From John Myung to Felix Pastorius to Thundercat, we follow their historic quest for the ultimate extended-range axe ...

Support journalism that digs deeper into topics that matter most to Arkansans. Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism. Bryan Hendricks has been the Arkansas ...

No matter how you skin it, folks don’t much like change, and the sight of a headless axe still causes consternation among the electric guitar and bass-playing ranks. Many brands have flirted with the ...

Unsurprisingly, music lessons were a struggle but, when he was about 17, he saw a strange guitar hanging in a pawnshop window in Downtown Los Angeles. “I had never seen anything quite like it ...

For The Music, the band take us track-by-track through hidden samples, majestic instruments and life's exuberant moments that ...

The best bass lure can spark heated debates among anglers. Some fishermen like spinnerbaits more than jerkbaits and others prefer topwater over soft plastics. In reality, it is difficult to say ...

There are many on the market, but which are the best audio interfaces for guitar? Even if you don’t have designs on becoming the next Eric Valentine or Jack Antonoff, you still stand to benefit ...

There are numerous potential causes for red spots to form on the skin, including sudden infections or underlying chronic conditions. On darker skin tones, the spots may appear as purplish or ...