We’ve already offered our choices for the 15 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time, so we’re shifting an octave lower celebrate the metal bassists who refuse to stick to root notes. Check out our picks ...

Though it produces a lovely low sound, the double bass used to be shunted off center stage and not taken seriously as a solo instrument. In the 20th century, the double bass gained greater respect ...

Even the most dedicated musicians have to put down their instruments sometimes, but on YouTube, you can listen to a bass solo that keeps going and going. Dadabots, which is also behind an endless ...

A friend of mine posted this video the other day, and I feel compelled to share it with you, if only to purge the image from my mind. The video features Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, performing a ...

Slap bass has come a long way since Larry Graham first championed the style in the 1970s. Graham has said that he was simply trying to create a drum-like sound to flesh out the rhythm in the then ...

The Bass Solo Fun competition crowned a new winner Saturday.Thirty bass players from around the world participated in the New Hampshire Drum Festival’s third annual bass player competition at the ...

Tom Jenkinson returns to his "classic" sound, albeit with a twist-- this is a live, solo performance recorded in Paris. Save this story Save this story Getting called a virtuoso or mad scientist comes ...

Bassists can be a self-deprecating lot, which probably explains why every few days I see some low-end specialist posting that cartoon with two tough guys trying to extract information from a ...

Mastodon aren't content with having three lead vocalists in their ranks, they're now bringing back the bass solo. In an Instagram live video ahead of the release of new song Teardrinker, drummer / ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. BASS EXPO 2014: For the most part the bass guitar is not a solo instrument, but players like ...

In the classical world, we get to see more than our fair share of performances from violinists, cellists, flautists, clarinetists and soloists who play instruments with relatively high registers and ...