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Ensiferum may have a certain sound, but as you'll see in our latest Gear Factor, the roots of bassist Sami Hinkka's playing are a little bit more varied that what you may think. Hinkka was schooled ...

The best bass guitars come with a wide variety of features and options, suited to particular genres and individual styles—there are endless variations on what you can do with low end. Are you planning ...

Being a bass player can be a thankless job. Out of all the components in a classic vocals, guitar, drums, and bass band setup, bassists are the ones least likely to get the spotlight. While drummers ...

The bass is crucial. In many ways, it leads the band. Talk to any bass player and they’ll tell you, if he or she changes up the bass line or rhythm, the group will follow along almost hypnotically, ...

The original complaint about music games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band is that they convinced kids that playing the guitar was actually easy. A few taps, a few strums and you sounded like Jack White ...

Once considered a novelty, but now fully integrated into the bass guitar family, the six-string bass is a fact of modern bass life. Whereas the five-string is looked upon as a regular bass with an ...