The fact the bass guitar looks so much like a regular, six-string electric guitar can lead some to assume it’s an inferior or secondary instrument. However, anyone who's ever played one knows this is ...

Bass Week: The word ‘funk’ or ‘funky’ can be applied to almost anything, from butt-shaking basslines to scatter cushions. We all instinctively know what’s implied, but in a bass playing sense, what ...

The bass powerhouse behind the DC hardcore pioneers tells us what makes him tick When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Few bands in ...

Along with guitarist Nile Rodgers, the late Bernard Edwards helped define one of the most distinctive sounds of disco – the sparse, sophisticated, yet highly rhythmic groove of Chic. Much like the ...

Be it the deft melodic runs Paul McCartney played in The Beatles, the showboating funk grooves of Bootsy Collins or the liquid virtuosity of Jaco Pastorius, a good bassline is the heartbeat of a song, ...

Sometimes, it really is all about that bass. A recent study in the journal Current Biology found that people danced 12% more when very low frequency bass was played. The study was done by scientists ...