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Heavy metal never takes a holiday. Just ask the great Geezer Butler...

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DIGITAL DOLLARS • Here’s how your bass-playing could make you money on Twitch

Jones Gang • Percy Jones returns to a ‘packed’ house.

Love Lines • A great bass-line in 40 words.

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ASSUME NOTHING • Chloe Peacock challenges received bass wisdom…

STATUESQUE • A new statue of Phil Lynott has caused some “robust discussion”.

Star Gazing • Aluminati launch the Orion.

IN THE Groove CHER , HEART OF STONE (GEFFEN, 1989) • Each month, we celebrate a classic, bass-loaded album. Has it stood the test of time?

Ruth Goller • We celebrate five great—and less great!—albums on which a notable bassist appears

In 1981, Mötley Crüe merge glam-rock and metal with their debut album, Too Fast For Love • A historic moment in bass world—recalled by those who were there to see it

MANAGE YOUR PEDALBOARD • Get that board in shape!

QUARTER-SAWN NECKS DEFINED • “Wood’ you explain, Rob?

CREATE FUNK LINES WITH DEAD NOTES

MIND GAMES • When your band, the pioneers of heavy metal, calls it a day after half a century in business, what do you do? Ask TERRY ‘GEEZER’ BUTLER , who—now that Black Sabbath are no more—is releasing a box set of his solo albums, Manipulations Of The Mind

Five Of The Beast • A fistful of albums that shaped the Butler bass style

Sabbath Daze • Geezer’s Seventies bass parts with Black Sabbath are iconic. What does he remember of those crazy early sessions?

AMBASSADOR OF BASS • A true bass legend, Dave Pomeroy has handled duties on over 500 albums, including six Grammy winners. Jamie Blaine meets the master

TEMPLE RUN • Stone Temple Pilots’ third album, Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop, is 25 years old this year. Bassist extraordinaire Robert DeLeo looks back, and forward

LOVE NOTES • Jazz veteran Charnett Moffett returns with a new album, and a whole lot of affection.

RAISING HELL • Veteran bassist David Filice of DMC & The Hellraisers walks this way

TRUE COLORS • Upright bassist Adi Meyerson returns with a new compositional style inspired by visual arts and synesthesia—and explains her method for us

VERDINE WHITE • Every now and then, we pull a vintage interview out of the Bass Player vaults. This month, it’s the great Verdine White of Earth, Wind & Fire, who talked to us about his approach to the funk back in 2004...

SCREEN TIME • Nick Wells has directed acclaimed films about our community. We meet him as his new movie, Lost Backstage, hits the screen

TAKING NOTES • Nashville-based bassist Kirby Barber takes us through her career to date.

Incoming • Four bass players of the heavy metal persuasion say hi. Watch out for them—they have a loud future ahead...

GEAR Reviews • Welcome to our expert road-tests of state-of-the-art bass gear

GUILD Starfire 1 • Ready to join this vintage club? Stuart Clayton sees stars

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

MICHAEL KELLY Pinnacle 5 • The summit of bass? Joe Daly aims for the top with this new Pinnacle

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

AGUILAR SL112 Poseidon Green Special Edition • With its oceanic vibe, does this cab offer buried treasure? Mike Brooks dives in

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

TECH21 SansAmp Bass Fly Rig v2 • The new Bass Fly Rig variant of the venerable SansAmp meets the editor’s boot

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