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EMMETT CHAPMAN • The Chapman Stick inventor passes away at 85

Zoom Calling • The new B6 multi-FX is here

Upright Citizens • Jazz sounds are inbound.

’Down Under

LOW END LIVE • Four unmissable tours for bass lovers to check out in 2022

IN THE Groove AL DI MEOLA : ELECTRIC RENDEZVOUS (COLUMBIA, 1982) • Former Megadeth bass player David Ellefson salutes Al DiMeola’s Electric Rendezvous

Peter Hook • The co-founder of Joy Division and New Order looks back.

When Jimi Hendrix asked Jack Bruce if he could play with Cream in 1967, what did Jack say?

HOLIDAY SEASON GIGS • Get ready for those winter shows

ACOUSTICS ANALYZED • Get to know solid-body acoustics

LET'S BORROW CHORDS

DRIVE TIME • Ever wondered how Lemmy got those terrifying bass tones... and how you can get them yourself? Grab your earplugs —we’re going in.

SPEAKERS CORNER • Frank Bello of Anthrax recalls a bass ‘moment’ on tour with Lemmy

TONE TALK • How to get that terrifying Lemmy sound

STUDIO LINES • The bass didn’t always go down smoothly on Motörhead albums, according to producer Ed Stasium, who worked on their 1916album in 1991... and just about survived.

THE SOUND OF BASS • What do you do when a pandemic shuts down your business? In the case of bassist, songwriter, and former bass store owner Kristin Bidwell , you pivot, adapt, and come back fighting

SPECIAL ORDER • Ska legends the Specials return with a triumphant new album, Protest Songs 1924-2012. The great Horace Panter reveals its troubled genesis

OHIO PLAYER • Burnt Sugar’s Jared Michael Nickerson continues the grand funk tradition... without fingers or pick

PRIZE PLAYER • As the former Black Flag bassist Kira Roessler releases her first solo album, we find out how a hardcore punk rocker ends up working on Game Of Thrones and bagging a shelf-load of Emmy awards

FAITH HEALER • Faith No More bassist Bill Gould may not be back on the road as soon as he’d like, but he still has tons of bass wisdom to share...

ALLEY CAT • Does The Cure’s ‘The Love Cats’ have the most memorable bass part of the Eighties? We ask its creator, Phil Thornalley

Incoming • Which bassist was obsessed with the Blues Brothers? Which one couldn’t switch from pick to fingers? And which one got some valuable advice from a drummer? Meet Matteo Bassoli of Me And That Man, Florence Black’s bassist Jordan ‘Foz’ Evans , Dirty Honey’s Justin Smolian and Mike Jeffries of Venom Prison...

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

GODIN A5 Ultra AE • Half acoustic, half electric, two pickup options and two outputs? Our Ed is intrigued

HARLEY BENTON CLB-10SE • Does cheap always equal cheerful? Mike Brooks finds out

KUSTOM KXB Combos • On a run of affordable gear this month, Mike Brooks plugs into two wallet-friendly amps

ASHDOWN John Myung Double Drive FENDER Trapper Bass Distortion • Two distortion pedals with four drives between them. Bring the noise, says Joel McIver

Bass Lessons • Making you a better bass player in every issue, our state-of-the-art team of educators will guide you every step of the way. Say hello to them here!

BP Notation Legend • The following is a guide to the notation symbols and terminology used in Bass Player magazine

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