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The power of love will save us, says Flea. He makes a valid point, right?

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SPACE BASS • Thundercat heads to a galaxy far, far away...

Nano Notes • Phil Jones Bass announces the Nanobass combo.

Bass Breeze • A new, four-bassist project.

Burke Shelley RIP

SQUIER TURNS FORTY • Fender celebrates 40 years of Squier with new P- and J-Basses

IN THE Groove ERYKAH BADU , LIVE (UNIVERSAL, 1997) • Every month, we reassess an album with influential, interesting, or otherwise cool bass parts. This month, it’s neo-soul singer Erykah Badu’s 1997 LP, Live.

Alex Webster • Cannibal Corpse’s bassist looks back at five albums that mark key points in his career as a master of the low end.

50 years ago, the great Jerry Jemmott endured career-threatening injuries in two incidents

GETTING STARTED • Head back to the stage in style

YOUR ACOUSTIC BASS, PART 3 • Rob Elrick tells the neck-id truth

SWITCH RHYTHM GEARS

Love Is In The Air • The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ new album is a showcase for Flea , who you recently voted the world’s best rock bassist—but as he tells Joel McIver, he doesn’t see himself that way.

Your cut-out-and-keep guide to the best bass parts in Unlimited Love

Inside ‘Give It Away’ • A nostalgic look back at arguably Flea’s finest hour, taken from Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991).

WILL POWER • Will Lee has done more in his career than any 10 other bass players, including the small matter of 6,000 Letterman shows, but he’s not resting on his laurels just yet.

BEAT THIS • The art of writing bass parts that are neither too experimental nor too boring, explained by Kaspar Larsen of Denmark’s premier rock exports, Volbeat

POWER TONES • Nashville Pussy make all other bands look like weaklings. We meet their powerhouse bassist Bonnie Buitrago for a dose of rock

Scott Reeder says…

BROTHER GRIM • With their eighth album, Hushed And Grim, progressive metallers Mastodon have decided to double up. That’s a whole lot of bass from

HOLY MAN • Celebrating 50 years of unsociably loud music with a new box set, Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill looks back on half a century of breakin’ the law

NASHVILLE NOTES • Electric and upright bassist Mandy Schucher on the perils of overplaying

LUCKY STAR • Lottery Winners bassist Katie Lloyd tells Chloe Peacock about the importance of staying positive in the pandemic era

EXIT STRATEGY • Thrash metal pioneers Exodus release their best album in years with Persona Non Grata, and bassist Jack Gibson reveals the pain behind the gain (control)...

Incoming • Who learned bass in a bomb shelter? Who cites both Carol Kaye and Limp Bizkit as an influence? Meet Ashley Suppa from Plush, Itai Disraeli of Opium Moon, soloist Michael Hall , and Harry Jordan’s bassist Kris Hill , a quartet of talent who are coming your way.

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

SPECTOR NS Pulse II • Got your finger on the Pulse? Joe Daly asks if this bass improves on its predecessor

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

CORT Artisan B5 Element • It’s Elementary, says Mike Brooks of this beefed-up B5

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

AGUILAR DB599 Bass Compressor • Tame those transients today, advises Mike Brooks

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

Bass Lessons • Making you a better bass player in every issue, our state-of-the-art team of educators will guide you every step...