The fact that Ament was using an 12-string bass helps to explain the instrument’s presence on the track, although you won’t hear the extra strings ringing out individually - they simply add to the ...

If you've ever plugged in a bass guitar, a stack of effects pedals and an amp in order to emulate the tone of a classic bassline, you'll know that it's harder to nail it than you might think. Every ...

There’s also a 1970 Rickenbacker Fireglo 12-string, with a switch to make it a six-string, an Ampeg AUB-1 Scroll bass, which Newsted calls “a unique sounding beast” that has seen a lot of ...

Two key highlights come from two serious purveyors of low-end might: A 1992 Alembic Europa Custom 10-string bass used on the Black Album tour, and a five-string fretless Zon bass, used to record ...

D’Addario EXL160 Nickel Wound Bass Guitar Strings The D’Addario family are string-making royalty, dating all the way back to 1600s Italy, when strings were painstakingly made with hog and ...