Justin Kennedy builds out-of-this-world guitars for customers looking to break with tradition and shred something a little ...

In Part 6, we assemble the hardware—mounting the bridge, tuning machines, and installing the strings. The bass guitar is ...

Best cheap bass guitars: Our top picks. If we had to narrow it down and pick the best cheap bass guitar currently on offer, then a strong contender would be the Sterling By Music Man SUB Ray5. This ...

Not very impressed. I have a platform of foot pedals, going back to ’79, and they work. Traded up for a Line6 last year, but no real advantage there, either.

The classic electric bass guitar has a long neck, and therefore long strings, which enable it to make lower notes. A short-scale bass shortens the neck by around 3.5 inches, ...

Paul McCartney playing a Höfner violin bass guitar on Salisbury Plain in England during the filming of “Help” in May 1965. It is similar to the one that went missing.

The bass guitar is a curious beast, isn’t it? It doesn’t clamor. It’s not the crowd-pleaser, the show-off. You won’t find it throwing its back out leaping off the stage for a solo.