The veteran bassist on his Queen and Led Zeppelin links, love for fretless, fighting with a Music Man EQ, and Tony Iommi’s ...

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G&L Musical Instruments, which made guitars, basses and other gear on Fender Avenue in Fullerton since 1980, quietly closed down last month.

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Short-lived and underappreciated Chicago eight-piece Aura created an ambitious fusion of soul, funk, acid rock, and jazz on ...

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This six-string bass completely changed the way your favorite country and pop songs from the 1960s sounded. Can you hear the difference?

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Porcupine Tree founder Steven Wilson is one of the most acclaimed remixers in music, and we spoke to him about some of his most memorable projects.

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Positive Grid has announced its Spark NEO Core, the newest member of the Spark NEO family of smart guitar headphones.

Besides his work with pop stars and jazz greats, he is credited with helping to invent the six-string contrabass guitar.