In this issue

Chris Childs (Thunder) and Johny Chow (Stone Sour): Two rock heavyweights; two generations of the loud and the low; one mission—and one great conversation about rock bass. We bring together Chris Childs and Johny Chow for a frank discussion on the fine art of making the earth itself tremble, Dennis Dunaway: The original Alice Cooper Band bassist Dunaway has some stories to tell, as you might expect—and he tells them to gobsmacked bass scribe Joe Shooman...

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Bobby Vega
Ever since his first recording session with Sly Stone at the age of 17, Bay Area bass badass Bobby Vega has set the bar for funktastic pick playing. In this month's cover story, he goes deep on his plectrum technique and artistic approach. Plus: interviews with Cheap Trick's Tom Petersson, Dream Theater's John Myung, and Jerry "J Blakk" Henderson of Big Sam's Funky Nation; reviews of the Blackstar Fly Bass mini-amp, Mesa-Boogie D-800 head and Ultra Lite cabinets, and new pickups from Lindy Fralin; Jazz and R&B lessons you can use; a full-song bass transcription of Deep Purple's "Gettin' Tighter;" and more!