Bass Player US Magazine - December 2019
Bass Player US Magazine - December 2019
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In this issue
GB Guitars Classic $6,200 Brooks tries out Bernie Goodfellow’s Classic bass. Does this wince-makingly expensive instrument earn its keep?
Forward Thinking
Geddy Lee led the prog-rock giants Rush from 1968 to 2018. That’s 40 long years. Now that the ultimate power trio have called time, he’s made his mark as an author—but enough about the past… we want to know what his next move might be. Ellen O’Reilly puts the questions to the master
10+ mins
P-Funky
P-Nut, as most people call 311 bassist Aaron Wills, is a man on a mission. We ask him about his plans to deliver the groove to the people
10 mins
Those Who Can... Teach
When he’s not playing bass alongside Victor Wooten, Anthony Wellington runs the Bassology Around The World events and teaches students... a lot of students. We meet the low-frequency learning guru
9 mins
Weather Man
With a musical career spanning almost 50 years, including performances and sessions with Weather Report, Phil Collins and Santana, Alphonso Johnson is a bass icon. Mike Brooks asks the questions
3 mins
Bass Phils
Thrash metal means never having to slow down and grow up. We meet the mighty Phil Rind of Sacred Reich, whose new album Awakening is a bona fide monster
5 mins
Cat Power
Forty years down the line, the Stray Cats are playing with as much attitude as ever. Silvia Bluejay slips into her polka dot dress for a chat with the great Lee Rocker
9 mins
Bass Player US Magazine Description:
Publisher: Future
Category: Music
Language: English
Frequency: Monthly
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!
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