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Living Colour’s Doug Wimbish sheds light on the band’s latest, Shade, and discusses a career that has included everything from pioneering rap with Sugarhill to trendsetting sounds with Tackhead, Jungle Funk, and Mos Def to session work with the Stones, Madonna, Seal, James Brown, Carly Simon, and Annie Lennox. Plus: interviews with Rex Brown, Hutch Hutchinson, and Mastodon’s Troy Sanders; reviews of the Reverend Mike Watt Bass, EHX Battalion DI, and Nordstrand J-Blade pickups; lessons; record reviews; a full-song transcription of Billy “Bass” Nelson’s multitracked bass line on The Tempations’ “Shakey Ground;” and more!

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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!