We can always rely on Solar Guitars for some of the best guitars for metal but don’t let it be said it leaves the bass players out. Today, the chuggable brand expanded its collection of metal-ready ...

Bass Week: Playing bass guitar in a metal band is easy. You carefully copy whatever riff the guitarist plays, wave horn signs at the leather-clad crowd and then go home. There's little room for ...

With everything assembled and a few finishing touches added including a custom-engraved metal signature plate, the Cyberbass is ready to go on tour. [Matteo] learned a lot about guitar building in ...

What does it mean to set up a guitar or bass? Guitars and basses are largely wooden instruments under tension from strong metal strings, and they must balance these forces to remain in tune and ...

According to Ellefson, the foundation of metal music is based around guitars first and drums second. "So if you want to be a metal bass player, you have to be a one-person support system," he says.

The bass guitar is on the Mount Rushmore of instruments for rock and metal bands, but that dosen't mean a band always has a bassist in the group. There are some bands out there, even a couple ...

Ola Englund’s Solar Guitars has expanded its range of bass ... Solar also says its Type-E bass delivers a “new standard for metal bass”, and provides a “bold statement engineered to ...

The infamous 2019 Lamb of God guitar heist from Ak-Chin Pavilion has resulted in prison time for one crook, but only one of the metal band's ... and a hand-painted ESP bass guitar.

A recent episode of The Simpsons focused again on music, this time with Homer Simpson picking up the bass guitar in an episode ... and receive The Orchard Metal newsletter.

Of course, the traditional rock/metal band setup includes vocals, guitar, bass and drums. And, sometimes keyboard. Or sometimes without vocals! But rarely do you ever see an act that lacks guitar ...