Besides his work with pop stars and jazz greats, he is credited with helping to invent the six-string contrabass guitar. Fernando Trueba PC (Spain) & Cinétéve (France)Credit... Supported by By Alex ...

Every once in a while, a single instrument arrives and rewrites the rules. Not just for music, but for culture itself. Think about it. A strip of brass and a few keys gave birth to jazz. A solid block ...

BASS EXPO 2014: The early days of bass playing must have been a nightmare! Low resonance plus the need for audible volume meant huge instruments like the Mandobass (mandolin style) and the Regal ...

History is full of could-haves and should-haves. On eBay right now, current high bid at $20,000, is one of those historical could-haves. It’s called the Audiovox 736 Electric Bass guitar, and it was ...

BASS EXPO 2014: In the fourth part of The History Of The Electric Bass we look at how the sharp rise in popularity of the bass guitar led to an explosion in options for bass players and an ...

Wright, an assistant professor of music history at the University of North Texas, examines in his lively debut study how the electric bass guitar helped to “fundamentally alter the trajectory of ...

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