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Issue 40 Print
Cover Feature:
40 Greatest Basslines
Joel McIver polls BGM’s artists, contributors and editorial staff to celebrate our 40th issue with the best basslines ever.

Greg Corner
Few ex-girlfriends of musicians enjoy a legacy of inspiration of the name of a rock band. Andy Hughes unravels a few more truths from Kill Hannah’s Greg Corner.

Jack Bruce
New and reissued albums, tours, guest spots with various artists and the reformation of the quintessential supergroup Cream have kept Jack Bruce from twiddling his thumbs.

Beginner Plus - Bass Super Roundup
Want a bass on a budget?
Look no further, BGM has 30 basses between £165 and £199 featured in our budget bass roundup.

Gear Tests:
Super Synth Shootout - World Exclusive
Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer first test against its rivals

Combo Shootout
The new Hartke HyDrive combo Vs Trace Elliot’s 715

5-String Bass Shootout
BGM pitches an established UK brand against four relative newcomers to the UK bass scene for a 5-string shootout of the super exotic.

Villex Pickups

ACG EQ 02


Line 6 LD 15
4-String Bass

Peavey Millenium BXP
4-String Bass

Electro-Harmonix
Bass Blogger Distortion & Bass Big Muff PI


Bass Techinques:
Guy Pratt
My Bass & Other Excercises

Andrew Mckinney
Tuition Tips

Janek Gwidzala
Bass Improvisations

Dave Marks
Style File

Paul Geary
P.G. Tips

Transcription
Murder On The Dance Floor

 

 

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Stanley Clarke

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Bass legend Stanley Clarke talks us through the arsenal of bass instruments utilised on his new recording

Hugh McDonald

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Bon Jovi’s ‘unoffcial’ bass player shows us just what it takes to take to the stage with one of the world’s biggest stadium acts

JD Deservio

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Joel McIver meets John DeServio of Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society