Issue - 34

Go Ahead Punk Play Some Bass 
never Mind Nevermind ... 30 years ago this month it was the sex pistols that shook the music industry to the core with the release of its infamous never mind the bollocks album. the music revolution that followed spawned some superb bass players and some rocking riffs. BGM samples the bass of the Sex Pistols, The Damned, The StrAnglers, The Undertones and The ADverts.

Scott Owen 
The Living End bassist has been the high energy upright player of the decade. Adrian Ashton asks, “How do you do that on an upright?”

STEWART McKINSEY
Multiple Strings Attached
Why stop at six? Ten strings or more are the subjects of discussion with ultra low-ender Stewart McKinsey.

TM Stevens
Having worked with Miles Davis and James Brown, bassist TM Stevens knows what it’s like to have demanding band leaders. Now he’s leading the band with his Africans In The Snow release as he tells Joel McIver...

STEVEN LAWSON
6-string, fretless or fretted, the UK’s best known solo bassist takes great delight in mixing it all up through various looping devices. Here he offers advice to the new looper.

COLUMNS:

Recording Column
Compression is often a necessity for the home recording engineer. Petra Jones enlightens the unlimited.

DAVE MARKS
His style has been copied by many, yet few can reach the heights reached by the late, great John Entwistle. Dave Marks gives some pointers to his unique style.

STUART CLAYTON
Shapes? Patterns? Call them what you will but with some musical emphasis they can become your improvising lifelines.

STEVE LAWSON
The ultimate intonation challenge? Steve Lawson serves up some fretless chord tips.

GEAR

Clover Avenger 5-String Bass
The A 5-string Clover could bring good luck for this not so new German bass builder. Mike Brooks goes bass picking.

Ibanez SRX350 4-string BASS
Very SRX-y – That’s what Ibanez will have you believe of their value for money rock focused 350 model.

BOSS ME20B
That’s Multi Effects for Bass, albeit with more than twenty sounds in there. More new budget equipment tested in the BGM corridors.

HomeBrew
Hematoma Bass Pre-amp/Overdrive Pedal
Bass overdrives are now ten a penny. Can this exotic hand-built offering from the USA deliver new sounds for the distorting loving bassist? Stuart Clayton samples the Homebrew.