This Month's Features

New Bass Frontiers T-Shirts!

New Bass Frontiers T-Shirts!

Friends and readers! We’re extremely pleased to announce that we have a brand new t-shirt design that we’re releasing for sale. Let all your friends know where your favorite place to get low-end news is! Bass Frontiers clef logo on the front and the website on the back. Available with red or orange logo, the [...]

2012 Fodera Emperor 5 Standard Giveaway!

2012 Fodera Emperor 5 Standard Giveaway!

Greetings Bass Players & Bass Friendly Types! Bass Frontiers is extremely proud to announce that as part of the introduction of their newest model, the Emperor 5 Standard, the amazing folks over at Fodera will be giving YOU the chance to win one of your very own! Unless you’ve been living as a hermit for [...]

Nate Watts of Stevie Wonder Video Interview

Nate Watts of Stevie Wonder Video Interview

Anyone who has not been living under a rock can recognize the signature sounds of beloved Stevie Wonder songs, such as “Do I Do,” “Sir Duke,” “Higher Ground,” and “Superstition.” Nate Watts has been providing signature bass lines alongside music legend Stevie Wonder since 1974. This dynamic duo makes for quite a show and if [...]

Video Interview: Eva Gardner

Video Interview: Eva Gardner

Daughter of British Invasion bassist Kim Gardner, Eva Gardner got a hold of her first bass at age 12 and never looked back. Clearly groomed by a surrounding of musicians of a high level, Eva is not just your typical “girl bass player”. Gardner has spent time as a sidewoman with The Mars Volta, P!NK, [...]

Win A Yamaha BB714 Bass & Hartke 5210C Amp!

Win A Yamaha BB714 Bass & Hartke 5210C Amp!

You could win a Yamaha BB714 bass and a Hartke 5210C amp just by signing up to receive the Bass Frontiers Magazine newsletter! Enter for your chance to win today! The BB714BS bass is a Billy Sheehan Signature Model from Yamaha. Based on the usual BB414 body style, this bolt-on bass is constructed of an [...]

Video Interview: Derrick Hodge

Video Interview: Derrick Hodge

Derrick Hodge is a true phenom of the new generation of professional musicians. He is functioning (or has functioned) as a bass player with Maxwell (for whom he is now music director), Robert Glasper (in his trio as well as the RCDC Experiment), Gretchen Parlato, Kenneth Whalum III, Terence Blanchard, Chris Dave, Jill Scott, Mos [...]

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  • New Bass Frontiers T-Shirts!
  • 2012 Fodera Emperor 5 Standard Giveaway!
  • Nate Watts of Stevie Wonder Video Interview
  • Video Interview: Eva Gardner
  • Win A Yamaha BB714 Bass & Hartke 5210C Amp!
  • Video Interview: Derrick Hodge
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Video Features

  • Video Interview: Doug Pinnick

    Doug “dUg” Pinnick is best known as being the bass player and a singer in the seminal hard rock/prog outfit, King’s X, since 1983. With King’s X, Doug has been a part of a whopping fourteen albums, in addition to four solo albums, and a lesser known group of tribute albums to various rock artists. [...]

Artist News

  • Hartley Peavey Named ‘Citizen of the Year’

    As the founder and CEO of Peavey Electronics, Hartley Peavey has achieved more success in his musical career than he ever dreamed. With more than 180 patents to his company’s credit, a solid track record for innovations in music and audio, and a legacy of building quality, reliable gear for musicians and professionals, Hartley’s legacy [...]

Instruction and Education

Editor's Notes

  • April 2012: Matt O’Donnell

    Why, hello there, friends! I was just looking, and I noticed that I haven’t gotten my two cents in here in a year! I suppose that makes me a little overdue, right? I think that one of the nice things that I help provide when I write Editor’s Notes is the journey of a bassist [...]