Farewell to Erik Dyke, bassist with the NC Symphony, tireless ambassador for music
At 69, Dyke had played with the symphony for nearly 50 years, and he toured the state spreading the joy of classical music to ...
Created by the Ibanez Custom Shop in L.A., Thundercat’s double-neck bass guitar has a 6-string on top and an 8-string on the bottom
Created by Ibanez’s L.A. Custom Shop in 2012, Thundercat’s main axe is a highly customized Ibanez Artcore 6-string. It’s a ...
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The double bass or simply the bass (and numerous other names) is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. It is a transposing instrument and is ...
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Fretted, fretless, double bass, eight-string – Sting is unstoppable on bass. Here’s how he developed his style
Fretted, fretless, double bass, eight-string – Sting was ... The following interview from the Bass Player archives took place in April 1992, with Sting having just released his third post ...
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10 things we learned from Chi-chi Nwanoku’s Desert Island Discs
She was taken to see the double basses, which towered over her. The shortest girl in her sixth-form, Chi-chi said, “I’m five-foot-nothing, and they’ve got to be the biggest instruments in ...
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A's Player of the Month: Mater East Academy's Lonnie Bass
In the most important game of the season for the Mater East Academy basketball team, Lonnie Bass rose to the occasion.