If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. When it comes time to replace your strings, there are two ...

You can’t rush a painstaking artist like Iowa City's Chris Threlkeld-Wiegand. Known for years in prominent nationwide orchestral circles for his exquisitely crafted string basses selling for $40,000 ...

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Bass Week: Playing bass guitar in a metal band is easy. You carefully copy whatever riff the guitarist plays, wave horn signs at the leather-clad crowd and then go home. There's little room for ...

In a very demanding competition, string bass performer Shane Savage played his way to the top to become the Treasure Coast Youth Symphony’s 2018 Concerto Competition winner. Three accomplished ...

Kate Dinneen, 51, is extra cautious when doing blacksmith work. That’s because she uses her fingers and hands to play the string bass in the Topeka Symphony Orchestra. When you think of a blacksmith ...

Out of all the essential instruments that are played in popular music, the bass guitar is almost always the least renowned. Lead singers, guitar players, drummers, even keyboard players—they are all ...