Even though he's best known for crafting James Hetfield’s most striking and creative axes, Kenneth Lawrence doesn’t play guitar. He’s a bassist. As most bassists do, at age 14, he picked up the bass ...

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In 1959, Joe Holovnia had a problem. A veteran jazz bassist who performed across New England with classic acts such as the Fred Hall Dance Band, Holovnia's bass was no longer getting the job done. At ...

Bruce Springsteen famously learned how to make his guitar talk. He also plays a pretty good bass. The 1963 Fender Precision bass that the Boss played on “Blinded by the Light” and “Spirit in the Night ...