Pagano is a bass player, and he really loves the sound of vintage amps, so for the Perfect Storm he credits the old Alembic bass preamp as part of his inspiration.

It's got a very, very aggressive sound to it, which gives it incredible clarity. For a bass player like me in an orchestrated typed of band, that's seriously important. I hope everybody checks the ...

We have seen this with superlative electric guitars like the Aristocrat and indeed the Starfire models, but here we have a Starfire bass that transposes that hollowbodied vintage mojo for the rhythm ...

1. Tim Lefebvre (Tedeschi Trucks Band, David Bowie, Donny McCaslin Band) To me, Tim Lefebvre is undoubtedly the most unique and innovative bass player working today, and my biggest influence as a ...

Gene Simmons then mentioned some amazing bass players, “like Jaco Pastorius and the jazz guys. Or guys like Flea [of Red Hot Chili Peppers] who is really good on his instrument, ...