Bass Player Magazine September 2006. Equipment and guitar reviews, Letters, Workshops etc.

16 Arif Mardin Remembering an industry icon

18 San Francisco Bass Summit

20 C Blasko Metal's go-to quy with Ozzy Osbourne

22 Brian Hardgroove Bringing the power with Public Enemy

25 Pedro Yanowitz Sticking it out with Morningwood

26 Robbie Merrill Fingerpick convert with Godsmack

28 Kasim Sulton Rewving it up with the New Cars

34 RICHARD BONA

Voyaging from Cameroon to Paris to New York, Bona has brought Jaco’s legacy into the 21st century with beautiful solo records and all-star session work. By Chris Jisi

46 TODD PHILLIPS

How a bluegrass thumper embraced jazz and rock, escaped

the shackles of root-5, and changed bluegrass bass forever.By Richard Johnston

71 Transcription

The Who's “5:15” John Entwistle goes out of his brain.

SOUNDROOM

52  Lakland LH3 & Hammon Dark Star pickups

54 Washburn Bantam 5-string

56 Barker Vertical Bass

58 New York Bass Works Cremona 5-string

BASS TECH

60 Work On Your Bass Packing it in

WOODSHED

64 LearnTo Play Herbie Hancock's “Watermelon Man”

66 JohnGoldsby More “Giant Steps” magic

68 Style Study Chic’s Bernard Edwards

DEPARTMENTS

8 Low Down

10 Letters

62 BP Recommends

87 Advertiser Index

88 Soapbox

Stuart Hamm Behind the Bx3 tour

Excellent condition. 

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