Along with Leo Fender, the late Anthony Jackson became one of the most important figures in the history of the electric bass ...

Besides his work with pop stars and jazz greats, he is credited with helping to invent the six-string contrabass guitar.

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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This six-string bass completely changed the way your favorite country and pop songs from the 1960s sounded. Can you hear the difference?

Anthony Jackson, a musician celebrated for his extensive musical vocabulary on the bass guitar that he used across hundreds ...

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ZZ Top's Elwood Francis took to social media over the weekend to discuss the headline-grabbing 17-string bass that he used during a recent show. He unveiled the oversized monstrosity during the Nov. 5 ...

Fans who saw ZZ Top during their recent tour stop in Huntsville, Ala. witnessed an unusual sight, as bassist Elwood Francis briefly performed using an oversized 17-string bass. The mammoth instrument ...