RIP Guybo

Guybo on bass guitar The legendary Eddie Cochran's bass player Fred Conrad Smith unexpectedly passed away this morning at 7.20am...
brian setzer's slap bass player solo album upright

New solo record by Mark W. Winchester

A slap bass player for Planet Rockers, Brian Setzer and Emmylou Harris, Mark W. Winchester has a new album out. And it's called UPRIGHT!...
3 eyed black cat t shirt by blast cult ex king double bass

Blast Cult t-shirts available!

The Blast Cult just made some cool new t-shirts and they are available for sale! They are very high quality, fitted shirts and not...
psychobilly slap bass player thomas frenchy fantomas with kings of nuthin

New interview and video with Thomas aka FANTOMAS!

First Psychobilly video is up on the Art of Slap Bass! Many of you requested Thomas Lorioux aka Thomas Frenchy aka Fantomas to be...
Kevin Smith's Interview for Art of Slap Bass

Interview with Kevin Smith

I still remember hearing the album Stranger Things by High Noon for the first time. I was in high school and already...
double slap bass patterns and riffs including triplet, gallop, quadruple, drag slap and roll

New Article – Basic Slap Bass patterns

We added a first article called "Basic slap patterns and the problem of inconsistent nomenclature". There are a lot of confusion about names for slap...
blast cult slap double bass company by jason burns of king doublebass

Blast Cult website is on!

The wait is over. Blast Cult w-site is on the web! Check it out here. They will start accepting new orders on Monday 8/22....
rockabilly slap bassist marshall lytle on the floor with bill haley's original comets

Happy Birthday Marshall Lytle (plus new interview)!

Rock'n'roll pioneer and one of the earliest slap bass stars, Marshall Lytle of Bill Haley's Comets, is 77 today (September 1st 2010)! We would like...
slap bass gut strings for rockabilly and swing, endorsed by nicolas dubouchet

New Slap Bass Strings by Pirastro

Legendary bass strings company Pirastro just announced they started producing new bass strings specially designed for slap bass players - Evah Pirazzi Slap! They developed this...
Greg Olwell from Bass Player Magazine talks slap bass

New Interview with Greg Olwell

Never heard of his name? Have you ever read any slap bass related article in Bass Player magazine? If you did, it was most...