Created in 1960 as a mellower alternative to the seminal Fender Precision bass, the Fender Jazz bass has created a musical legacy all its own. Its body shape was similar to the Jazzmaster guitar, and ...

As is the case with most music equipment these days, there’s an overwhelming array of options threatening to bankrupt you at every turn. But if you’re a beginner or just looking up to pick up an ...

Prior to the advent of electrical amplification, the role of the guitar in jazz was strictly that of a chorded rhythm instrument, chugging along with the bass and drums and helping to propel whatever ...

Pianist McCoy Tyner's dramatic arpeggios, thunderous bass pulses and modulated chord voicings have inspired generations of aspiring jazz musicians. An acoustic purist who sustained a viable career ...

But it was the new Stylus humbuckers that intrigued me most about the Tekton drop. They offer flatter output with a more moderate tonal character in order to get the most out of digital gear. Think ...

Welcome to the jazz bass studio at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music! Bijoux Barbosa is the jazz bass instructor at our college working with students on sound production and ...