When a traditional bass doesn’t have enough low end to serve the music you’re playing, then you might want to explore some of the best 5-string bass guitars instead. Having an extra low string gives ...

Cliff Howell plays his bass in many Hawke's Bay bands. A Napier musician might be getting on in years but the instrument he plays is more than twice his age. Englishman Cliff Howell, 88, has restored ...

It is hard to imagine the double bass — the lowest-pitched member of the violin family that resembles a string instrument on steroids — setting the tone for the Sufi song ‘Dama dam mast kalandar’, but ...