We tested five of the best ribbon microphones you can buy online, evaluating how they performed on bass, guitar, male vocals, and female vocals.

A Chatterbait (AKA bladed jig or vibrating jig) is one of the most beloved "power fishing" lures in a bass angler’s arsenal. It combines the flash of a spinnerbait, the vibration of a crankbait, and ...

We talk the finest subwoofers by names like REL Acoustics that enable you to hear—and feel—frequencies otherwise left to the ...

October 28, 2025, 5:20 PM · This week Pirastro announced its newest strings for double bass: Perpetual 'Stark.' "The new Double Bass Perpetual 'Stark' strings are a wholly unique development that in ...

He made the cumbersome bass soar, sing and leap, and became one of few bassists in history to successfully pursue a career outside an orchestra. By Adam Nossiter Gary Karr, a double-bass virtuoso who ...

Eric McPherson’s Double Bass Quartet is the kind of project that reminds you how cool and endlessly inventive modern jazz can be. Released via the ever-adventurous Giant Step Arts, this recording sees ...

We may earn a commission when you buy through our links. You may have heard the news a while back that Gibson was relaunching the legendary Tobias brand of basses. Founded in the late 1970s by Michael ...

Largemouth bass live nearly everywhere freshwater environments exist--49 of the 50 United States, with Alaska as the exception. They are aggressive feeders, fooled by a wide range of lures and ...

Willie Pipkin is a lifelong resident of Austin, Texas, where he plays guitar for a living. But his real passion is bass fishing, and on Wednesday, he caught the fish of his dreams in the heart of ...

ZZ Top bassist Elwood Francis has posted an update, introducing the world to his new two-string bass. Francis was formerly the band’s guitar tech: the man tasked with maintaining their fuzzy guitars ( ...

You can’t rush a painstaking artist like Iowa City's Chris Threlkeld-Wiegand. Known for years in prominent nationwide orchestral circles for his exquisitely crafted string basses selling for $40,000 ...

U-Penn Phd.D student Leening Liu works to align the bass in the CT scanner for. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to ...