May saw the reissue of Fender's best-selling bass, a custom Rickenbacker for Geddy Lee, and a supersized version of the daddy ...

Despite slapping down the years on a variety of bass guitars, most of which have been custom jobs from Brooklyn luthier Carl Thompson in various string and fretted/fretless configurations, in 2011 ...

I've been playing the bass guitar for almost a decade at this point, and Les Claypool still melts my brain. The American ...

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Explore the eccentric world of Les Claypool as he brings his unique projects to life in a wild musical performance.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio - Les Claypool is an unlikely alt-rock star. The gangly, nerdy, wholly unique bassist and songwriter’s style ...

Clark Gibson speaks with Les Claypool about his "Claypool Gold" tour, which is coming to the Caverns on June 5th and Atlanta ...

“It’s all just devil music,” he quipped. Then the bassist who founded the rock band whose eclectic music mixes funk, progressive rock and some punk leanings took the question more seriously. “It's ...