Other highlights of the instrument include the TBX tone circuit treble bass expander, the vintage style bridge with four single-groove saddles and the custom engraved skull and crossbones neck plate.

Describing his overdriven bass tone isn't easy, although many have tried. “Lemmy’s bass playing with Motörhead was just so insane,” said Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan.

Based on the bass used to record Appetite For Destruction, Duff’s bass is a reissue of sorts of his ’80s-era Jazz Bass Special, and combines a Precision Bass body with a Jazz Bass neck. Key specs ...

Here’s how it works. Duff: 'Do I ride it or play it? Oh, I can do both!' Thanks to the good folks at Signal Snowboards and Fender, Duff McKagan is one step closer to owning a bass he can take from the ...

“I think Duff [McKagan] is doing something with Jane’s Addiction right now so we’re all sort of all over the place doing whatever until we can all regroup,” Slash said.

Musician-and-inventor Paul Tutmarc of Seattle, Washington, developed the first modern fretted electric bass guitar in 1936. And it just so happens another Seattle native, Guns N' Roses very own Duff ...

He’s very much a plectrum man and I hadn’t used one for around 15 years, as I can’t connect with my bass without using my fingers.” Wire said Duff told the band he loved the song.

Although Duff McKagan is best known as the bassist of Guns N' Roses, he's a versatile instrumentalist, having played drums and the guitar in bands prior to his move to Los Angeles. There were a ...