Category: Bass Guitars
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8 Best Active Bass Guitars (September 2026)
I’ve spent the last three months testing eight of the best active bass guitars on the market right now, plugging them into the same amp, the same DI, and the same set of long cables to see how they actually perform. My verdict: if you want punchy modern tone, low noise on long cable runs,…
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8 Best Bass Guitars for Metal (September 2026)
I have spent the last three months hauling eight different bass guitars through our rehearsal space, A/B-ing them against thrash, death, and progressive metal tracks with a 100-watt amp and a wall of distortion. When my band tracked our latest EP, every take revealed which instruments could hang with downtuned 7-string guitars and which got…
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10 Best Short Scale Bass Guitars (September 2026)
After testing 10 different short scale bass guitars over the past three months, I can tell you that compact bass design has come a long way from the “student instrument” reputation it once carried. A short scale bass guitar features a scale length of around 28.6 to 32 inches, compared to the standard 34-inch full-scale…