Bass Player - December 2016

Green Day is back with their tantalizing 12th studio album, Revolution Radio. We get the inside scoop from Mike Dirnt on the making of the record and the creation of his precision bass lines (including a lesson with transcribed excerpts). Plus: Richard Bona’s salsa-fied solo return; Tim Commerford on his new alt-punk power trio, Wakrat; Marco Mendoza on growing with the Dead Daisies; reviews of new gear from Trickfish, Fender, and Boss; John Goldsby’s Jazz Concepts; R&B Gold; a full-song bass transcription of the Meters’ “Africa”; and much more!