The Bass Freq’s Podcast, hosted by experienced recording and touring bass player Josh Paul (Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Daughtry), features in-depth discussions with some of the top bassists working today. 

The sixth episode features Steve Jenkins. Whether it’s prog metal, R&B, dub—you name it—he can play it all, and he brings incredible technical skill and a true love for music to everything he plays. He has two full records under his belt as a band leader, and he’s supported a wide range of artists on stage and in the studio, from Vernon Reid and Javier Reyes to Victor Wooten and Alex Skolnick. Oh yeah, he’s also a heck of an educator with his own series of bass courses.

Steve joins host Josh Paul for a fun and lively discussion replete with a working bass player’s insights on technique, gear, teaching, and coffee. Listen to the Bass Freq’s Podcast now, wherever you listen to podcasts, and subscribe so that you can hear from more great guests every week.

The fifth episode of the Bass Freq’s Podcast features Nick “Shinz” Schendzielos. Graced with an incredibly fast thumb, he brings double-thumb, tapping, slapping, chords, and fingerstyle techniques to thrash and death metal—genres whose bass players have traditionally only used fast fingers and pick strokes.

Nick complements his deadly serious chops with a killer sense of humor, and through it all, his intense dedication to craft, finding great tone, and creating great music keeps him motivated. Currently, you can hear his complex low-end grooves in the music of Job For A Cowboy and Cephalic Carnage, to which he also lends his vocals. In the past, he’s also played with Havok and  Vimana.

Host Josh Paul catches up with Nick Schendzielos on technique, gear, and ways to stay inspired and collaborate with others. Listen to the Bass Freq’s Podcast now, wherever you listen to podcasts, and subscribe so that you can hear from more great guests every week.

The fourth episode of the Bass Freq’s Podcast features UK bassist, producer, and engineer Adam “Nolly” Getgood. Nolly spent several years in the band Periphery, showcasing both his bass and recording chops, and he now spends most of his time working in the studio. He’s done production work for Animals as Leaders, Rise to Remain, and Bleed from Within among many other bands. 

Speaking with host Josh Paul, Nolly goes deep on a range of topics, from obsessing over the perfect bass tone and honing his picking technique to gear choices, music production, and working with Periphery. 

Listen to the Bass Freq’s Podcast now, wherever you listen to podcasts, and subscribe so that you can hear from more great guests every week.

As the shapes and sizes of guitar pedals have moved toward a more standardized form to accommodate players who use numerous pedals on carefully configured pedalboards, the volume and wah pedals occupy an awkward position. Literally. They come from a time before guitar pedals were even a thing—that rocker pedal design was originally for organ players, after all.

Until now, modern players who use volume and wah pedals had to account for a footprint that was increasingly out of step—*ahem*—with the rest of their setup. Thankfully, this dreadful dilemma is a thing of the past. Dunlop’s volume pedals and Cry Baby Wah pedals now come in three different sizes, so you can choose the one that’s right for your own situation. 

If you dig the original form of the rocker pedal with its familiar feel and footlong size, that’s lovely. But we now offer two additional sizes—the junior and the mini. Whether you’re playing the big stages, roughing it on the road from club to club, or woodshedding in front of a computer, we have what you need. 

So which is the one for you?

For the third episode of the Bass Freq’s Podcast, host Josh Paul sits down with Victor Wooten (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones; SMV), a multiple Grammy Award winner and a true innovator of the electric bass.

Victor isn’t just a master of technique—he’s a technical pioneer who explores every which way to make the electric bass express what he hears in his head. But underneath that technical mastery, he relies on a solid foundation of rhythm, feel, and knowing when—and when not—to play. When he’s not composing and playing music, Victor spends much of his time educating players at camp and clinic events as well as with the written word.

This episode features Josh and Victor discussing the latter’s early start at the tender age of 2 as well as his technique, gear, and some of the life lessons he’s picked up while holding it down. 

Listen to the Bass Freq’s Podcast now, wherever you listen to podcasts, and stay tuned for more great guests every week.