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 ...

Primus has long been known for creativity in the live environment, doing shows that paid tribute to the many influences that ...

Actor Jason Momoa's bass guitar odyssey is continuing with the news he's got a one-to-one Primus bass lesson from Les Claypool himself. Visiting Claypool at his Claypool Cellars winery in Sebastopol, ...

Bass Magazine celebrated all things bass at their annual awards on Thursday night (1/23), which happened at The Observatory in Santa Ana. Les Claypool was one of the evening’s honorees, and he ...

The rise of Eddie Van Halen as a generation’s guitar hero saw thousands running to their local Guitar Center to buy a Superstrat and master tapping licks. As his son, Wolfgang Van Halen, once said, ...

A prototype of a bass designed by Les Claypool of Primus has sold for an astonishing $50,599.99 via auction on eBay. The instrument was sold to raise money for Claypool's 2-year-old nephew, Matthew ...

We all know that Les Claypool has some freak-like talent on the bass, but so does this kid! Primus are a downright eclectic and unpredictable band, incorporating avant-garde and jazz-fusion elements ...