Close to 70 years after German instrument company Höfner started selling an electric bass that looked like a violin, the ...

The firm was founded in 1887, and designed the legendary Violin Bass that became Macca’s go-to in the Beatles and beyond ...

They found the Höfner in an attic in Sussex, England. It was returned to McCartney and he played it on the final show of his ...

Music has been a large part of Bruce Dundas' life, and now he is able to share his experience with a larger audience. The former Midlander published his first book, "Learn Bass Fiddle" earlier this ...

Banjo player Bela Fleck and bassist Edgar Myer are two important current figures in American music. They got together in the NPR studios to play some of the banjo and bass music they take out on tour.

A warm Saturday afternoon turned cool, and a motley crew of fiddlers trickled in. Outside, behind the small-town music shop, the fiddlers arranged themselves in a semi-circle, dry leaves crunching ...

Double bass player Gary Karr has traveled the world with his huge musical instrument. In a piece for our occasional series "Musicians at Work," we hear about Karr's adventures and misadventures at ...

Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama or your neighbor remark that they're feeling "fit as a fiddle." Zenas ...

Höfner, the German instrument company responsible for Paul McCartney's iconic violin bass, has filed for bankruptcy.