From John Myung to Felix Pastorius to Thundercat, we follow their historic quest for the ultimate extended-range axe ...

The master of the six-string bass, Thundercat, whose father Ronald Bruner played drums for The Temptations and The Supremes, first left his mark with thrash/punk favorites Suicidal Tendencies.

Stephen Bruner isn’t just a bass player – he’s a whole way of approaching ... set-up culminating in a highly-customised Ibanez 6-string/8-string double-neck bass guitar, built in 2015.