Sting vividly recalls the first time he played a fretless bass. He'd just arrived in America with guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland to promote the first Police single, Roxanne.

OXON HILL, Md. – As we well know, Sting can front a trio quite capably. He has toured with large bands – such as last summer’s team on his My Songs outing – well-primed quartets and, in ...

Fretted, fretless, double bass, eight-string – Sting was unstoppable on bass, filling up the empty spaces within the trio format of the Police with a variety of lines, from the simple to the ...