Available in 4-string and 5-string versions with unique finish options, Spector has unveiled Doug Wimbish USA Custom Series Basses. Each purchase includes a certificate of authenticity signed by Doug Wimbish. Wimbish collaborated with Spector's USA Custom Shop to create the DW-4 and DW-5 models, echoing the iconic instruments that have been favored heavily throughout his recording and performing career. Read full press release here.

Doug Wimbish, a pioneer in Hip Hop music and the bassist for Grammy award winning rock band Living Colour, visited Harper College on November 2, 2023, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop with storytelling, history and a jam session. Read the full article here →

Guitar World Magazine in 2010 asked the legendary Cream bassist Jack Bruce to nominate five albums that influenced his bass playing. Jack included Living Color’s 1993 “Stain” album, with Doug Wimbish on bass. Read full article here →

Doug is interviewed by NBC CT’s Jeremy Chen discussing his early Hip Hop history with Sugar Hill Records on the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop. Read story here →

Grammy Award winning rock band Living Colour’s 1988 hit “Cult of Personality” ranks #12 on Rolling Stone’s “The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time”. Read full article here →

Legendary Living Colour bassist Doug Wimbish joins host Johnny Goudie on episode 1226 of “How Did I Get Here” podcast. Doug discusses his journey as a musician starting out at all Platinum & Sugar Hill Records, playing on ground-breaking hits including Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s “White Lines” as well as Doug’s work with Living Colour, The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Seal, Madonna, James Brown, Al Green, Little Steven and many, many more. Listen here →

“Pro-shot footage emerges of a Living Colour set that saw Vai join the NYC rockers for a storming encore of LC classics, Led Zep’s Rock And Roll and Jimi Hendrix’s Crosstown Traffic”. Read full article here.

Following Living Colour and Steve Vai’s amazing performance together at Rock in Rio 2022., Multishow Rock in Rio went to chat with the band and Steve Vai about the presentation and their relationship with Brazil. Watch reel here →

Doug Wimbish speaks with Roadie Free Radio Host Larry Milburn discussing his career and “finding success by listening to mentors”. Listen to podcast here →

Doug speaks with RollingStone Senior Writer Andy Greene in an in-depth interview discussing Sugar Hill Records, The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Carly Simon, Living Colour and many more highlights of his career. Read full article here →

Tom Sloan from Charleston, WV radio station WTSQ 88.1 interviews bassist Doug Wimbish. Listen to part 1 of the interview here and part 2 of the interview here. Doug dives deep back to his Sugar Hill Hip Hop days and takes us on a journey through the earlier days of his career.

Living Colour triumphantly returned to the stage at Riot Fest 2021, introduced by professional wrestler CM Punk, who uses the bands song “Cult of Personality” as his entrance theme to the ring. “It is an honor and a privilege to know four of the greatest artists in the world,” said Punk on stage. Read article here →

Music Radar asked readers to name their top ten bassists of 1980-’99. Doug Wimbish made the list amongst bass royalty. Joel McIver writes “A stalwart of the Sugar Hill label house band in the late Seventies and a fixture of our world throughout the Eighties, Nineties and beyond, the great Doug Wimbish is one of the most accomplished bass players on the planet.” Read article here →

Mixdown Magazine’s Will Brewster writes about ten of the greatest slap bass players - the list of which includes Doug Wimbish, “revered in the bass world for his unique ‘Flamenco Slap’ technique”. Doug developed his distinctive technique as a method to emulate and create different percussive styles. Read article here →

Living Colour’s ‘Ausländer’, from the bands 1993 album ‘Stain’, makes the cut on Rolling Stone’s selections. Read article here →

Doug Wimbish collaborated with Freekbass as co-writer and co-producer on Freekbass’ new single titled ‘Brainwave’. Read article here →