“John Bonham and I would push the tempo and play it ridiculously fast for minutes on end while Page wailed away on the guitar”: John Paul Jones wasn't married to a single bass technique, but for these Led Zeppelin classics, one finger was all he needed

John Paul Jones performs onstage with Led Zeppelin at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York on February 1, 1975.

Starting in 1996, Guitar World was honored to publish a handful of lesson columns authored by Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. The following is one of these columns. It has been edited in certain instances for use online.

This month, I'd like to talk about technique, specifically right-hand articulation.