“My tech said, ‘This bass looks tiny on you.’ I lowered the strap so it would look cooler. You have to throw your whole body into it”: Bought from grunge icons and stolen before Soundgarden reunited – the story of Ben Shepherd’s 1972 Fender Jazz Bass

Soundgarden: Ben Shepherd, Feyenoord Stadion (De Kuip),Rotterdam, Netherlands, 23rd June 1992.

Soundgarden’s Ben Shepherd first appeared in the pages of Bass Player for a 1993 feature on alternative-rock. He was even on the cover, but that doesn't mean he was happy about it.

Speaking to Bass Player again in 2013 he revealed, “I was bummed out because Ray Brown was also in that issue, and I felt he deserved the cover.”