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- ↑ Bass Frontiers Magazine Profile. Better Business Bureau. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ↑ History and Development of Bass Magazines and Journals Archived 2012-04-27 at the Wayback Machine . Berklee College of Music. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ↑ Bass Frontiers Magazine Official Website. Retrieved May 5, 2012.