4 those with Cleveland gas

[SunneyBoy]

This could have been posted in many a different thread. But i stumbled upon it researching the new standard Clevelands so 'Basses' it is. ( Ben Williams and his NS hybrid)

Not a shabby band either. He he

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjgrd...e_gdata_player

[geoffbassist]

What a great sounding bass! Really lovely tone and of course superb playing. Do you think he's using Spiros?
Thanks for sharing.

[SunneyBoy]

Could be spiros but not completely sure. But what surprised me is that i don't see any pickup cables or mics on the bass. Just those two overheads. If it is unamped .....wow.

[geoffbassist]

It does sound acoustic. Beautiful tone.

[SunneyBoy]

Absolutely , and i refuse to believe it would sound any different if i were playing it ;-)

[geoffbassist]

Originally Posted by SunneyBoy

Absolutely , and i refuse to believe it would sound any different if i were playing it ;-)

:-) ive just been checking out other videos of Ben Williams and of course he sounds incredible whatever bass he's using. Thanks for introducing his music to me.

... However I now have Cleveland and spiro gas :-)

[SunneyBoy]

Originally Posted by geoffbassist

... However I now have Cleveland and spiro gas :-)

Mission accomplished it is never nice to suffer alone.

The Cleveland will have to wait but i put spiro mittels on my Christopher hybrid at end of last year and they are really starting settle. I must say i enjoy them. No wonder they are considered a standard for jazz strings.

[shwashwa]

i thought i detected some purple windings in the peg box so that may make the weiches if i saw correctly. now, where can i find a band who will accompany my solo like that? what a dream...

[Matthew Tucker]

Originally Posted by shwashwa

now, where can i find a band who will accompany my solo like that? what a dream...

[johninmemphis]

Originally Posted by Matthew Tucker

Shhh.....

[B.Anderson]

Originally Posted by geoffbassist

:-) ive just been checking out other videos of Ben Williams and of course he sounds incredible whatever bass he's using. Thanks for introducing his music to me.

He does make any bass sound great! He played my Kay at a workshop....it has never sounded better.

Time to practice...or save for a Cleveland

B.

[CamMcIntyre]

I have a strong bias towards Clevelands w/Weichs myself. As I get better as a player, the bass responds and interacts with me that much more.

[BWileyTally]

As a regular electric bassist who's been patrolling the double bass half of the site recently, that was awesome! I'm really interested in getting an upright and really digging the sound. Not having any known artists to listen to and seek out this post was very informative. Thanks for sharing!