What kind of bass is this? (Stefan Lessard's new bass)

[Killens84]

This video is from Dave Matthews Band's "Caravan" tour this past summer. Stefan Lessard is playing a different bass than he has been using the past few years. He's been using Hill-Huntington custom basses the past few years. Can anyone tell me what kind of bass he's playing here?

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[thecagedbird5]

I think Dave's playing a different guitar and Boyd's playing a different violin, too... Am I wrong?

As to your question, I don't know what kind of bass that is. He's been known to try out a lot of new gear, though, especially live. Gives him a good feel of how it sounds with the band, dig?

[Killens84]

If you go to 3:07 in the video, it gives a nice closeup of the bass. Curious if anyone knows what he's playing.

[Killens84]

Originally Posted by thecagedbird5

I think Dave's playing a different guitar and Boyd's playing a different violin, too... Am I wrong?

As to your question, I don't know what kind of bass that is. He's been known to try out a lot of new gear, though, especially live. Gives him a good feel of how it sounds with the band, dig?

Dave's definitely playing a different guitar. I also noticed that Carter started using a new drum set this past summer. It may still be a Yamaha Recording Custom, but it's a red kit now, instead of the black kit he played for years.

Also, the more I look at that bass Stefan's playing, I'm almost positive that's still the same Hill-Huntington 4-string he's been playing, but with a different finish. I recall seeing the black finish on his Hill-Huntington 4 starting to wear really bad, so maybe he just had it refinished.

[ModulusQ5-122]

Last I heard he was playing a Hill Huntington.

[chipbell]

I'm pretty sure its a Jon Hill Bootleg Guitars bass, it looks like a Dawg but more than likley its a Huntington Elite, Black with two treble pickups.

[millsbass5]

Definitely a J.Hill Bass.