Ben Street

Here's something a little different
https://www.livamp.com/performances/danweisstrio-cornelia-feb21/

 

I've never seen Ben p[lay a bass like that. I'm guessing it's a loaner. He makes any bass sound beautiful IMO

 

I'm almost positive that's the bass that Jed Kriegel made for him, and I think that's the one in the Dan Weiss video as well. I've played that bass a few times, most recently in Jed's shop last Friday, and it's a really great instrument

 

yes, definitely ben's bass.

strung with spiro e & a / oliv d & g. he strings the d backward through the tailpiece.

 

By the time you finished typing that sentence I'll bet he changed strings

 

It’s a Schoeps mic. Also respect to Jonathan Blake on drums.

 

dig the schoeps in the h clamp. that is pretty sesh. life goal.

 

I had read that he had a new bass and thought that perhaps I was mistaken. I haven't seen him for years actually, now that I think of it..

He is one BAAAAAD ASS bass player. That hasn't changed.

 

I know he used the Genssler Wraps for a long time. Looks like he is using a Felix too.

 

I resemble that remark!

 

Yes, Felix indeed and usually into a little (10”) QSC K series.

 

Anyone know his rational for stringing the D backwards (presumably “balls out”)?

I’ve heard of doing that with the whole set to change the angle for the tailpiece (I believe Francois Rabbath used to do that?) but I’ve never heard of doing it with just one string.

 

Dennis Irwin taught me to do that with plain gut D strings - it increased the tension a bit and made them less floppy.

 

Huh? What?

 

Some plain gut D strings can be a bit floppy/low tension. I am not sure why Ben would do this with a wrapped Oliv D though.