How much I love this guy ... (Chris Wood content)

[michele]

Tone, taste and an impeccable sense of the groove ... this guy has it all! Check out what a P bass + SVT + a little creativity sound like:

 

[JimK]

...totally happenin'.

 

[DONZI97]

Yeah, I just discovered these guys last week. I am now hooked on jazz funk.

 

[bryanonbass]

Tone, taste and an impeccable sense of the groove ... this guy has it all! Check out what a P bass + SVT + a little creativity sound like:

i was about to say what SVT are you speaking of, but then I saw it in the middle there. So is the SVT doing the bottom and the GK/Hartke rig doing the highs?
BTW, MMW are AWESOME!!!!

 

[J. Crawford]

That is awesome!


Chris Wood is one of the most underrated bassists out there. MMW, too. IMO.

 

[St Drogo]

BTW, MMW are AWESOME!!!!

I completely agree. They are unfrikkinbelievable. I would love to play in a band like that.

 

[Andrew Jones]

So Cris is rocking a GK800 and Harke cabs on the double bass these days?


Aj

 

[michele]

i was about to say what SVT are you speaking of, but then I saw it in the middle there. So is the SVT doing the bottom and the GK/Hartke rig doing the highs?
BTW, MMW are AWESOME!!!!

the GK/Hartke is for the upright. The electric goes to' the SVT.

 

[fenwickbacker]

Sweet - like the slide work! And you can use a pick for jazz and have it sound good?!?

 

[boomtisk]

Sweet - like the slide work! And you can use a pick for jazz and have it sound good?!?

Type "Steve Swallow" into the Youtube search window and you will be surprised.

Yeah, the video's awesome, it made me feel like such an idiot for never trying a slide on bass. I also had no idea you could get super-nice highs like that with a vintage SVT.

 

[Taxt]

Chris Wood is a beast! I remember trying to play with a slide a while ago. Sounded horrid but hes got it.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

That is awesome!


Chris Wood is one of the most underrated bassists out there. MMW, too. IMO.

I don't think he's underrated. He is quite well known (how many jazz players get on the cover of bassplayer mag).
Awesome player nonetheless
IMO

 

[Joe Gress]

Man what an awesome sound! I've actually always really loved the sound of a slide on bass. Not for every application, but it does sound pretty badass if you ask me.

 

[250GBsOfAwesome]

His folk stuff is wonderful too. He plays upright on it.

 

[Jefenator]

I became a rabid fan in '94, heard a live version of Syeeda's and my jaw hit the floor.

Haven't ever heard him play a bad note and his tone is to die for, no matter what rig he's sporting.

Got to see him up close in a duo with his brother (The Wood Brothers). He'll sing, blow harmonica and bow the bass in one song and do it all well.

 

[morebass!]

He's my current favorite. Love that upright tone.

 

[beggar98]

Saw MMW last night. Chris is using a GK MB-2 with a single MB112 for his upright. Tone was great. Still running his electrics through the SVT, with some kind of a booster in front of it to get real crunchy when he wants to. Band was on last night, a great show.

 

[Rebecca]

His folk stuff is wonderful too. He plays upright on it.

Totally agree. I heard him with his brother doing their Americana stuff, opening for MMW. He was killer in both (in the most god-awful venue imaginable). His blend of interesting and tasteful is spot on.

 

[Lobster11]

Saw MMW last night. Chris is using a GK MB-2 with a single MB112 for his upright. Tone was great. Still running his electrics through the SVT, with some kind of a booster in front of it to get real crunchy when he wants to. Band was on last night, a great show.

I don't know if anything has changed since then, but as of summer '08 (when I was at their summer camp) he was using a Sansamp BDDI. I asked him why a tube-emulating Sansamp in front of an SVT, and he said it was what he used for crunch.

 

[beggar98]

That surprises me. The Sansamp stuff always had a kind of metallic sound to me, his tone is much warmer. Whatever he's using, it definitely works.