I love Ben Kenny's playing/tone/Lakland!

Agree 110%.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmyKY7KkIhE&feature=related

his solo esque bit in this is class.. also uses a jerry schleff i believe.. class act he is

much prefer lances tone but ben is a badass all the same

 

it may have been a 4494.. im not to up to date with laklands (only know of one on this isle) all i remember was seeing chrome Lipstick Pickups..

Ya im fairly biast about the SS2's tone.. cant wait to get one at 1/3 of the price (yet still have to take out a mortgauge) . ya the red J is some beaut.. kenny is just a all round great Musician , he gets alot of flak for not slapping, but imo (and i was a hardcore incubus fan) he is just a new chapter showing the bands progression the new stuff midnight swim etc is class

 

is this not a schleff??

 

I agree, that bass looks and sounds great.

 

+1

I don't care for Ben's solo material or his g**tar playing at all, but I really dig his bass playing. I think he's been adding a whole other dimension to Incubus. Light grenades album is just phenomenal.

 

All of this.

But Eulogy is an awesome song on his solo stuff.

 

I always wondered who did this song. Now I know.

 

if only he were a bassist..

 

Mad... I do not know how in the world you can say that Benny's tone is great. Have you heard any of Dirk Lances stuff? Comon man, no comparison! Dirks bass tone in the studio and live killed anything Benny has done. If you ever have seen them live or seen live DVD's they do not play much of there older stuff which is sad. I do not listen to the newer stuff, I don't personally like the direction they have went as a whole, but getting Benny in there to be was/is a total joke. I miss Dirk, bring him back!

Peace,

 

Here I am playing his "semi-custom" Double J:



very sweet and comfortable to play!!!!

PS - yes - that is gold hardware....

 

you should check out this bass:



If you scroll down a bit on his blog, you can read about that prototype, called XLS.
LINK

But anyhow, I have to agree, he has a lovely tone!

 

Well IMO his Warwick tone fit the band perfectly! If you do a little research on his setup you will find that he had a very big rig and had it setup with 2x10 floor monitors, 4x10 cabs for high mid's, 4x10 cabs for low mid's and he sent all of his low end through 1x18 cab's. His studio tone was awesome too. Benny IMO is just this a guitar player that picked up a bass, yeah he does sound alright... but if you tell me his tone and basslines and up to par with Dirk, I will laugh and you and you may also get a kick in the behind! But thats just me, and my opinion... If you haven't already I would just listen to the early stuff and then compair it to Benny's stuff, night and day!

Just my two cents.

Peace,

 

I dont understand the guitarist reference much either. I have said it before, but it doesnt take anything from his skill.

Duff McKagan was a guitarist turned bassist, and he gets more praise (and a signature bass) than a lot of guys.