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Other Bass Brands / Re: Telebird
« on: September 13, 2019, 09:56:31 PM »
Thanks! I forgot to mention that the clips were (naturally) recorded with DI only.

Who can name all the riffs? ;) I wish they were mine but no.

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The Bass Zone / Some Mike Rutherford goodness
« on: March 22, 2019, 05:06:30 AM »
I've always liked mr. Rutherford's bass playing even though he rates it himself as "average". Some very inventive lines and a great pick sound.

I had never noticed the 8-string bass on this EP track (from "Spot The Pigeon") before. He used the Hagström briefly circa 1977 and 1978, the other tracks AFAIK are "One For The Vine", "Burning Rope" and the live version of "I Know What I Like".

The fast section is most likely played on a 4-string Shergold.

https://youtu.be/shO7317QST8?t=7

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Gibson Basses / Re: Cliff Williams' non-reverse
« on: March 07, 2019, 12:04:08 AM »
They came in different shapes too?? No wonder why it never caught on :mrgreen:

You are right, memory played a trick on me there..

 :mrgreen:

Well, I can't blame you. I was dead sure it was Williams already on that "Dog Eat Dog" clip. And I bet many thought it was Mark Evans on "Let There Be Rock" promo but it's Cliff with a blonde Ripper:

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Gibson Basses / Re: Cliff Williams' non-reverse
« on: March 06, 2019, 11:19:34 PM »
Not many rock bassists played electric bass with a bow!!!


One player that springs to mind is Louis Cennamo who used to bow his Jazz Bass on the first Renaissance album. Also played with Colosseum (briefly), Steamhammer and the mighty Armageddon whose lone '75 album is a personal fav of slightly psychedelic a bit bluesy hard rock.

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Gibson Basses / Re: Cliff Williams' non-reverse
« on: March 06, 2019, 11:16:32 PM »
I don't believe it was loaned, Cliff still played it years later in their videos:

Take a good look, the bass on the videos is not the same. It's the one on the pic I posted where you comment on Cliff's good looks. :)

The "Back In Black" promo bass:


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Gibson Basses / Re: Cliff Williams' non-reverse
« on: March 06, 2019, 12:45:45 PM »
Williams joined AC/DC in 1977.

The pics I posted are from Hempstead USA, August 1978. Maybe Cliff or AC/DC got the bass from Leon?
He also used a P-bass during the same show.

http://www.highwaytoacdc.com/index.php?articleid=1109

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Gibson Basses / Re: Cliff Williams' non-reverse
« on: March 06, 2019, 12:28:49 AM »
Well, Mark Evans used one too - so it might have been something bought as a stage backup instrument or something?
I remember reading somewhere that they only travelled with one spare guitar (telecaster) and one spare bass in the early days.

It can be seen in the 'dog eat dog' promo vid from let there be rock.

It's a reverse.


Here's the video, most likely the same bass but Cliff already in the lineup. This was from some TV show, probably from 1978.
EDIT: It's Mark Evans on the video too, not Cliff. I must have confused it with an old "Let There Be Rock" promo (the church thing) where Cliff is playing a Ripper, or miming with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t22TpvtLOro

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Other Bass Brands / Re: Fenderbird PU locations
« on: March 05, 2019, 11:37:27 PM »
If I recall correctly, the only change from original 60's 'Bird positioning is putting the bridge in the right place... that is how my PC was originally built...

Thanks!

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Gibson Basses / Re: Cliff Williams' non-reverse
« on: March 05, 2019, 11:31:51 PM »
Leon Wilkeson's Birds weren't Birds? I knew he had JAE Fenderbirds, but thought the other stuff was legit.

No-one has confirmed it isn't a real Gibson. Anyway, here's another non-rev Cliff used in the "Back In Black" promos:


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Gibson Basses / Re: Cliff Williams' non-reverse
« on: March 05, 2019, 01:14:01 PM »
I don't see a Gibson logo on the TRC either. I think part of it would be showing in the second pic. I'd heard he gave this bass to what's his name in Lynerd.

Leon Wilkeson. I knew there was something familiar with it.

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Gibson Basses / Cliff Williams' non-reverse
« on: March 05, 2019, 04:33:17 AM »
I started another Cliff thread and posted this pic there and realized it's a different bass than the one he used on "Back In Black" promovideos. Four knobs, a toggle switch and block markers. Reminds me of a bass Leon Wilkeson used one time.







Is it even a Gibson? The pickguard looks a bit different?

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Other Bass Brands / Re: Cliff Williams' Frankenstein bass
« on: March 05, 2019, 04:16:14 AM »
"Have you ever experimented with a different bass in AC/DC?

I played a Fender Precision for a little while, when I originally joined the band. Then—what is that little headless graphite bass that looks like a toothpick? Steinberger. Those were the first active pickups I ever used, and I really liked the sound, but I hated the bass. I played it on the road for a while, but I just couldn’t stand the shape, so I pulled the guts out of it and dropped them into the P-Bass, which wasn’t bad. I’ve also fiddled around with a Fender Jazz over the years and a Gibson Thunderbird as well, but not for very long. I always seem to go back to the Music Man."

https://www.bassplayer.com/artists/cliff-williams-addcs-venerable-undercurrent-on-four-decades-of-rock

So there.  :)

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Other Bass Brands / Re: Cliff Williams' Frankenstein bass
« on: March 05, 2019, 04:06:34 AM »
Any ideas what this is:


Similar PU config.

He also had the forum favourite and I hope it's only Angus' volume that makes him look like that in this pic:

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Other Bass Brands / Cliff Williams' Frankenstein bass
« on: March 05, 2019, 12:59:25 AM »




P-bass body with a Sting Ray neck and active electronics. Not so crazy when you think he used a Steinberger for a while.

He also had two black custom basses with similar pickup configurations. One with penises as fretboard markers and one with a female on all fours on a fretboard. Even Cliff Williams succumbed to tacky eighties antics it seems. :)


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