Cliff Williams Bass Guitar used in the Razor's Edge album

arsenal dude · **Joined:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:15 am **Posts:** 2

Hi guys!!! Read somewhere that Cliff Williams of AC/DC used a Fender Jazz Bass in the recording of their Razor's Edge album!!! Can anyone confirm this? I have the CD of this album and think that Cliff's sound is AWESOME!!!! Way better than his sound in any other AC/DC album!!! Hope you can help, guys!!!!

ralfcaetano · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:52 am

arsenal dude wrote:

Hi guys!!! Read somewhere that Cliff Williams of AC/DC used a Fender Jazz Bass in the recording of their Razor's Edge album!!! Can anyone confirm this? I have the CD of this album and think that Cliff's sound is AWESOME!!!! Way better than his sound in any other AC/DC album!!! Hope you can help, guys!!!!

isn't he into musicmans? i've never seen him with a jazz bass

Floyd_The_Barber · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:27 pm

Not to sound like a jerk, but I've heard maybe AC/DC songs where the bass is even audible without headphones and serious concentration, and maybe 2 or 3 where it's actually a defined sound instead of low "bumbumbumbum".... :lol:

But yea, I've never heard of him using anything but Musicmans.

Floyd_The_Barber · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:10 pm

Nevin1985 wrote:

The bass is tight with AC/DC it is apparent live how important he is to the sound though.

That I will not argue. Seen 'em twice, the man just keeps it going like a machine. :shock:

Solid Body Love Songs · **Posted:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 12:00 am

watched this vid a couple times and that looks like a Fender P-Bass to me
AC/DC - If You Want Blood (You've Got It)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UPw4f1o ... ure=relmfu

Ceallach · **Joined:** Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:13 pm **Posts:** 1633

Quote:

As of 1995's Ballbreaker, Cliff has been using Music Man StingRay basses strung with D'Addario flatwounds; he is most frequently seen using a pre-Ernie Ball model with a vintage sunburst finish. During the early years with AC/DC, he mainly used Precision basses, although during some live performances he used a Fender Jazz bass. For 1980's Back in Black, it has been seen that he used a non-reverse Gibson Thunderbird in sunburst coloring.[18] He used a P bass on For Those About to Rock We Salute You. For the 1983 album Flick of the Switch (and the tour that supported it), he used a black Steinberger.[19] He stuck mainly to Precision basses in various forms through the 1980s (with the exception of Fly On The Wall, in which he used a Gibson black SG Bass re-issue.) On The Razor's Edge he used a jazz bass mainly. He also uses 2 Ampeg 8x10 bass cabs, and prefers the sound of cables over wireless units.[5]

Ceallach · **Joined:** Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:13 pm **Posts:** 1633

Well, if you google Cliff Williams Jazz bass, you get hella hits and they all say that is what he used on The Razor's Edge.

Also, on an AC/DC Gear site, for their 1980 Back in Black tour Cliff used:

Cliff Fender Precision Bass
Fender Jazz Bass
3 mARSHALL 8 x 10s
3 Ampeg Suits

So he was using Jazz Basses since at least 1980.

thebeamer · **Joined:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:29 pm **Posts:** 1

It was a 1960 Fender P-Bass

brotherdave · **Posted:** Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:28 am

chef wong wrote:

Cliff Williams is a great bass player. To me, he's like the Duck Dunn of Hard Rock.

Wow now there is something I NEVER thought I'd see. Duck and Hard Rock in the same sentence! Congrats for pulling that off Chef Wong!

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