Cliff Williams
Cliff Williams' Bass Guitars
At 0:11 you can see Williams using a tobacco burst thunderbird.
Picture show's Williams using a tobacco burst stingray
A user-uploaded photo shows Cliff Williams playing a Fender Jazz Bass, which appears to have a stripped finish.
The photo show's Williams using a tobacco burst P bass
Cliff Williams uses the Fender Abuelo Bass, as mentioned in a RockFM article discussing his potential retirement from AC/DC before the end of the 'Power Up' tour.
In the Sink the pink, Shake your fundations, Danger, Stand up and Fly on the Wall videos you can see Cliff with a black Gibson EB-3
Featured in this TalkBass.com forum post (which includes photos of the body and the headstock).
I've got a Wal MK1 that was owned by Howie Epstein (...) And a James Trussart Steelcaster that was owned by Cliff Williams of AC/DC:
Featured in this TalkBass.com forum post.
I used to own a '79 Music Man Cutlass that belonged to Cliff Williams (AC/DC). It was bad, and all black!!
It was just one of the many basses I sold during my divorce :bawl:
The bass can be seen here.
At 0:32 you can see Williams playing a headless steinberger
In this Instagram post, Cliff Williams is using a Ernie Ball Cliff Williams StingRay bass. Cliff Williams has been using the bass for so many years, and he recorded many Studio Albums and did a lot of tours with this type of bass.
This bass guitar once owned by Cliff Williams is being auctioned at https://bid.juliensauctions.com/lot-details/index/catalog/491/lot/232351/AC-DC-Cliff-Williams-Owned-And-Stage-Played-Penis-Bass-Guitar-With-Book-And-Photograph
The description is: "A double cutaway precision style bass guitar in teal finish, matching headstock with a Hipshot D-tuner, 21 fret ebony fretboard with eight mother of pearl inlaid "penis" motifs, three EMG pickups, single ply pickguard, single volume. The front of the headstock is numbered "Steve Morell / Custom 001", the back of the headstock printed in black "Custom built for Cliff Williams". The back of the body is applied with two taped labels reading "Front P/U Disconnected" and "New Batt 22 May". In Fender hardshell case. Together with a bass guitar music book "play Bass with...The Best of AC/DC", Wise Publications, London, showing an image of Cliff Williams playing this guitar on the front cover. Also included is a framed photograph of Williams playing the guitar c. mid 1980s."
Cliff played this bass in several music videos. Notably Heatseeker.
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