Will Lee

Will Lee's Hartke LH1000 is shown at 17:50 in this video, and he says, "Here for monitoring I'm using this great Hartke LH1000."

“Wow, the B-15— the stalwart of the studio. When I broke into the session scene, all the studios had ’em, with a lock and chain around them and MANHATTAN BASS CLUB stenciled in white—although I was always able to use them. At that point, they were mostly for monitoring and pretty much had to be turned off when the red light came on to prevent leakage in the live room. I was a DI guy back then, but I used the amp for tuning, jamming, and working out ideas, as well as live in the clubs. Later, they were used as recording amps until the mid ’80s, as bassists realized the B-15 was a great way to get a big amp sound by isolating it and putting a mic in the ‘sweet spot’ through proper placement. Thanks, Jess Oliver, for looking out for your fellow bassists and innovating such amazing gear as the B-15 and the Baby Bass!”

"The only time there was an amp used, it was my Ampeg Micro-VR, which is really cool. I use it in my studio, to test basses and practice, once in a while to record. I needed it to bring out some harmonics on “Papounet’s Ride.”"

"The pedal board is a Boss GT 10B, which is totally programmable and includes all my favorite effects," Will Lee writes on his official website.

At 15:00 in this video Will Lee shows his early 60' Vox Teardrop shaped bass stating that "this instrument ends up never getting much love except when I wanna pose."

At 16:10 in this video Will Lee shows his Hofner Club Bass stating that "if you ever want to get into Beatle-mode you have to have some kind of a Hofner".

At 16:50 Will Lee shows his signature Sadowsky 4 string bass with a remark: "this is my baby".

At 18:00 in this video Will Lee shows his JDI passive direct box by Radial, stating that it's "indispensable".

At 19:55 the right half of the Boss VE-20 Vocal Performer pedal is visible on Will Lee's pedalboard.

"I can be seen playing my Sadowsky Will Lee Signature 4 & 5-string basses on TV, in the studio & live."

In an article by Ward Meeker for Vintage Guitar® magazine, Will Lee is noted for using a Vox V210J Phantom Bass, highlighting the influence of 1960s instruments on his collection.

On Will Lee's official website he says, "Live, I use the Line 6 Relay G50 wireless run through a Hartke HyDrive amp system."

Sid McGinnis's Boss DD-3 can be seen at 9:13 in this video.

According to this article from Samson Tech, Will Lee uses a HyDrive HX410. Lee says about the bass amp "Hartke has always been my tone! No matter where I am, Hartke is right next to me." The amp is also listed on Lee's official site.

Will Lee from the David Letterman band and The Fab Faux (ultimate Beatles band) had his BICOMP on stage along with his TS9DX

At 14:33 in this video Will Lee shows his Variax bass and stating that it's "indispensable".

At 15:55 in this video Will Lee shows his Fender Precision Bass.

Will Lee endorses GK Music UltraPhones, stating, "I've tried all the rest, UltraPhones are the best!" according to GK Music's product page.

The liner notes of the CD reissues claim that Will Lee played an Ernie Ball Earthwood Acoustic Bass on No Regrets

"I use the EBS Octabass pedal and Boss OC-2 Octave quite a bit."

"I use the EBS Octabass pedal and Boss OC-2 Octave quite a bit."

"The whole idea behind fretless (sorry Stanley Sheldon-you’re in a category all your own!) is to get that vibrato-y, “Brrroooowww”, singing quality, which I used to add chorusing and compression for (usually Boss CEB-3 and CS-2). These days, I look for basses that have a natural singing quality, so the pedals don’t have to compensate as much to get you there."

"The whole idea behind fretless (sorry Stanley Sheldon-you’re in a category all your own!) is to get that vibrato-y, “Brrroooowww”, singing quality, which I used to add chorusing and compression for (usually Boss CEB-3 and CS-2). These days, I look for basses that have a natural singing quality, so the pedals don’t have to compensate as much to get you there."

In an interview featured on bass-pedals.com, Will Lee lists the DigiTech Whammy DT among his current favorite guitar pedals.

Listed under "WILL’S CURRENT FAVORITES".

"I love a good envelope pedal. I had great success with Seamoon’s “Funk Machine” years ago and I find myself looking to get that super-funky sound from other pedals."