Gear Rundown with Amos Williams and Acle Kahney from TesseracT

We caught up with Amos and Acle from TesseracT backstage at 170 Russell in Melbourne while they were in town for their recent Australian tour in support of 'Sonder'.
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[@markusorth5450]

Acle: "You can have 2 minutes". Amos: "Hold my beer".

[@joninawhitecoat]

Actually, I'll need another beer to keep my throat moist. Get one yourself.

[@urbanocatalano1250]

Amos sounds like a Victorian-Age nobleman tired of living in close contact with common boredom

[@jaceromeo]

LMAO

[@extremeanalogmusic6296]

lmaooo thats too real

[@Pughhead]

I want Amos to narrate my life.

[@MrZombs123]

dude seems chill as fuck. I dig it.

[@makhlvk]

i can hear amos talk all day

[@aarondavis5850]

Amos is such a boss. I want to be him when I grow up...

[@midwestspleeno]

We should all aspire to be eco-friendly music wizards when we grow up

[@Xargiyt]

Same..

[@tbcreative562]

Amos is like the david attenborough of prog. A royal djentleman.

[@funkaforfan]

3 minutes for Acle and 9 minutes for Amos. Bass is King!

[@Forest_V19]

He just took a lot longer to speak. But ok elitist, lol.

[@funkaforfan]

@@Forest_V19 Bruhhh chill

[@tarkenton3895]

The guitar rig is just very simple in comparison since everything is MIDI controlled with modellers. Got to love Amos's voice though, so more of it is always welcome.

[@ryanjames2194]

The way Amos says in the end “thanks for talking to me”. Such a humble and down to earth guy. Love him!!

[@kepler16b]

I love how this whole comment section is just a huge praise for Amos. As a bass player that makes me happy. Dude is so genuine it’s great to see

[@AlucardArkaine]

Amos is such a genuine guy.

[@AlexrooXell]

Funny how at 6:14 Amos tried to look at the headstock for the company logo, but guess what, there was no headstock

[@Tozyro]

😂😂😂

[@Progbassist]

Similar thing happens to me sometimes when I tune my headless bass. Still reaching for the tuners on the headstock 😅

[@markgueren9633]

These guys are quickly becoming my favorite band.. I got the wonderful opportunity to speak with them!! So articulate and down to earth!!! Amos is such a pleasure to chat with!!! Cheers!

[@chiharutakahashi5112]

2 years I’m still binge watching this. I could listen to him for years talking about bass.

[@jackelliott3608]

Man Amos is a good dude.

[@maryg1865]

Amos seems so sweet, I could just listen to him talk all day :D

[@vichaon]

Always looked at Amos as being 50% Hugh Grant and 50% Hugo Weaving... 😂

[@Maxpen14]

Amos so chill and wholesome:)

[@shaymiantewhau3014]

Amos has good bass tone and good voice tone

[@fireemblemistrash75]

Gear rundowns are the best, thanks for this

[@janssenchang4777]

beautiful video, good job guys

[@kuolemankirjo]

Digging the scarf

[@immanuelrohy]

oh shit, i was at this gig.

[@ethanpeed]

- *ponk* - 6:27

[@ratlinggull2223]

Amos sounds like a necromancer :o

[@elevenAD]

thats a tiny bass but i swear this is the biggest tone i have heard from Amos, no offense to Warwick there basses also sound great!

[@shanewalton3769]

I've owned a Kiesel AW5 [the ebony topped one in their gallery was built for me] and have to say that I believe that his tone is more of a product of production rather than the bass itself. I was VERY disappointed...well built, great playing, but horrible tone IMO.

[@fireemblemistrash75]

Shane Walton The signature correct? How was it, asking cos been considering his variant over the others.

[@shanewalton3769]

The Milk Wishes To Converse yes indeed I had the AW5 signature. I owned one and played 2 others. They are superbly made instruments that play well. Their tone however is greatly lacking. There’s no real girth to the tone. Additionally as Amos eluded to they are very susceptible to interference and hum. Kiesel made every effort possible in shielding the electronics but exposed pole pieces just tend to amplify any and all things which is particularly bad if you’re playing a venue with suspect wiring or different kinds of lighting schemes. Of course these are my personal opinions and not intended to be a slight in any way. I wanted to love the bass but sadly I couldn’t get past the tone and hum. I’m back playing Roscoe Basses.

[@fireemblemistrash75]

Shane Walton No girth? Shame, I don’t think I could sacrifice that without eqing the hell out of my tone. Looks cool but I assume it’s that Musicman Pickup. I play metal so I need a thicker sounding bass, plus I play with no pedals thus that limits me more (but I have a mesa boogie and can crank it to overdrive)

[@shanewalton3769]

The Milk Wishes To Converse I dig what you’re saying and yes, it does require lots of eq, which is why I said his tone with the Kiesel is mostly a product of outboard gear and engineering. I wanted to replace the pickup with something else, hoping that it would help out, but the size is kind of odd ball. I usually use Bartolini pickups but nothing they had would fit and I didn’t want to alter the bass with an exotic top. I do believe however that Nordstrand MM pickups would fit, although I never had an affinity with their pickups.

[@chromaticdeath]

What's the single knob pedal at the top middle? Noise gate?

[@mudbuddha109]

yup - MXR Smart Gate

[@S-Matta]

Amos Williams should be first in line to replace the narrative voice of David Attenborough

[@GedCartwright]

Milton Kleans, did I hear that right?

[@chriscuthbertson]

Is Kiesel's production 'Carbon Neutral' ?? I know Warwick have made a big deal out of there factory in Germany being 'Carbon Neutral'. I'm sure Warwick could build a bass using different woods.

[@MellonVegan]

6:57 That's not true. Not for basses, at least. Concerning guitars, I can imagine Jeff (along with Ola) having played a huge role in making headless popular again but you see so many more options for headless basses around. Granted, there are more but smaller builders for basses than guitars, so maybe that's why they wouldn't register as being so prevalent. Still, Kiesel introduced their first headless bass 5 years ago and I know at least 4 German bass builders (and 2 from Italy) who've been doing it for longer. Kiesel is just more popular.

[@redsparowes88]

What region of the United Kingdom is the accent from...haven't heard someone talk like this outside a period specific film!?

[@daltonwatros1328]

Dude said Ashwood. Beware being a vocalist other than Daniel for Tesseract

[@soloio1829]

XD

[@hugorezende199]

Acle took 2minutes and Amos around 10 minutes. Acle its really not the talking type of guy.

[@adramalekk]

david bowie in the bass? with long hair? damn god

[@danal3386]

"there's a lot of wastage in the world, and I don't want to be a part of that" *has 2 basses instead of using one 5 string*

[@JoshuaCWolfe]

As he said the woods he's using for those 2 are sustainable and don't take long to regrow as opposed to his older basses. I reckon using 2 basses made of more or less infinitely sustainable materials rather than using one 5 string that uses rarer materials from trees that don't grow quickly and are harder to sustain overall is a lot better.

[@christianvoltaggio9460]

An internationally touring musician limiting himself to a primary bass and a backup is rare. Between airport luggage handlers tossing them all over the place and all of the other terrible things that could go wrong with a stringed instrument, Id say hes being pretty brave bringing only 2.

[@SJW82]

I am sure I heard somewhere If you are a touring musician and you have a guitar or bass on the endangered list, they can actually confiscate it from you when you enter a new country. I may be wrong....though that would make sense to drop the Warwick!

[@XiyuYang]

How is that wastage?

[@karolkozak64]

different tunings ;) or simply - main and backup