I know us slappers are an inquisitive bunch. Over on RABB there's always people asking questions about setups, amps etc. so I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread where we can list our stuff and give it a quick review. I'll start.

Basses:

My first bass, Andreas Zeller Romanian bass, huge bass with a carved front, ply back. Set up with an adjustable bridge, upgraded endpin and Emerson plain guts (the $75 from Upton). Has a K&K rockabilly pickup, sounds great for old school stuff, I use it for recording mainly and the occasional gig.

Roderich Paesold 590P, German built laminate bass, a fair bit smaller than the Zeller. Currently off duty for a while. I use a Schaller magnetic pickup on this with a piezo buzzer slap pickup and a Bassmax as a backup for either one. I have been using Eurosonic ULs on it but I want to try something else, maybe Spiro solos or Helicore solos. This is my stage bass and it is LOUD. It's currently in a sorry shape after I tried to refit the already too thin bridge feet and gouged the varnish, still this is just a good excuse to get it refinished in something a little more interesting and to order a bulletproof bridge.

Amp:

Asdown MAG 300 4x10 combo with a 1x15 MAG extension cabinet, great amp and cab, tough too, my amp has taken manys a fall, including the amp and cab both getting released from their restraints and banging together during a van wreck, gigged with them the next day and they sounded just the same as ever.

Stuff:

Behringer feedback destroyer pro. I use this when I gig the Zeller, it does the job but requires some setting up, it can also be used as an EQ.

AKG guitar bug wireless. It does the job and has been gigged plenty, batteries last OK and the sound isn't effected, it also gives me the freedom to show off a little with the bass, and move around a bit.

Last but not least, I use a surge protector. Every gigging musician should have one, some of the places we play have suspect wiring and you can end up plugging into a daisychain of power strips. It's just another line of defence between the maiuns supply and the amp's fuse.

- Engelhardt ES-9 from Upton with a full set of Clef (no wrap) guts.
- K&K Bassmaster Plus RB (with both K&K transducers)
- Thunderfunk TFB-550
- Epifani Ultralight 210

Yamaha BB605 with Bartolini Electronics
Boss TU-2 tuner pedal
Radial JDI DI
Roland Cube 100 Bass Combo Amp (for monitoring)
Whatever PA is in the venue

Hey All..Heres my rig..Tuxedo Slapking ..All plain gut..Asdown mag3002x10 combo..Rev Solo1..Boss eq and tu2 tuner..

-Merano ply upright, weedwackers
-k&k rockabilly plus ( I love this thing, before I was using a homemade piezo :( )
-Crate bt100 bass amp
-vox valvetronix guitar amp, sometimes used as a separate out for the fingerboard transducer

Yamaha BB605 with Bartolini Electronics



That's a nice bass...though not exactly what you'd expect to find in a 'Billy or 'Grass gig...whatever floats your boat. ;)

Old Kay M1B with guts
Acoustic Image head
Couple Schroeder cabs (1210+1212)

Rockin an ES-9. Innovation Silver Slaps. SWR 15.

EM-1 - rev solo - K&K rab pre - gk800 - fender bassman 212. Didn't we just cover this at our other place?

Tiger King (in my avatar) with King pickup system and Dollhead pre-amp.
Then either an ashdown ABM500 driving a mini 4*8 and mini 1*15 or an Ashdown RPMII pre driving a 1.5Kw power amp and a variety of speakers.

Stuffed Pfrehschner 5/8th, Biesele mag, Underwood piezo, K&K 2 channel pre., Eurosonic synth. guts (work with the magnetic p/up).

Sansamp RBI, QSC 1202, Aguilar gs 410

Warning: I am likely the worst slapper here! Help me out, ok?

Dan http://sonnykennband.com

Custom KDB Tiger King- Gut D and G Innovation Rab E and A- Dollhead pickup
51 Kay C-1 with underwood or Full Circle Plain Efrano A,D and G Sensonic Steel A
Pfretschner Flat Back-Labella Deep Talkin Steels, Full Circle (not a slappin bass)

Nady U-2000 Stereo Wireless reciever w, 2 transmitters (slap, Bridge)
DOD stereo 15 Band EQ
Art Tube MP
Ashdown ABM 500 EVO II
Ampeg 8x10 AV (big gig)
Ampeg 410 HLF (medium gig)
Homemade 210 With Eminence Drivers (small gigs)

1948 Kay
Oliv E string
Clef A D and G plain Gut strings
King Double Bass Pickup/ Underwood pickup sometimes.
King Dollhead Blenderbox
Fishman Platinum PRO-EQ Bass Preamp
Boss Tuner
Ashdown Evo 500 Head
ABM 1x15
ABM 4x10

Prescott/Tewksbury 7/8
Spiro E,A Gut G,D
AMT mic

1950's Framus cutaway bass
Innovation Silver Slaps
fishman full circle
1/2 underwood
fishman pocket blender (to blend the above pickups,full circle for low end, underwood definition)
crown mic (low volume gigs)
GK 700RBII
SWR monitor 12 cab
OR
Fender Bassman 100 combo w/ 1-10"spkr

Englehardt ES-1 (hot rodded and painted)
Adjustable Bridge
King Chrome Tailpiece
Aircraft Cable Tailpiece Wire
Revolution Solo II pickup
Lenzner Plain Guts
Ashdown MAG 300R head
Legion 212 4ohm cab
Mogami Cables

Why do people have different names here than there? I'm confused...

Upton Laminate Hawkes
Innovation Rockabilly's
Revolution Solo II
Boss tuner
GK800RB
Avatar 210's + 212's

I sure would like a clicky with pre-amp blender.

Well..I joined here when a long time ago when I used to play a P bass..Hence my name..But I havent played a slab in over 2 years ..

American Standard #731 (1939-1941)
wound gut G & D
Red-O-Ray E & A
Realist
controlled environment gigs only

American Standard #2753 (1955-1958)
Animas
K & K Bass Max
(changing to Realist)
outdoor gigs

Audio Technica ATM35
LR Baggs preamp (used very little)
GK MB150S

-Shen SB-100
-Correlli E&A, HBSS D&G
-Rev Solo1 pu
-Boss PQ-3b parametric eq pedal

Because our group is mostly acoustic, and we don't have drums, I don't use an amp, and go straight into the PA.

1944 Kay M-1
Innovation Silver Slaps E/A, Labella Gut D/G
Fishman Full Circle
Fishman Pro-platinum Pre-Amp

William Lewis #236
Supersensitive Stellars
Squier P Bass Special
Ampeg BA115

New to DB, and still tightening up the rig.

Actually, I'll try to show it.

3/4 German double bass c1900
Thomastik Spirocore strings
Hartke HA4000 amp, Hartke 2200 cab
Hartke A70 combo
AKG D112 mic
David Gage 'The Realist' pick up

Check out www.myspace.com/garyholder for plenty of bass pics if you like.

Best wishes
Gary

1949 Kay
Ebony fingerboard (D. Gage)
Labella Goldentones
AI Focus
Acme B-1
VL 208

1939 King Moretone

1952 Kay M-1

Inovation Super Silvers

Fishman BP100

Fender Bassman 25 & 200 watt Peavey (Eminance) speaker(don't laugh until you've tried one with upright)

Also;

'06 Knilling Bucharest 1308T carved

Spirocore Weichs

OLD Fishman BP 100 (more high end? sure sounds like it)

:cool:
1953 Kay C-1.

Azola Hollowbody Bug Bass.

Amps.
For small gigs.
Line 6 Studio 110.
Nemesis CN 2x10 combo.

Big gigs.
Ampeg Classic SVT Head.
4-10 SVT cab,

Roadking Flamejob w/mag p'ups + piezo
Thomastick Dominant solo set "Bumped"
Ampeg SVT4Pro (biamping this head is great for dialing in my "clicks")
Ampeg 4x10
Ampeg 1x15
:bassist:

Dvorak 4/4 with guts and Shadow mics w/ K&K preamp.
Morgan 3/4 with Innovation Rockabilly strings and K&K Bass Max w/preamp.

Ampeg SVT Classic
Ampeg 4x10
Ampeg 1x15

Englehardt ES9
K&K RB plus W/K&K Duel Chanel Pro or Bass Max W/K&K Pure
Meisel adjustable bridge
Helicore strings
Boss Tuner
Boss Overdrive
Eden WT800
Ampeg 8x10

I would list my rig, but i use different stuff almost every show.

Johnny

My bluegrass rig consists of:

Two-string Washtub by Cabletubbass.com (using a seymour-duncan pickup from a Musicman Stingray)

GoldTone Bass Banjo (fishman pickup)

Tech21 SansAmp -> Aphex Bass Xciter -> House PA

1979 engelhardt es1
old steels, hbss on the way
adjustable bridge on the way
k&k bassmaxx
SWR workingmans 4004 head
either EV 15" cab or GK goldline 4x10 depending on what i wanna lug around.

laminated 3/4 set up by Ben Puglisi Australia. ajustable bridge shipping cable tailwire... Eurosonic strings and magnetic pickups in the mail coz my garbos and realist are crap. an old 350 peavey and 1x15 cab. realy exciting!!!

1976 Engelhardt ES1
Adjustable bridge
Plain gut A D and G, Supernil E
K&K RAB pickup
Hartke 4000 amp
Hartke 210 and Kustom SHO 15" or Hartke 410

1949 Kay M1
Helicore strings
Fishman pickup and pre
GK 1001RB II head
Avatar Neo 4x10 cab
Boss TU2 pedal tuner

Upton carved upright
K&K pickups
House PA

Old bass.

Underwood pickup.

Roland Cube 60.

Washtub Bass by Cable Tub Bass Co.
(started a thread w/ photos over here): http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=350893

Gold Tone Bass Banjo
(started a thread w/ photos over here): http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=350882


Radial Bigshot I/O (instrument switcher used to buffer the volume on the bass banjo so it matches the output of the washtub)

SansAmp BDDI (used as a pre-amp)

Aphex Bass Xciter (sound processor + DI used to beef up the bottom end and brighten the harmonic highs)

Xciter DI -> PA
Xciter -> Amp

Mesa-Boogie M2000 amp
Ashdown mini15 cab

2005 Upton Hawkes w/Clef Rev Solo II and med. Superflexibles
Old Samson VLX wireless
EBS Microbass II (I double on electric and it helps a lot, plus it's got a great DI)
dbx 266 compressor
SWR SM-500
Tube Works 4 x 10"

-Shen SB-100
-Correlli E&A, HBSS D&G
-Rev Solo1 pu
-Boss PQ-3b parametric eq pedal

Because our group is mostly acoustic, and we don't have drums, I don't use an amp, and go straight into the PA.

Hey, I've got a Shen SB-100. I'm currently renting it from The Loft in Columbus, but there's no question that I'm going to apply my rentals toward purchase of this baby.

It's a blonde, and it was love at first sight.

It works really well for bluegrass. I haven't used a pickup yet, but I guess a nice Fishman will do the job when I'm ready.

My bluegrass rig consists of:

Two-string Washtub by Cabletubbass.com (using a seymour-duncan pickup from a Musicman Stingray)

GoldTone Bass Banjo (fishman pickup)

Tech21 SansAmp -> Aphex Bass Xciter -> House PA

Dude!

I've got a Gold Tone White Ladye with a factory-installed pickup. Believe it or not, my Deering Goodtime openback sounds way better when used with an acoustic amp. The Gold Tone sounds tinny when amplified, and the Deering rocks.

But played acoustically, the Gold Tone has a very nice sound, so I just play it that way and plug in the Deering when amplification is called for.

I'm continually amazed at the value for the money you get in a Deering banjo.......

'42 Kay M-1 - (Fretwell Bass)
Innovation Rockabilly Super Silver Slaps
Revolution Solo II p/u
Clef HiTech Double Bass Tailgut Hanger

Hey, I've got a Shen SB-100. It's a blonde, and it was love at first sight.
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If it's a blonde, than I believe you have what they call a SB-90. If the sticker inside says 100, than you have one of the first few blonde Shens produced. Post a pic, I havn't seen one in person yet.

Stay away from the Fishman BP-100, I have never heard one sound good. Get a Rev Solo, or Underwood.

If it's a blonde, than I believe you have what they call a SB-90. If the sticker inside says 100, than you have one of the first few blonde Shens produced. Post a pic, I havn't seen one in person yet.

Stay away from the Fishman BP-100, I have never heard one sound good. Get a Rev Solo, or Underwood.

It is an SB-100 and it's a gorgeous blonde, and GW's in love.

I'll post a pic when I get a chance.

...Stay away from the Fishman BP-100, I have never heard one sound good. Get a Rev Solo, or Underwood.

clarification, stay away from the Bp-100, but the Fishman Full Circle is pretty well respected, and more $$$$.

Rev Solo, Underwood or Bassmax = :D :bassist:

ES-9....Supernils for bluegrass GK 115 MBE III also Fishman BP 100

Amp

Ampeg SVT AV - This is the silver 'vintage' looking SVT Anniversary issue that they made in 06' which is virtually the same as the SVT CL. Tone for days. I played GK's for a long time but even with the Sans Amp Bass Driver D.I., I couldn't quite get that organic warmth. Not to mention that all tube heads tend to have a natural compression to them and tend to smooth and even things out where as with the GK, you hear everything..Also, my musical and stylistic approach 'matured' if you will and Ampeg was the only answer. Not to mention I have almost always recorded with SVT classic heads. To me there are 2 bass heads. The Ampeg SVT Classic and the GK 1001Rb or 800 RB. All the rest just kind of bum me out. Although I do like some Ashdowns that I have heard.

Cab(s)

70's Vintage SVT 810. Rare model, lighter than some, made with the two swivel handles on the back.

also, for portability etc. I run through a Fender 115 Pro. Just a single 15" that sounds amazing powered by the SVT. 15's have a fatness that I can't get with 10's.

Pedals

Sansamp Bass Driver D.I., Boss Bass Chorus, Boss Bass EQ, Electro Harmonix (Russian) Big Muff Pi.

Basses

Mid 90's Ernie Ball Music Man Sting Ray 4

Early model Music Man Sterling 4

GMP Custom Telebass

Slap king by King Doublebass
SWR redhead with carvin 18 inch cabinet extension
K + K rockabilly pickup
Weedwhackers with Eurosonic E string
Line 6 bass pod.

I have a Hofner West German Bass with Cleff Gut Strings,
Underwood Pickup
GK700RBII
GK SBX410
BOSS TU12H Tuner

Also have a Roland 60watt Cube practice Amp.

This is my current equipment

1. urb:
Engelhardt Swingmaster ES9 - Pirastro Oliv E/A and LaBella Golden Tone D/G - Aubert quality bridge - Planet Wing pickup

2. urb:
Hungarian luthier made full carved urb - Clef guts - Despiau quality bridge - Planet Wing pickup

amp:
Mesa Boogie Walkabout

speakers:
Mesa Boogie Powerhouse 2x10
Mesa Boogie Powerhouse 1x15

other stuff:
D-TAR Solstice blender - Boss TU-2 tuner

My rig contains several different pieces...my first and foremost is:

Doghouse #1. King Jimbo Wallace prototype w/metal flake flames...used by Jimbo in the Reverend Horton Heat! K&K Rockabilly slap w/K&K Preamp & Innovation Silver Slaps.

Doghouse #2. King Slapking Blonde w/black trim K&K Rockabilly slap w/K&K preamp & Innovation Silver Slaps.

Electric #1. 1974 Fender Jazz Sunburst w/pearl blocks and rosewood f/b w/ohsc

Electric #2. Fender Squire Jaco fretless.

Amp #1. Ampeg B-15R Portaflex Reissue

Amp #2. Ampeg 1974-5 V-4B head and Ampeg reissue Anniv 6x10 cab

Amp #3. Phil Jones Bass Six Pack combo. 500watts driving 6 x 5" speakers! Simply amazing tone!

www.tremorsrockabilly.com
www.myspace.com/thetremors

This is What I am currently using:

1. urb:
1923 Wilfer Bass- Obligatos- Tobias Festl Handmade bridge -
K&K golden trinity mic w/bass max pickup

2. urb:
Upton Hybrid Bass - Flex 92's- Full circle Pickup

3.Bows:
a. Pfretschner French Bow W/White Hair

b. Carbow Carbon Graphite French bow W/Black Hair

c. Unstamped Pernambuco french bow (backup bow)

4. EUB: Bill Merchant vertical bass w/ corelli mediums

5. Amps:
Walter Woods ca. '91
Acoustic Image Focus
Coda2R Combo amp

speakers:
EA Wizzy 12
EA CXL 12

Electric Basses:

1968 Fender P
1996 Carvin Anniversary issue (for sale)
My homemade custom bass

other stuff:
Boss Dr. Beat metronome/tuner

Oh, BTW, although I occasionally do a Bluegrass gig, it's not my main thing. I just like the equipment that I have.:p

I know its late, but I think I'll give this a go.

1950 Kay C1 W/Underwood and Thomastik steels
2007 Upton Hawkes Lam w/Rev solo II and UB blacks, Wittner composite tailpiece & cable.
95 Fender Jazz (Amer.)
92 Ibanez SR405
SWR SM400s
Hartke Transporter 410
Crate 410 (box loaded with Ampeg fridge cones)
Peavy BW115

I don't play any one style, so depending on the gig I use a different rig.

I've bout got my rig nailed down to where it doesn't change every gig :D

Bass 1: 2007 Blond Engelhardt gamba swingmaster EG9
cleff guts
K&K RAB+ PU

Bass 2: 2003 Blond Engelhardt Swingmaster ES9
Innovation Super Silver slap E + A
Gut string D + G
K&K RAB+ PU
(Usually use this bass acoustically)


Samson Airline Bass Wireless
Markbass LM2
Avatar Neo 2x12 blond

Pitch Pocket HST clip on tuner (this thing works INCREDIBLY well on double bass)

My "BIG RIG"
Eastman bass
Markbass LMII
EA CXL 112
EA Wizzy 112

My Little rig
MB LMII and a Wizzy 110

FCCHB (Fully Carved Chinese/Hong Kong Bass) of unknown specific origin
Obligato solo set tuned standard EADG
Intellitouch tuner

C'est tout

BASS- Engle ES1 factory 2nd , cus there's no curly grain on the back, picked it up at the factory , there is no badge inside, but i have paperwerk....
AMP- Ashdowm Mag600h and an avatar neo 4x10.
PU-Ryan Hurley "Rocker" in the treble wing
MISC-fishman platinum pro EQ/DI/hi pass filter, Boss TU2
LEFT HAND TECHNIQUE-poor;)

Strunal 50/2 (Satin Black, Gold Green Scallops)
Bulletproof Bass Martini Bridge
Labella Supernils
RS II
K&K Clicky with Dual Preamp

Kustom KBA 100x

Custom Tuxedo SlapKing w/new generation EMG System.
Eden WT1205
Eden D2/10XLT & D2/12XLT Speakers
The new p/u system includes a balance control for piezo and the mags. Very Cool, IMHO

Regards, ITP

englehart m1
lezner guts, plain
underwood or fc, depending on venue
neutrik omni, elastic band mounted between bridge feet (to mains, or blended in focus)
gk 800rb or focus, depending on venue
hartke 410xl, abm48, or vl110, depending on venue