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08-17-2011, 03:34 PM
|  | Bass Inflicted, and lovin' it! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Austin, TX | | | Anyone know of pro players that use a different brand amp head then their cabinet?
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I am no longer playing professionally and never was on a national level or anything, but does anyone know of pro touring players that use one brand of amp head and a different brand of cabinet? Most of the guys I see have matching brands and probably due to endorsements. I was just wondering if there are some bigger name players that use mixed setup because it sounds better to them.
I just got a Genz Benz cabinet that I really like with my old Ampeg head, but I'm saving money for an Aguilar head. I think the Aguilar with the Genz Benz will sound fantastic and as I will probably never have to worry about an endorsement deal, I can do whatever I like!
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08-17-2011, 03:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: austin,tx | | | You got it right when you said "due to endorsements". |
08-17-2011, 04:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bristol, Connecticut, USA | | | Big name pro players use matching gear because they are paid to. If they weren't they wouldn't. It's as simple as that.
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08-17-2011, 04:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Boise, Idaho | | | When I saw Chris Chew (North Mississippi Allstars) play his head and cabs didn't match. If I remember correctly he had an Aquilar head and Schroeder cabinets. |
08-17-2011, 04:43 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Aguilar Amplification, Regenerate Guitar Works | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Vancouver BC/Pacific Northwest | | | Justin Chancellor from Tool uses G-K amps and Mesa cabs.
Flea used to do the same.
Tim C used an Ashdown head into an Ampeg cab (in addition to his other two Ampeg rigs) in Audioslave.
David Wm. Sims from The Jesus Lizard ran a G-K head into Dietz cabs.
Colin Greenwood from Radiohead runs an Alembic pre into a G-K head into an Ampeg cab.
Andrew Weiss in Rollins Band ran a G-K amps into Hartke cabs.
Tom Hamilton at least used to run G-K amps into Hartke cabs as well.
A lot of G-K amps on different brand cabs... |
08-17-2011, 05:49 PM
| | | | Steve Swallow uses a Walter Woods head and "whatever cabinets the venue rents for him." I've seen that shots/vids of that WW head sitting on top of Hartke cabs a couple of times.
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08-17-2011, 09:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: San Antonio, TX | | | Endorsements aside, many pro players use different brands. I often play for national artists when they don't bring there band and supply backline for others. Most common request is for a SWR Goliath cab and either an Eden WT800 with any 410 cab or a GK amp.
As far as the Aguilar and GB matchup. It depends... my DB750 is sonically not the best matchup for my neo 212t. On the other hand I really like it with the TH500 |
08-17-2011, 10:13 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MuzikMan  Big name pro players use matching gear because they are paid to. If they weren't they wouldn't. It's as simple as that. | There are many who would, actually.
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08-17-2011, 10:24 PM
| | | | I've played a Carvin PB300 head on top of an SWR Triad cab for years.... |
08-17-2011, 10:30 PM
|  | Almost famous since 1974. | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Austin, Texas | | | When we played with the Toadies last year, Doni Blair was using an Ampeg 810 and an Acoustic B600H.
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08-17-2011, 10:32 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Aguilar Amplification, Regenerate Guitar Works | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Vancouver BC/Pacific Northwest | | | I see a ton of bassists using an Ampeg 810 cab with another brand of amp. |
08-17-2011, 10:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA | | | Geddy Lee...well he does a lot of things... |
08-17-2011, 11:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: austin,tx | | Quote:
Originally Posted by WhoDidTheElf Geddy Lee...well he does a lot of things... | No, he has endorsement deals with maytag, kenmore and wolfgang puck....I just can't remember who does amps, who does cabs and who does chickens. |
08-17-2011, 11:11 PM
|  | Superfast 2.0 | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Antonio, TX | | | Matt Sharp (Early/GOOD Weezer) ran an Orange Matamp and a Gallien Krueger 800RB into an Ampeg 810. Flea and Tim Commerford also came to mind but they were already listed. |
08-17-2011, 11:39 PM
|  | Bassist at The Blood Of Royals | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Dayton, Ohio | | | Most metal bands I've seen an played with use mismatched cabs and heads. |
08-18-2011, 04:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bristol, Connecticut, USA | | [QUOTE =MuzikMan;11350351]Big name pro players use matching gear because they are paid to. If they weren't they wouldn't. It's as simple as that.[/quote] Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyM There are many who would, actually. |
I think that is probably because they like the gear, not because the tags match.
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08-18-2011, 04:34 AM
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Originally Posted by acleex38 Steve Swallow uses a Walter Woods head and "whatever cabinets the venue rents for him." I've seen that shots/vids of that WW head sitting on top of Hartke cabs a couple of times. | I read somewhere that he uses a Glockenklang amp for recording.
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