Help with my rig!
 

I have a HA3000 hooked up to a Hartke 410XL. Is there anything else I should put with it or am I good to go? I've always used combo amps so I'm pretty new to this part of the gear game. Any helpful tips on what I should get will be highly appreciated!

Should be good! Seems like a good step up from a combo setup.

Make sure you are using a speaker cable to connect head and cab, and not an instrument cable. Then, make some noise!

ok, cool. I made sure to go out and get a speaker cable. I wanna do more to it, though, but I don't really know what to do first, haha.. Should I start with getting a rack?

I have found that as soon as I buy a rack case, I fall in love with a non-rackmount amp. Then, as soon as I sell the rack case, I will fall in love with a rackmount amp.
Welcome to the gear cycle!

Your rig is fine. Go have some fun with it.

+1 to making sure you have a proper speaker cable. Other than that, you're good to go, plug and play.

Can add another 410xl if you want to get super loud, or effects pedals if you want some different sounds the amp can't provide by itself but what you have there can do most any gig.

Got any effect pedals?




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well, I have a zoom B1 pedal and a wah pedal.

Plug it in between the bass and amp, and have some fun. You're good to go.

i dunno, i kinda feel like i need more stuff to add to it. not just pedals, but like...well, y'know how people have all sorts of stuff on the racks.

Get a 6-space rack, then put in a power conditioner, rack-mount tuner, Avalon U5 and your amp.

You have been hanging around talkbass too long and caught sympathy GAS. It's a disease. You're lucky you haven't developed full blown GAS. If you carry on prompting someone will suggest something you see as indispensible to your tone. Then you're stuffed, you got the GAS. Run away now.

Sounds like you're looking for a solution when you haven't found a problem yet.

You may be right, downunderwonder. in fact, you are right. i don't even know what my rig sounds like and won't know till this weekend. but i'm sure there are things that every bassist should have.

Tuner pedal, that is all.

Practice and play as much as you can.....I always notice that when I play more, at some point my equipment is at its limits. This is when I ask the question what to add...

the b1 has a built in tuner.. idk, i guess i'll ask when I know what I want, haha.

That's exactly right. Most of those complex rigs were built to address specific needs, not just a bunch of random stuff thrown together because the player thought they would need it. At this point, you don't need any more than what you have. Later on, you can consider getting more stuff. Or not. I know a heck of a lot of pro bass players who go bass/amp.

An instrument, an amp, and a groove. :smug:

Seriously though, I've never really wanted or needed anything more than a little tube compression and a lot of volume in 8 years and counting.