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View Poll Results: Which rig to bring? | |
'73 Ampeg SVT with SVT-810e
|    | 73 | 48.67% | |
Orange AD200B MkIII with two OBC115's
|    | 13 | 8.67% | |
Mesa/Boogie Bass 400 with Diesel 2x15EV
|    | 11 | 7.33% | |
Mesa/Boogie Titan V-12 with PH610 (or PH212/PH210)
|    | 6 | 4.00% | |
Reeves C225 with Reeves 4x10
|    | 5 | 3.33% | |
Sadowsky SA200 with two SA410's
|    | 7 | 4.67% | |
Trace Elliot V8 with 1524 (2x15)
| | 6 | 4.00% | |
Aguilar DB750 with a Bergantino NV cab
| | 13 | 8.67% | |
Markbass Classic 300 with CL108
| | 5 | 3.33% | |
Peavey Classic 400 with a Bergantino NV cab
| | 4 | 2.67% | |
Aguilar DB659/728 with a Bergantino NV cab
| | 5 | 3.33% | |
Fender RAD Bass Combo
| | 2 | 1.33% |
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02-28-2012, 07:52 PM
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Editor-in-Chief, Bass Gear Magazine | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: North Central Ohio | | | Which rig to bring to next show?
Okay, I have a gig coming up with my AC/DC cover band, and I am wondering which rig to bring. We don't try to look the part, we just try to get the sound/feel/vibe right. That said, it is a bit of a production, and a bigger rig fits the theme a bit better, so no MB Fusion with a Thunderchild (though this combo could certainly do the gig, if I wanted to go small).
I've put up some of the rigs I am considering, and I'd like your collective take. No promises that I'll bring what y'all pick, but I will most definitely take it under consideration.  |
02-28-2012, 08:00 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Outer Cape Cod | | | Where is the list of candidates?
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02-28-2012, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by lowendfriend  Where is the list of candidates? | Took me a sec to compile that mighty list. |
02-28-2012, 08:13 PM
| | | | If you want an authentic AC/DC sound, Cliff Williams from AC/DC uses Ampeg SVT-810E cabs and SVT 4 PRO heads. |
02-28-2012, 08:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: austin,tx | | I picked your Classic400 Tom, 'cause I'm partial to them. They're also one of the deepest, strongest sounding amps I've ever felt. It was hard to not click that V8 button though.
AC/DC cover band..........man, that's gotta be fun. |
02-28-2012, 08:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cincinnati/Dayton, Ohio | | | I vote Sadowsky.
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02-28-2012, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by biggredd If you want an authentic AC/DC sound, Cliff Williams from AC/DC uses Ampeg SVT-810E cabs and SVT 4 PRO heads. | Yeah, but I don't own/play a Music Man, so I'm already diverging a bit (I typically play a P-bass with this band). But yes, this is why the SVT rig tops the list. I don't have a 4Pro, though I do have a 7Pro, which can sound just like the 4Pro. But ya know, that big ole SVT looks pretty damn cool sitting up there...   |
02-28-2012, 08:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati area | | | Reeves. Just because. |
02-28-2012, 08:48 PM
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President, Baer Amplification | | | | | Can't beat the crunch of an SVT for hard rock. Just saying. (could just be the Devo hat speaking, though) |
02-28-2012, 08:58 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | How can there be any other choice other than the King?
Suppose if you wnat to break the norm, you could show respect to the Europeans by using the V8. |
02-28-2012, 09:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cayce, SC | | | The Markbass is a contender.
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02-28-2012, 09:07 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC | | | My Aguilar DB750/AccuGroove Whappo Jr. rig rules! I'm sure the Bergantino cab would be great too!
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02-28-2012, 09:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cincinnati, OH | | | Ok I voted for the SVT and 810 but given the choice of all the wonderful gear you've been blessed with I think I'd rather have the SVT with a couple of Berg NV610s or a couple of Berg NV215s. AC/DC always had a wall of cabs behind them IIRC, so two full stacks would look right.
Can you slave any other amps off of the SVT and go with 2 610s and 2 215s? I think they'll be able to hear you (in the next county). |
02-28-2012, 09:23 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Madison WI | | | it would be a damn shame NOT to use the V8
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02-28-2012, 09:27 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Houston,Tx | | | I'll use a ThunderFunk 550B and an NV cabinet |
02-28-2012, 09:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Northern Virginia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tombowlus | There you go.
It has the right vibe and it will look awesome and look the part (even if you are not a "look alike" band. Sold.
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02-28-2012, 10:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: YTZ | | | I am certainly bias
still in honeymoon with my DB728
so that's my vote
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02-29-2012, 04:17 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: White Plains | | | SVT all the way.
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02-29-2012, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by will33 I picked your Classic400 Tom, 'cause I'm partial to them. They're also one of the deepest, strongest sounding amps I've ever felt. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bjazzman it would be a damn shame NOT to use the V8 | It would be a damn shame NOT to use the Classic 400.
But really as long as you are using a 400 watt tube head and not a sissy little 300 watt tube head I will be happy...
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02-29-2012, 06:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Grand Rapids MI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by CL400Peavey It would be a damn shame NOT to use the Classic 400. | +1
Hmmm, must be a GR thing  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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