On Stage Pic of Your Rig... Big or Small.

[father of fires]

Originally Posted by Din Of Win

That's because instead of actual lights, i sware that they use those 'heat lamps' fastfood places use to keep the food hot.

Hottest. Stage. Ever.

Agreed!

[G]

After the first set I went vertical though...

[67precision]

It's really great to see all these photos... Here are a few.

A funny shot of touring in the mid-90's with my old mesa 2x15 cabinet. The good thing it was summer, the bad, I had to use a putty knife to remove the insect roadkill. Sadly, it was later stolen... the cabinet not the putty knife.

And playing with my daughter's band at the 400 Bar in Minneapolis last weekend using my newly remodeled custom fretless.

current live set up:
Mid-80's Mesa Boogie Bass 400
SWR 4x10
lots of little boxes on the floor with blinking lights

[TheDialog]

Originally Posted by father of fires

The Sidebar has the worst lighting.

I always play in front of the stage so I can see!

Yeah Baltimore .
Either of you like Weekends, Surfer Blood or ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead? My band is playing with them at Ottobar on Wed May 11 and you guys should come...

[calebbarton]

The blue lights and orange stripe bass on the right, not the Aguilar rig behind it.

Homemade p bass thing with a GBE750 sitting atop a carvin BRX 10.4

[Din Of Win]

Originally Posted by TheDialog

Yeah Baltimore .
Either of you like Weekends, Surfer Blood or ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead? My band is playing with them at Ottobar on Wed May 11 and you guys should come...

I dooooo like those bands actually... i think i'm gonna have to make it out to this!

[tombowlus]

Nice thread! There have been some great rigs and very cool pics posted. I thought I would play, too, but since I am almost constantly swapping rigs at gigs, I don't really have a given rig to post. But here is what I hope to be an interesting cross-section of some of my gigging rigs.

First off, let's start with the ludicrous EA Overkill rig:



The following year at the same outdoor event, I went with an Epifani flavor overkill rig:



This was always a fun shot, and yes, the fridge was fully stocked, and yes, I had it empty by the end of the night (please note, kids, I am not a role model!).



Any rig that incorporates both a DB728 and a CA9 is, by definition, ridiculous:



As is any rig that involves three Berg IP-series cabs:



Eventually, I became a bit wiser (or at least older), and so the rigs became a tad bit more reasonable:



This was an on-the-gig head comparison night (Nemesis NA650, LMII, and behind me was a Carvin B800):



It turns out one IP310 is enough to fill a 2,000+ person tent:





TC fun:



Glock fun:



GK fun:





Sure, I'll post an SVT rig, too!



And more recently, I fell in love with some fEARfuls...



This is from my most recent gig:



And yes, I am stricken by occasionally bouts of sanity, and I bring a rig that is not laughably too big/loud (that's a fEARful 12/6cube/1):

[Awesomenaut]

House shows and record stores count as stages, right?

This is actually my girlfriends keyboard rig. Aguilar DB750 into a Bag End Q10BX-D


Sunn Concert Bass into a Emperor 4x12


All pictures of me are horrible quality.

[Datsgor]

This is my 90% go to rig. Shuttle 9.0 + TC 2x10. It just worked out that way...convenience really. I use a GB NEOX 212 for outdoor gigs......

[SlingBass4]

Epifani UL-502 with two T-112NYC cabs......sweet

[BrentSimons]

[quote=tombowlus;10841587]Nice thread! There have been some great rigs and very cool pics posted. I thought I would play, too, but since I am almost constantly swapping rigs at gigs, I don't really have a given rig to post. But here is what I hope to be an interesting cross-section of some of my gigging rigs.

First off, let's start with the ludicrous EA Overkill rig:



The following year at the same outdoor event, I went with an Epifani flavor overkill rig:



This was always a fun shot, and yes, the fridge was fully stocked, and yes, I had it empty by the end of the night (please note, kids, I am not a role model!).



Any rig that incorporates both a DB728 and a CA9 is, by definition, ridiculous:



As is any rig that involves three Berg IP-series cabs:



Eventually, I became a bit wiser (or at least older), and so the rigs became a tad bit more reasonable:



This was an on-the-gig head comparison night (Nemesis NA650, LMII, and behind me was a Carvin B800):



Tom,
What kind of gig do you play the Roland Pk pedals on? I love seeing bass pedals it's the "Geddy" in me! I had a bassgasmic experience the other day in Montreal (Going to see Rush of course!) when I had a chance to try out the new Moog Taurus 3 Pedals, unbelievable! I've never had a chance to try out any bass pedals before, no stores around here stock them, so it was simply amazing.
Take Care,
Brent

[tombowlus]

Originally Posted by BrentSimons

Tom,
What kind of gig do you play the Roland Pk pedals on? I love seeing bass pedals it's the "Geddy" in me! I had a bassgasmic experience the other day in Montreal (Going to see Rush of course!) when I had a chance to try out the new Moog Taurus 3 Pedals, unbelievable! I've never had a chance to try out any bass pedals before, no stores around here stock them, so it was simply amazing.
Take Care,
Brent

I use them in conjunction with a Korg Triton Rack setup, and yes, I use them on some Rush tunes (just saw Rush in Cleveland last month, and was blown away - though I was disappointed at the amount of sampled keyboard I heard...). We don't have a keyboard player in the band, so the Roland/Korg setup lets me add in some simple parts.

FWIW, I recently received a Moog Taurus 3 for review in BGM.

[s_mcsleazy]

oi tom, im going to collage to do electrical engeneering and let me tell you, by the end my rig WILL be bigger than yours

[Foz]

oi tom, im going to collage to do electrical engeneering and let me tell you, by the end my rig WILL be bigger than yours

Not gonna happen.

1st rule of bass club - Tom B's rig is bigger than yours.

2nd rule of bass club - Tom B's rig is better than yours.

[Toolmybass]

Originally Posted by tombowlus

You sir are one brave man! I have seen 3 rigs go down sitting this close to the edge of the stage. One was "bad" wood near the corner and the other 2 were due to vibrations on casters!

I personally always bring a strip of wood (if im using a caster cab) and my cordless drill and a couple long wood screws to keep my cab from going any closer to the edge. Sometimes size restraints of the stage forces you near the edge and im always prepared.

When not using casters i use one of these Auralex Isolators (i see you use one inbetween head/cab)....great for use with crappy built/hollow risers/stages....sounds better too

[CElton]

Originally Posted by tombowlus

This takes setting drinks on your gear to a whole new level.

Also, based on the rigs you've posted here, I can only assume that your gig vehicle is not a Honda Civic...

[WJGreer]

A Shuttle 9.0 with two Eden 210XST cabinets. I've tried a whole lot of gear combinations, and this is the result 25 years' search for tone, portability, and thump. It sounds ridiculous.

[tombowlus]

Originally Posted by Toolmybass

You sir are one brave man! I have seen 3 rigs go down sitting this close to the edge of the stage. One was "bad" wood near the corner and the other 2 were due to vibrations on casters!

I personally always bring a strip of wood (if im using a caster cab) and my cordless drill and a couple long wood screws to keep my cab from going any closer to the edge. Sometimes size restraints of the stage forces you near the edge and im always prepared.

Fear not! You can't see it in the photo, but I have wood stips screwed in place around the rear casters to prevent such an event.

When not using casters i use one of these Auralex Isolators (i see you use one inbetween head/cab)....great for use with crappy built/hollow risers/stages....sounds better too

+1 I often use a Great GRAMMA between my cab and the stage, and yes, I do like to use a GRAMMA between my cab and head, especially if I am running a tube head.

[tombowlus]

Originally Posted by CElton

Also, based on the rigs you've posted here, I can only assume that your gig vehicle is not a Honda Civic...

True story:

[j-raj]

Originally Posted by tombowlus

True story:

Still rocking the RS6 Wagon?

There was someone that came to a meeting of ours last week that had a S6 (V10) sedan, it was damn sexy!