List your rig

[winnets]

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.

[ZuluFunk]

- 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

[SteveC]

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

[pbassfreak]

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

[ZombieGhosTrain]

-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

[ZuluFunk]

Originally Posted by SteveC

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.

[countrybass]

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

[Fat.Mike]

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

[jonly]

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.

[Dan in NJ]

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

[Geoff Firebaugh]

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)

[Chris Rhoades]

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

[Jason Sypher]

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

[CB3000]

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

[Fairlane]

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

[Bass]

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.

[pbassfreak]

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 ..

[M Ramsey]

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

[mpoppitt]

-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.