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05-31-2007, 11:49 PM
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I just entered the wonderful world of steady gigging. Which I understand is quite the wallet emptier. I just need a sort of checklist for the items i need for the best live show, for bass. Money is not an issue, i just need to know all the things you need for a good show. |
05-31-2007, 11:59 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | Bass that stays in tune well, 300 watt or better amp, cords, tuner, DI. Anything else is gravy.
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06-01-2007, 12:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: austin,tx | | | Well put, I'd add that the DI is optional too, any sound company worth it's salt will have several of their own and usually insist on using theirs no matter what your latest and greatest DI is. Even if you're playing the local club that has it's own PA, whoever is running it likely has a DI they are used to using in that club and would prefer it over whatever you have. |
06-01-2007, 12:49 AM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM  Bass that stays in tune well, 300 watt or better amp, cords, tuner, DI. Anything else is gravy. | For the best live show, it'd be more like 750 watts and up, with a 410 cab, minimum.
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06-01-2007, 01:39 AM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | 750 watts? Well, I guess it's better to have too much power than not enough, but I've played extremely loud gigs with nothing more than an SVT and still had headroom.
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06-02-2007, 12:51 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Mesa AZ. | | | Extra fuses (for your amp if applicable), strings, tools for changing strings, a mini flashlight, tums, and oh yeah, picks for your guitar player who just dropped their last one and can't find it.
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06-02-2007, 01:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oakley, Ca. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyM 750 watts? Well, I guess it's better to have too much power than not enough, but I've played extremely loud gigs with nothing more than an SVT and still had headroom. | Well, when JimmyM mentioned 300 watts, he was probably referring to solid-state watts....the SVT output is closer (in sheer hear-power) to a 750-watt solid state amp...I have played an SVT through an Ampeg 8x10 (don't remember which one though) next to an SWR SM750 through a Megoliath and they were remarkably similar in overall sonic value....
{edit} Before the flaming starts: I am not talking about TONE here...just perceived bass volume at similar output levels. |
06-02-2007, 02:01 PM
| | | | Well i'm planning on getting a 4x10 Behringer Cabinet, says it handles 1,200 watts. An Ampeg SVT-6PRO 1100 Watt Tube/Solid State Bass Head, what cables do you need to connect the head to the cabinet, regular 1/4" or what? Is this setup sufficient? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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