Jimmy Riot

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Location

SouthEastern MN

Gender

Male

Current Setup

Current: '75 P-bass, '74 Mustang bass, '91 Sadowsky 24-5 #1482 w/ebony fb
MAIN RIG: Ampeg V4 head (cut from VT-22) in to EITHER:
an Ampeg V2 4x12 cab w/ two Eminence Basslite and two Eminence Deltalite
-or-
'74-ish Ampeg V4 cab w/ 2 original Eminence squares and 2 Basslites

'76-'78 Ampeg SVT w/ matching 8x10 cab (both silver grill) w/ original squaremag Eminence spkrs

SMALL RIG: SWR Studio 220 in to a
VOX 4x12 cab loaded with two Basslite S2012's, the other two holes sealed

HIGH-POWER RIG: SWR SM900 run mono in to Ampeg 810e re-loaded with EH 10SVT spkrs

Also: Sadowsky 24-5 #1482 w/ebony fb,
Yamaha BBN5A,
Austin P-bass (cheap-o yes!) w/ a good heavy DiMarzio P P/U & heavy flatwounds,

Trace E. 4x10 red stripes,
Trace E. 1x15 red stripes,
Peavey Databass 1x15 combo (-great believe it or not!)
GK 200MB 12" combo
Ibanez RB850 set up as a tenorbass (two DiMarzio J's glued together @ bridge as a humbucker),
Danelectro Baritone gtr

Previously Owned Gear

Peavey "classic 300" SVT-copy rig (300w tube, 8x10)
Geddy MIJ J-bass
Acoustic 360 1x15 combo amp
1960's Kay upright, twice (Underwood P/U)
SWR "Henry the 8x8"
GK 200? (-that old little head)
older GK 2x10
Peavey 4x12 (80's) gtr cab w/ metal sides -sounded great for bass!
some Carvin "Mosfet" head
-Vox AC50 CPH head
-and of course that whole big aluminum Hartke rack-rig we all had in the '90s...

G.A.S. List

Ampeg V4 cab (got it)
A nice, small all-tube practice amp for home (Musicmaster?), maybe one I'll make out of some things...
A short scale bass (got it)

& probably always: More cheap VT22's to cut in to V4 heads! –that was fun.

Influences and Teachers

Most of them if I really listen...

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