Bass/Warr Guitar rig.

So, I'm talking to my drummer the other day and discussing songs we want to cover. One of the songs that comes up is Yes' "And You And I", and we decide that we won't be able to pull it off because of all the keyboard/synth parts. Then, my drummer says "What about those things that make a guitar or bass sound like another instrument?".

So, I spend a little time researching and I figure that for about $750, I could get a roland synth pickup and a synth foot-pedal. Then, I talk to my guitarist about it, and he says "Why don't you get one of those things Trey from King Crimson plays?" (Warr guitar). I then remember our original train of thought on this whole two-bassists thing..."King Crimson does it, why can't we?" (we didn't know they used tapping instruments instead of normal basses at the time).

So, I'm going to start with a normal bass rig. My bass running into an Ashly Audio CLX-51, my Ampeg preamp, and a Mesa-Boogie Walkabout combo (with a rackmount tuner, noise gate, power conditioner, and a rack case).

Then comes this baby:


It's normally tuned BEADGC(bass side, tuned in fifths from the center out) and C#F#BEAD (melody side, tuned in regular fourths). I'm just going to get a standard 6 string bass/6 string guitar tuning, and with built in MIDI piezos.

Then I'm going to get a Carvin Legacy 2X12 combo (100 watt), the synth foot pedal, and some guitar effects for the high strings.

I'm still going to play bass, so I planned on getting a few basses as well, mostly for their tonal properties:

My Corvette
Rickenbacker 4003
Yamaha Attitude (with a synth pickup until I get the Warr)
Fender Geddy Sig
MM Sterling HH

The bass amp system is $2300
The treble amp system is $2100 (plus an eventual $2000 for an Eventide Harmonizer)
The basses I don't have already are $4500
The 12 string Trey Gunn signature Warr guitar with MIDI is $5100

For a grand total of $16000

 

Noooooooooooooo...this is definitely over the course of a few years.