Best rig $3800 budget

[jowens004]

For 3800, I would get a Mesa M9, and a Mesa 4x12. That comes in under 3800.

900 watts of pure untamed power.

 

[Munjibunga]

OK, forget everything you're read up to this point. You could come in real close to your number with the ultimate rig for your purposes:

Aguilar DB751 and two GS410 cabinets. Amazon has the cabs for $883, so you'd have to round up a DB751 for around $2,000. A used one would work just fine, and you could save a little green. There was one that sold here for $1750 recently.

 

[JetBlackJazz]

wow...you could like buy the farm with that budget. Lucky...my budgets under $500 and my practice amp is an 80s guitar amp.............

 

[GrooveWarrior]

OK, here you go. Ultimate rig.


-- Preamp is a channel strip. Universal Audio LA-610. One of the most sought after preamps ever followed by the most famous bass compressor of all time.
$1599

-- Pretty much any $600 Power amp. QSC GX7 seems like a sturdy unit.

-- Then the Mesa Powerhouse 1200 cabinet. It's a 1X15 and a 4X10 in one cabinet. $1600

== Just like that. $3800.


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[carbonfold]

I would say go with an Emperor 4x12 18 deep & 2x18 18 deep stack Power it with a Fender Bassman 300 Pro.

If you got the head used and bought the cabs new, you would have around $800 ( or more) left over. If so, you could get Emperor to build matching ATA cases for the rig or buy another bass.

And talk about a doom rig then!

 

[ficalini]

try looking at Trace Elliot. my friend showed me the brand today, and it looks and sounds really good

 

[BagelBruin]

OMG HE COULD GO ALL MARKBASS

Dude, get a nice tube head and an 810 or two 410s

 

[johnk_10]

depends what kind of tone you're after.
IMO, with a $3800 budget,this:

or this:

 

[basslinejam]

Spector NS2 --> 800RB --> SVT 810 = win

 

[dukeisdog]

For 3800, I would get a Mesa M9, and a Mesa 4x12. That comes in under 3800.

900 watts of pure untamed power.

This, or a Mesa 810.

 

[Oobly]

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AFAIK, he uses a Spector bass through a GK amp to get his sound. Really don't know if that is the setup he used on STTG, though.

I reckon a Gallien Krueger 2001RB bridged into a fEARful 1515/66 or a pair of 15/6s for modularity / portability ([Invalid or Expired Link Removed]) would be pretty much unbeatable. 1050W of GK sound into a massively powerful and clear sounding cab.

Ron Anchak at Anchak Audio Works or Robby Hoinsky from Art of Noise could probably do a custom fEARful for you. Leland at speakerhardware.com sells kits for the fEARfuls, so if you don't mind a little DIY you can save some money. Maybe enough for a Spector bass...

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And a quote from the FAQ: "A 15/6 is as loud as most 310 cabs with one watt input, and more extended in response. With a lot of watts it can get as loud or louder than a 610 driven to its limits, and will sound fuller and more responsive while doing it."

You'll never need another rig, IMHO.

 

[S.B.]

GK800RB and Berg 610. go used through TB someone may ship for you.

 

[AdamR]

Bolan uses SVT 8X10s and GK800rbs, Thats about 1K in the used market leaving you plenty of money for the spector.