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Double Bass Big Rig Suggestions-Stage Filling Sound

#62
It should be also stated that luck plays a big part in getting good gigs and there's no sense in quitting your regular pub gigs because you never know what's around the corner. Rhiannon has the Midas touch right now and I'm lucky to be her bass player and musical director. I work hard to play the best I can. Never take a good gig for granted!
 
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Jeff Bonny said:
Man if I sounded like I was telling you something you didn't know about where to stand I sure wasn't. You've got a lot more mileage on a lot more different stages than I do. Seeing that old clip just made me think of how much better the MAS cab functions off axis than anything I've heard.
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I've been looking into these for years. If I get an endorsement I won't be able to use these for now. But thanks, I'm sure these sound incredible.
 
#66
It's not unusual for artist management to help negotiate endorsements..it's all business first at this kind of touring level. It's desirable for players to have equipment endorsements that advertise in support of the act. Say, Bonnie Raitt's bass player uses Ampeg gear, and Ampeg takes out huge ads in Bass Player using her name.
 
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Jason Sypher said:
I've been looking into these for years. If I get an endorsement I won't be able to use these for now. But thanks, I'm sure these sound incredible.
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Since my initial post in this thread a couple of years ago, I've picked up three MAS cabs (more than a schmoe like me needs, but there it is). People will have their own preferences regarding tone and feel, but as far as filling a stage with clear, non-boomy sound I haven't, in that time, come across their equal. I'll qualify my opinion by saying that my gigging experience with them has all been on EB and mostly of the bar/club variety (a couple of outdoor stages). Still, if you can find someone who plays one, I think they're worth giving a shot, if only to see what they're like.

That said, no one's ever offered me an endorsement deal. My attempt to blackmail big companies by threatening to play their gear in public has, likewise, yielded no fruit -- not even when I threatened to post instructional videos, wearing their merch. If you can get an endorsement deal with TecAmp, more power to you. I'm sure you'll sound great, whatever you play, and I'll watch for you the next time Ms. Giddens comes around!
 
#68
In my experience there are so many variables when it comes to touring, you never really know what you're going to sound like night to night. Using an amp you know and trust can help with some of those variables. In the states I generally bring my own rig but abroad I trust back-line to get a good sound that I can enjoy and the band can hear clearly. I'm not sure how endorsement can be seen as a dirty word, I can't think of anything nicer than finding my back line taken care of by a great company with a great product every night. I, of course, wouldn't endorse anything I didn't love.
 
#71
Likewise -- I hope my post wasn't seen as giving you grief for a potential endorsement. Just poking at little fun at myself -- very different situation than yours.
 
#72
I've got a LOT of experience with loud, live DB sound. We'd play from whisper volume to jazz fusion loud. Guys have said enough nice things about my cabs---the only thing I'll say is that I always had to be pretty close to my cab so as to hear the rhythmic impact. I no longer have that problem.

I also have lots of experience with endorsements. I was fortunate enough to have my pick. I split my endorsements with amp heads and speakers. Until I went with EA I couldn't find a company where I really liked their amps and speakers both. I wound up traveling with an amp and backlining 410's. I had a list of 410's rated by preference. I usually did well.
There were a few companies that would supply equipment at gigs but you really couldn't count on many cities where their stuff was available. The companies that had a bigger worldwide presence---I didn't dig their stuff at all. And if you're on a tour that includes smaller cities in let's say Hungary or Turkey or Thailand---you're shite out of luck. Every place in the world you can get a 410. I'm not a fan of 410's but with my amp I could eq and always get a good sound. It was easy and predictable. That's what you want when you're touring worldwide ( which I did for 25 years). Even in the States. Unless you are traveling with a rig from an endorsement company (which kindof defeats the purpose) you can't count on every city having it available. There are so many wacky variables when you're touring----it's good to know you can count on a consistent sound.
 
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410 cabs seem to be the rig of choice for road dawgs backline these days. Recently I heard Jorge Roder with Julian Lage. It looked like Jorge was using a AMT mic with what looked like a Aguilar TH500 and most definitely a GK 410. He sounded great!
 

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