Bountiful bass badarsery by the Bay

[kesslari]

Veritable plethora of amazing bass goodness at the SF GTG today. Posting here because of the very cool assortment of unusual cabs and amps. I can’t call it a shootout because there would be no survivors- all different flavors of great.

On this side, left to right:
Sonic Farms 2di4 with RAD ICE 1000 amp on a MAS FlexTop
2 AudioKinesis TC12's with Monique (Bamboo) and Jules M2500 poweramp
Sonic Farms Tantra and Felix by Grace Designs Dual Pre-Amp on a MAS Bodai 12
MAS Boday 28
SWR (SM-900?) on AccuGroove Tri-L 10

On this side:
Bugera Veyron on AudioKenesis TC 15
Wayne Jones amp on 2 Wayne Jones 1x10's
Warwick LWA-1000 amp on Euphonic Audio 410
MAS 18 with Quilter Bass Block

wrp with his beautiful Fodera AJ

coyoteboy with his rig -Phil Jones head, 2 MAS 16 cabs, NS EUB, and MM Big Al

 

[kesslari]

I am terrible at making comparisons between this many flavors of bass goodness. Man oh man - it's a great time to be a bassplayer.

Hopefully others will chime in with better descriptions and more pics!
@coyoteboy @wrp @wilco68 @zorf and whomever's user ID I missed, chime in!

 

[BostonJazz72]

Wow! That seemed to be a wicked time! So much bass goodness.

 

[coyoteboy]

A bit of actual music happened as well.

 

[golfnsubie]

Wow....incredible ge

 

[agedhorse]

Man, I completely missed this. I bet the weather in the Bay Area was awesome too.

 

[golfnsubie]

Wow....incredibly cool get together...seems like such a great opportunity to learn a lot from others, with both your brain and your ears

 

[kesslari]

I've been playing through the MAS (Big E) cabs for a while so I knew that the ones I hadn't heard would sound great.
I was also really, really impressed by @DukeLeJeune 's ThunderChild cabs - wow. Great tone, lots of booty. If I couldn't play Mike's cabs I'd get Duke's in a heartbeat.
Another surprise for me was the Warwick LMA-1000 - a little class D hybrid that really seems to have flown under the radar. Great sounding amp!

 

[kesslari]

Wow....incredibly cool get together...seems like such a great opportunity to learn a lot from others, with both your brain and your ears

Yep. Some great players and great playing as well as great gear. And some beautiful basses. Mike's fretless F-bass is a beautiful, sweet-sounding instrument. You can see the back of it behind the picture of wrp and his AJ. That Fodera AJ is HUGE. And has a beautiful, clear tone.

 

[MarkA]

Cool! Looks like a good time (and lots of neat stuff to hear). Color me just a bit jealous.

EDIT: @coyoteboy wins the Most Svelte Rig I've Ever Seen award.

 

[Wisebass]

On this side, left to right:
Sonic Farms 2di4 with RAD ICE 1000 amp on a MAS FlexTop
2 AudioKinesis TC12's with Monique (Bamboo) and Jules M2500 poweramp
Sonic Farms Tantra and Felix by Grace Designs Dual Pre-Amp on a MAS Bodai 12
MAS Boday 28
SWR (SM-900?) on AccuGroove Tri-L 10

On this side:
Bugera Veyron on AudioKenesis TC 15
Wayne Jones amp on 2 Wayne Jones 1x10's
Warwick LWA-1000 amp on Euphonic Audio 410
MAS 18 with Quilter Bass Block

What can I say?

What about "Daaaaaaaaaang"? A truckload of jumpys!


Wise(b)ass

 

[BostonJazz72]

Would love to see some videos from the get together!

 

[wrp]

Would love to see some videos from the get together!

I’ve got a couple of short videos I’ll post later today

 

[BostonJazz72]

Great!

I’ve got a couple of short videos I’ll post later today

 

[johnson79]

That Fodera is insane.

 

[wrp]

(L to R) Michael Wilcox, Diz Dismore and John Phillips. Michael is playing a Tune 5 string piccolo bass and Diz is playing a Bacchus Jazz.

 

[wrp]

Tony Saunders on bass, Diz Dismore on Drums. Tony is playing through the Tantra and the Bodai28. Great, room filling sound!

 

[ICM]

coyoteboy with his rig -Phil Jones head, 2 MAS 16 cabs, NS EUB, and MM Big Al View attachment 2929977

What is that symmetrical sunburst bass???

 

[wrp]

“Super Bass” session
Kesslari (Zon Fretless 5 > pedalboard >Sonic Farms 2Di4 >RAD Ice Power Amp >Bodai 28)
Zorf on Drums
Diz Dismore (Bacchus J > Bugera Veron Amp > AK TC115)
Michael Wilcox (6 string fretless F Bass>vol pedal>3Leaf Octavbre>Jam Pedals Wahcko+>Strymon Big Sky>Wayne Jones rig)

 

[kesslari]

Cool! Looks like a good time (and lots of neat stuff to hear). Color me just a bit jealous.

EDIT: @coyoteboy wins the Most Svelte Rig I've Ever Seen award.

His 2 MAS 16's were amazing.