Double Bass Can you ID Ron Carters’s gear?

[BassDuex]

Recent Ron Carter photo from his emails. I’m net certain what pickup that he’s using, looks like there might be a Full Circle that isn’t plugged in.

 

[Francois Blais]

There's a Realist Soundclip on the E side.

 

[Carl Hillman]

Recent Ron Carter photo from his emails. I’m net certain what pickup that he’s using, looks like there might be a Full Circle that isn’t plugged in.
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Forget the pickup. How about that pocket square?

 

[DoubleMIDI]

The Soundclip on the E-side is connected, but there’s also a Full Circle on the G-side that is not used.

 

[TroyK]

Forget the pickup. How about that pocket square?

Nobody dresses better than Mr. Carter!

 

[Keith Rawlings]

Nobody dresses better than Mr. Carter!

Yep. He’s always so slick with his threads. The Dude’s a National Treasure and a Living Legend. If anyone deserves a Presidential Medal of Freedom — it’s him.

 

[TroyK]

The Soundclip on the E-side is connected, but there’s also a Full Circle on the G-side that is not used.

I attended a master class years ago, pre-pandemic and he talked about the SoundClip, specifically for travel. My guess here is that this was not his bass and rather than use the full-circle that was installed, he used his personal SoundClip for familiarity.

 

[Francois Blais]

The bass sports his favorite strings though, the LaBella 7710 set.

 

[TroyK]

Good eye. It was just a guess.

The bass sports his favorite strings though, the LaBella 7710 set.

 

[dperrott]

that isn't his bass or amp. He must be on the road. I think when I was at Lemur a few years ago they have a bass with those strings because he used it when out there

 

[Francois Blais]

Makes sense!

 

[Fretless55]

Here’s a photo my daughter took of him (and his setup) this December at Riverside Cathedral in Manhattan.

 

[BobDeRosa]

Don't know about pickup but that's probably a backline Aguilar Tone Hammer 500 or 700 with Aguilar cab. I'm pretty sure his regular amp and cab are Epifani.

 

[Earl]

Not his regular bass. He uses the Realist Lifeline.

 

[Ed Fuqua]

Forget the pickup. How about that pocket square?

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[Carl Hillman]

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Awesome.

Hot Modern

 

[Endlesssolo]

Here’s a photo my daughter took of him (and his setup) this December at Riverside Cathedral in Manhattan.

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There’s a YouTube video of that whole concert, it was at the Wall Street Trinity Church.


I like that one, but I really really like another concert in that series, Christian Mc Bride and Kenny Barron.

 

[sean_on_bass]

That McBride/Barron is sooo good