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Country bass players - what you using?

#62
chadds said:
A friendly viewpoint here. Some of us play all forms of music and find that a good pro rig will do anything you ask of it. ...unless the amp is marked "Country Bass Only".;):eek:
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Yep, a fair point. I mention country as it is my main love and sadly my life is so full of work / family etc that I don't have the time to branch out. I've played other styles in the past though, When I was young playing alt.rock I was using the P-bass through a Peavey which of course many of you describe as the country set up so go figure!

My original post was to meet my needs but I hope younger players reading this will keep more of an open mind. :)
 
#63
I played a Modulus Q5 for prolly 10 yrs in country bands. Excellent instrument. I went back to passive Fenders a couple yrs ago. Just got bloody tired of havin batts die mid set...or whenever it was least convenient for them to do so.
Which is part of the main reason i changed. Althought the Q5 i owned was an expensive and very nice instrument, i could not believe that 2 9 volt batts were flopping around unsecured inside the preamp section.
Passive all the way!! Set it and....fergit it!! Not totally all fender...looking at some lulls and laklands,,,passive of course!
 
#65
dsanders said:
I have been playing country for a few years now with a 5 and have lost no coolness points yet ;).
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Been playing country in Nashville for almost 12 years now, damn i'm getting old. If we got coolness points in this town, I'd probably be in the negative lol. I played a Stingray 5 for years and loved it!!! For what I do know, the low B string would just be a thumbrest that stretched the entire length of the bass hehe.
 
#66
I know this is off topic, but I could use some help.
After several years of being miserable doing the classic rock/variety thing, my wife and I decided to start a country-cover band.
What are the popular tunes these days?
If you are in a country band doing covers, and have a website with a song list, can you send me a link to your site please?
Thanks
BTW- I will be using my Laklands, a 55-02, Joe Osborn 5, and a 44-02. Throuhg a 212 Avatar and a GK MB2

Appreciate any help on the tunes
 
#68
OzDoug64 said:
Can anyone add what some of the touring bass amp rigs are for Paisley, Urban, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson etc and others in their league.

And, what outboard DI's they use if they don't use the DI's from their amps.

Cheers......
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FWIW, last year saw Willie Nelson in an outdoor venue.

The bassist had two SWR cabs (8 X 10s IIRC) center stage, each angled slightly to the left and right. There was a rack mount centered on top of them.

Unfortunately I wasn't close enough to see exactly what was in the rack.
 
#70
I've played Country and Country-Rock for years,using Carvin. Carvin has a nice clean sound,and they sell direct so you get a lot for your money. Right now I'm using a B800 with a 210. Sometimes I add an additional 15,but either way it sounds GREAT and doesn't cost an arm and leg.
LOL,
Kent:bassist:
 
#71
I play a lakland hollowbody or fender pbass through a swr sm900 with a swr 610 cab, and before that i used a david eden metro... Both of those are out of your budget so i agree with the ampeg b100r... i actually recomended that amp to a friend of mine who was in an alt country band and needed a good sounding bass amp on a budget...

Off the original subject, i agree that for alt country a passive 4 banger is the way to go. If i was playing in a pop/modern/nashville country band then i would not have sold my lakland 5502 and would be using that, but since im not in a pop/modern/nashville country band i like my four bangers...
 
#72
OzDoug64 said:
Can anyone add what some of the touring bass amp rigs are for Paisley, Urban, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson etc and others in their league.

And, what outboard DI's they use if they don't use the DI's from their amps.

Cheers......
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saw all the above within the last year, except for jackson. paisley's bassist had no visible amp onstage (same with a house 'o blues live concert on TV i saw). don't know what kind of DI he uses. jerry flowers with urban and the flatt's bassist were both running multiple SVT's.
 
#73
Interceptor said:
Fellow country player - welcome!

Hunt down a Peavey TNT 150 if you are set on a combo. Heavy to lift, thick tone and very reliable. They sound right, and you'll come in under budget.

In your price range, the other option that comes to mind is Hartke. A used 3500 head and a rough looking original Hartke 410 may be within reach. I had just that pairing as backline the other night and it worked really well.
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Ditto - a TNT 130 will have a Black widow.. clarity power and punch.
 
#75
gentry said:
saw all the above within the last year, except for jackson. paisley's bassist had no visible amp onstage (same with a house 'o blues live concert on TV i saw). don't know what kind of DI he uses. jerry flowers with urban and the flatt's bassist were both running multiple SVT's.
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Wow, you've been out on the town :D

So Brad Paisley's bassist must DI and run through sidefill. Would love to found out what DI or combination he's using...
 
#76
It is for that slick overproduced horsecrap coming out of Nashville these days.
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You're killing me!
I never liked the old school country that stated that the lyrics had to be about mama, trucks, drinking, and/or prison.

The new stuff sounds like 70's / 80's rock and bands like Dirks Bentley kick butt IMO.

Reminds me of super tight NYC rockers (with the obligatory standard banjo or pedal steel riff intertwined).

Get an afordable rig that would work with a rock band and a Fender bass and you're good to go!
 

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