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Country bass rig
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I have a full time Country Gig in Myrtle Beach SC ( house gig & road shows ).
My rig works fine for old school Haggard & Jones to Rock sounding Aldean & Urban.
Either pick of basses:
Hofner CT Club with flats
Fender Dirnt ( stripped down natural ) with nickel rounds,
FrankenJaco Jazz Fretless 4 with Epoxy Board,
Ibanez Gary Willis GW-1 5 string Ebony Board,
Shecter Diamond P5 - Great 5 string for around $500 with P/J Combo & Coil Tap!
My amp rig is a Carvin 1500 -"flat" Sub 6.5, Bass 3, Low Mid 7, Mid 4, Hi Mid 5, Treble 4,
2 Avatar SB112 Delta Cabs
Bassbone 2 Channel D.I.
Zoom 506 used as a Tuner and subtle effects like Chorus or Octaver or Overdrive.
Works for me on any gig!
My rig works fine for old school Haggard & Jones to Rock sounding Aldean & Urban.
Either pick of basses:
Hofner CT Club with flats
Fender Dirnt ( stripped down natural ) with nickel rounds,
FrankenJaco Jazz Fretless 4 with Epoxy Board,
Ibanez Gary Willis GW-1 5 string Ebony Board,
Shecter Diamond P5 - Great 5 string for around $500 with P/J Combo & Coil Tap!
My amp rig is a Carvin 1500 -"flat" Sub 6.5, Bass 3, Low Mid 7, Mid 4, Hi Mid 5, Treble 4,
2 Avatar SB112 Delta Cabs
Bassbone 2 Channel D.I.
Zoom 506 used as a Tuner and subtle effects like Chorus or Octaver or Overdrive.
Works for me on any gig!
I use:
Aguilar DB750
Aguilar GS 1x12NT
Aguilar GS 1x12 ( sometimes just the 1x12 NT for smaller shows/stages; these cabs are incredible and work for SO many types of music!)
Fender Custom Shop 59' P bass w/ DR Flats.
Also run a Radial JDI, as well as my POST eq DI out of the Aggie, and FOH can mix both signals, especially for outdoor shows. Works great, focussed yet big warm tone with top end distinction, and everybody smiles
Aguilar DB750
Aguilar GS 1x12NT
Aguilar GS 1x12 ( sometimes just the 1x12 NT for smaller shows/stages; these cabs are incredible and work for SO many types of music!)
Fender Custom Shop 59' P bass w/ DR Flats.
Also run a Radial JDI, as well as my POST eq DI out of the Aggie, and FOH can mix both signals, especially for outdoor shows. Works great, focussed yet big warm tone with top end distinction, and everybody smiles
Seattle.
Were you by chance involved in The Great American Beer Swap?
No, but I have friends that are involved in that kind of stuff. I bet I heard of ya'll from them.
Most likely. We didn't make it down to Austin but bands that we play with did, Knut Bell & the Blue Collars, for instance.
I use a few different options for amps.
with good PA support - GK MB112
Without PA support - Genz Streamliner 900 with BagEnd S-15/S-10 stack
For me, the amp is not super important if it is plenty loud, but my bass choice is different for Country - I go with the P bass with flats and foam or the Rob Allen Mouse both for their short note duration.
with good PA support - GK MB112
Without PA support - Genz Streamliner 900 with BagEnd S-15/S-10 stack
For me, the amp is not super important if it is plenty loud, but my bass choice is different for Country - I go with the P bass with flats and foam or the Rob Allen Mouse both for their short note duration.
I've been doing country for a long time. Not big venues by any means, but yeah, the audiences will not respond well to things that fail to sound as good as the radio cranked in their trucks.
I use the get under and punch approach. Country bass ain't a shy thing.
These days, it is either a Barker five string fretless or a J with flats depending on my mood. Most of the time I'm DI, when I'm not, Thunderfunk + fEARful.
If I was to do anything different, I'd go back to mixing together one channel of Sansamp bent to be Ampeggy together with clean and send that to house. I'm usually way more worried about my phrasing and timing push / pulls than tone once game time hits to get obsessive about tone.
I use the get under and punch approach. Country bass ain't a shy thing.
These days, it is either a Barker five string fretless or a J with flats depending on my mood. Most of the time I'm DI, when I'm not, Thunderfunk + fEARful.
If I was to do anything different, I'd go back to mixing together one channel of Sansamp bent to be Ampeggy together with clean and send that to house. I'm usually way more worried about my phrasing and timing push / pulls than tone once game time hits to get obsessive about tone.
Bass: Fender P with Nordstrand NP4 pickup, new CTS pots, D'Addario Chromes.
Amp: Yorkville XS800h, hybrid tube pre/ss power, very underrated Canadian amp, 800 watts at 4ohm, scoop, sweepable parametric, compression, many more bells and whistles.
Cab: Custom cabinet, Eminence Legend 10's, rewired to 4 ohm, 1000 watts RMS!!, very tight low end, superb clarity
Ive had many amps but i come to realize that eq and right hand technique play a bigger factor to the sound than rig does for music.
Bass: Lakland Bob Glaub or Geddy Lee Jazz
Cabinet: Avatar neo 410 4 ohm
Bass Head: Currently out of one, but i use my lead guitarists old peavey mark head from back in the day, sounds really nice.
Bass: Lakland Bob Glaub or Geddy Lee Jazz
Cabinet: Avatar neo 410 4 ohm
Bass Head: Currently out of one, but i use my lead guitarists old peavey mark head from back in the day, sounds really nice.
One thing I like about Country is that the producers still often put a very present bass mix on recordings...unlike rock, where's it's fashionable to bury the bass under walls of guitar and kick drum.
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I've used everything from a Fodera with an Acoustic Image amp with Epifani cabs to Sadowsky with Ampegs.......
If you sound "appropriate" for the gig, then there shouldn't be a problem.
Currently it's my Genz Streamliner 900 into either SWR or BagEnd cabs. Bass wise it vari's from my J/MM Valenti 5 to a very Fodera like MLP 5 or a "Jazz" bass.
If you sound "appropriate" for the gig, then there shouldn't be a problem.
Currently it's my Genz Streamliner 900 into either SWR or BagEnd cabs. Bass wise it vari's from my J/MM Valenti 5 to a very Fodera like MLP 5 or a "Jazz" bass.
I tried a '57 ri and a '51 ri thinking that would be "authentic" and "appropriate".
Okay, No!
Five string beauty through class AD and Glock preamp, (now Monique) brings the big bottom and punch that makes "Ring of Fire" make you cry. Just sayin'.
Dude, the Honeys want bottom.
Okay, No!
Five string beauty through class AD and Glock preamp, (now Monique) brings the big bottom and punch that makes "Ring of Fire" make you cry. Just sayin'.
Dude, the Honeys want bottom.
I can appreciate those of you who play to sound as much like someone (or multiple someones) as possible. I'm just not good enough to do that.
In my many years of playing, I found out early on that nobody cares about the bass players sound in the small clubs and VFW's. As long as you can be heard, that's all that counts. They just want to hear a recognizable song, doesn't need to be exactly right. They seldom notice a flub, and even if we do an approximation of a song, that's good enough. Start and stop at the same time, everyone thinks you're great.
I'm just saying that if the small joints are where a person is playing, getting the bass sound just right is for your own amusement. Seldom will anyone notice a difference.JMHO
There is some truth spoken there..thank you sir! As long as the bass isnt too loud, and there is definition for 'me', no one gives a crap.
YMMV
Give the audience what they expect and wonder why some other band is getting the gigs and attracting the buzz.
Give them all you have to give and they will be lined up to hear your.
They can tell that you care. They may not express it that way but they know. Respect them.
This is why opening acts often kill the headliners because their enthusiasm gets to the crowd.
To each his own. Makes more gigs for me. Why? Other bands will ask you to play with them because you don’t just call it in. You show appreciation for the group by your 100%+ attitude.
You drive and steer the band. Remember that.
Yeah flubs are okay! Same rig different inflection.
Give the audience what they expect and wonder why some other band is getting the gigs and attracting the buzz.
Give them all you have to give and they will be lined up to hear your.
They can tell that you care. They may not express it that way but they know. Respect them.
This is why opening acts often kill the headliners because their enthusiasm gets to the crowd.
To each his own. Makes more gigs for me. Why? Other bands will ask you to play with them because you don’t just call it in. You show appreciation for the group by your 100%+ attitude.
You drive and steer the band. Remember that.
Yeah flubs are okay! Same rig different inflection.
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Currently using a 5 string Ric and a custom build, into Ampeg. No doubt that will change over time. Will be adding a 5 string fretless for next practice, instead of the custom.
New country, 5 piece band.
Same rig I use every night.
TC RH450, Eden 2x10 XST, Tobias Basic 5.
FOH on all gigs.
Same rig I use every night.
TC RH450, Eden 2x10 XST, Tobias Basic 5.
FOH on all gigs.
