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I've been gigging a 1x12 markbass 300 watt combo for years. In bar bands, big stages, little stages, and in between. It's almost always run DI into FOH. For small gigs it can carry the room, but mostly it's a stage monitor for the bass and FOH is pushing bass out to the audience.

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I use the identical rig, even the Xvive in ears. Different bass tho. Haven't run across a situation where I've needed anything more.
 
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I gig a rumble 500, but more and more I find myself wondering why should a bassist have an amp at all? Just bring a DI box and run into the sound system.
Because LOTS of the sound systems of bars and clubs suck. Badly.

...and the monitors, suck, badly.

I want to sound great to the audience and to me. Way more fun that way. :bassist:
 
so something i've been pondering for a while on here and i'm pretty young 33 here but...i've seen a lot of nah you need 5000 watt tube rig for a bar gig with a drummer and x or xx guitars....enlighten me
maybe you're seeing 'selectively', or maybe you're misinterpreting folks' sarcasm/humor...i don't get that message at all around here...and i'm a regular.

but i get your point, i agree, and i'm sure the vast majority of TB members who actually play gigs would agree that playing EB calls for enough rig for the gig. period.

good luck with your own rigs! :thumbsup:
 
Used to play in an 8 piece horn band. No FOH. SVT w/ 2 8x10's. Band liked 'em but wouldn't help move them! :bored: Those were definitely NOT the good old days! :roflmao: I usually bring a Rumble 500 w/ 2x10, Genz Benz 2x10 cab, 1x15 cab, Shuttle 12.0. I choose which bits to use when I get to the venue, which is often an unknown quantity prior to gig time. I also have a couple of other components I don't carry on a regular but can toss in the car at a moment's notice. I have come to believe there is no "one size fits all" solution, at least for me. YMMV.

The Bar Band Bassman
 
Maybe it's my device, but I see no spaces, and a long post with no spaces is tedious to read.

But maybe it's just me, I donno. :)

I'm not sure why there are no spaces in your view- I can assure you, I do my best to make things readable... even with my 'quirks.'[/QUOTE]

Just so you’re aware-I’m seeing no spaces in your post either & I did read it prior to the other poster pointing that out.

I did observe proper punctuation, no profanity & good grammar. It did resemble a stream of consciousness/run on sentence but made total sense of thought.
 
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