Forget best bass rig for metal… best bass rig for bedroom?

[Boneless]

I have a 160W combo in my bedroom. It is extremely hard to set volume-wise because one degree turn of the volume knob goes from "huh?" to "whoa!".

The best rig for a bedroom is the headstock of your bass sitting on top of your wardrobe's door. You play a headless? Sucks to be you.

 

[bigdaddybass12]

I think it’s funny when people spend multiple thousands dollars for a bedroom amp. I guess they have a whole lot more money than I do! LOL.

 

[Johno Dunn]

Mines a GRBass AT 110 ACT, driven be a Humboldt DE>HXS. Still gets pretty damn loud!

 

[Element Zero]

This sure works for me

Thankfully, my wife’s a bass player as well.

 

[BassicJazzy]

Just glad I don't live downstairs from you!

 

[TTA]

Or grave being dug tomorrow

lowering my life insurance payouts just in case.

 

[TTA]

Honestly? A computer, an interface, a DAW with good amps Sims and IRs, and a good pair of closed back headphones. Small amps always sound bad and this won't piss anyone off. Plus you can use it to record.

truly a pa system and hooking my computer up is next! great advice.

 

[TTA]

Nice! What's the cute little head on the top left side of the picture?

h&k deluxe 20. great tube guitar amp for overdrive. the lead setting is fantastic.

 

[TTA]

You need an air conditioner, don't you?

dehumidifier behind the door

 

[TTA]

Man, I hate to spoil your joy, but to be completely honest, I don't think that tiny Ampeg is going to cut it. You need to start taking this more seriously.

it is for sale!!! 600$ cad

 

[Phaidrus]

My bedroom setup.

Important note: the Am Prof in the background now sports a black 3ply pickguard and Roto RS66.

 

[dune]

 

[jimmydean]

Bass gear on just one wall ,call me when you get some proper bedroom bass gear covering two walls for God's sake.......why don't ya !

 

[Zootsuitbass]

Ignore the nasty twang box.
I did put an 4ohm speaker in the workingmans 10. It has a lower frequency responce as well.

 

[B Minor Threat]

Please tell me you're in a band.

 

[ahbradot]

In my bedroom when I was a teenager I had a Trace Elliott preamp,
2-400 W Peavey power amps, 4-10's and 2-18 inch speakers.
Holy smokes!
Sorry mom and dad

Now I only have a Markbass Ninja 102 500 Richard Bona Signature 500W 2x10 Amplifier.

 

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do i need more? note that two 100w amps are missing here…

should i get another cab to add to the traynor stack?

 

[LetItGrowTone]

Almost everyone has their computer monitor up on a table to see it better. Similarly, for the bedroom bass setup there is good reason to put the cab also up (radically) closer to our ears (control the volume to protect the ears of course). I explain:

What we hear (in the bedroom exaggeratedly so) is a mix of the sound coming off the cones plus the mess bouncing off the walls, right?
Assuming that almost everyone prefers the former, to increase the fraction that's coming straight from the cones, the cab should be "in our face" (and the volume set accordingly lower incidentally also reduces room resonances). It's an approximation to headphones, see? (I don't use headphones because I like immersion too.) So choose your compromise according to your room geometry and tolerance for room resonances, etc. This is especially good for those who *must* keep the volume down.

Some "floor coupling" (is what what it's called?) could probably be retained if desired by using an actual table (with some horizontal extension in front of the face of the cab). I don't care what it looks like!

I'm sorry if this is too simple to require explanation, but almost no one really does it, judging from our photos.

Two Ampeg VB-88s (possible on either side of my computer monitor unless that's problematic), because they're also very good for general purpose home audio, would be pretty nice. I'm just sharing an "idea variation" for you to visualize.

 

[TTA]

Please tell me you're in a band.

got kicked out for being too loud!!!

i was like….

“WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY I CANT HEAR YOU OVER MY EPIC BASS RIG”

 

[TTA]

In my bedroom when I was a teenager I had a Trace Elliott preamp,
2-400 W Peavey power amps, 4-10's and 2-18 inch speakers.
Holy smokes!
Sorry mom and dad

Now I only have a Markbass Ninja 102 500 Richard Bona Signature 500W 2x10 Amplifier.

respect brother.