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funk rigs?

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60jbass91

Apr 24, 2010
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#1
I see plenty of recommendations for rock rigs jazz rigs ect but never for a funk rig. iv looked at rocos rig and what have you but not really sure what any modern funk players use, paul turner has an ace tone by using the aguilar db751 into the aguilar db412. im currently running a 60s jazz bass into a soundcity b200 plus through a ampeg 412hlf. not ideal for funk :smug:
interested to see what you gurus of bass think
 
#3
Thing is that you can play funk through a variety of rigs...
I don't consider myself a guru of bass, but I do play in a funk band.
I'm playing a Genz Benz head through a BFM Omni10 cab, or sometimes an Omni10 and Omni10.5 (310 vertical stack). Sounds great. I may switch to a fEarful 15/6/1 cab.

I want plenty of bottom, sizzle on top when I slap, and strong mids. I don't like a scooped sound, though there's plenty of people who do.
 
#5
There are LOADS of rigs that'll work... Personally, I think this whole rig for this, rig for that mentality is more than a little off. If you have decent gear and play well, you'll be able to cop a decent tone for pretty much any genre.

I have a Markbass F500 and Bergantino AE410, before that a Ibanez Promethean P500H and Hartke HyDrive cabs, before that a Markbass LMII and Epifani PS112. Each one could do pretty much any tone I wanted for any genre. The only reason I even changed rigs in the first place was to get something louder, lol.
 
#6
I think funk is more about an approach, than a "tone", given the incredibly wide array of that which is considered funk. I was going to mention the possibility to just mention amps/cabs/rigs you can't play funk on, and I can't think of many, if any. Even the 15 watt 1x8 Fender combo could be funky, but surely quietly funky...

You dig?

I mean you've got MMW, Parliament, Stanley Clarke, Level 42, Jamiroquai, RHCP, Marcus Miller, Tower of Power, and so many purveyors of funk of all kinds. Funk rigs? Probably anything.
 

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