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How many bass rigs do you have?

This is my main one, either a sunn 200s from the 60’s or an ashdown geezer butler. Im looking into getting an ampeg 6x10, one of the 900w ones because I guess you can damage the sunn 2x15 with 600w amps.
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Currently I have several heads and cabinets. I use various combinations of them all depending on the gig.

Heads:
Warwick Gnome (home rehearsal)
Trace Elliott Elf (rehearsal)
TC Electronics RH750
Mesa Subway WD800
Bergantino Forte HP2

Rack Unit:
Peavey Max "tube" Preamp
QSC GX7

Combos:
Ampeg BA-108 (home rehearsal)
Eden EC210 (rehearsal)
Eden D112XLTS (rehearsal)

Cabinets:
(2) Hartke HD112
Acme Low B1
(2) Acme Low B2
Peavey 1-15 BW (rehearsal)
fEARless F112
fEARless F215
 
Without using a cab or hear over again

TH500 and SL112 (all Aggie)
AG500dc w/12" combo (Aggie again)
BERG Forte HP2 with GR Bass AT410+
Rack #1. Joe Meek Vc6q into 800w Mackie amp with Ampeg 410he
RACK #2 Dean Markley rack pre with BGW amp into nEARful 15/6/1
GK Backline 600 into hommake 1x12"

So six off the top of my head
 
I have four.

1) Lemmy Marshall Signature Series with matching 412 cab
2) GK Fusion 800S 212 combo with a 212 ext
3) Laney DB200 with 410 cab
4) Subway D800 with Mesa Powerhouse 810 cab (no pic of them paired yet)

It could be said I have a 5th if I used the Subway with the GK ext cab.
 

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View attachment 5364804 Just one rig for me, though it’s modular so I can choose between a hi-fi sounding 2x10 or mid-centric 1x15, or stack the 2x10 on top of the 1x15. Since it takes up the same footprint and sounds best, I usually bring both cabs.
If I were gigging and had enough money, I would buy an Aguilar head and cabs like yours! They're beautiful and I'm sure they sound incredible.
 
I have my Ashdown 410T and an Ashdown MAG 300 head that I've had since about 2013. They've mostly been sitting and collecting dust, but selling the head for $200 isn't worth it in the off-chance I'll need it at some point.

I've been looking for some kind of all-in-one pedal that has decent audio. I wish MXR made one, because their M80 and Bass Chorus Deluxe are the two pedals I use the most.
 
Not counting the 2 x Barefaced One10's I use at home, I have 3 BF 112 cabs (SM, SC, BB2). That makes 5 cab combinations and with my 3 Aguila amps and a Thunderfunk, I have 9 possible rigs to chose from.
 
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I guess I have four rigs. Peavey Mark 3 and DIY TL606 in a different city (my old main rig), Quilter Bass Block 800 and Hartke 215 (my new main rig), Peavey M-2600 and DIY 212 (the head is going, 212 is also hooked to my main rig atm) and there is a Session Sessionette 100 waiting for me to pick it up from the post office. That is going to a different rehearsal space. At home I'm ampless.
 
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I have two Bergantino HDN cabs , a112 & 210 , the classic 322 stack. My usual gigging cabs , I often just need one cab. There’s a Barefaced One10 I use for rehearsals , and a Phil Jones C2 I use for practice. An Ampeg 210AV I used to use and a GK MB150 combo I used to use for home practice and rehearsal. At home I generally practice through a Aguilar SL112 and TH350. There’s a Hotone Thunderbass I used to run as a headphone amp , but that got replaced by a Phil Jones BigHead headphone amp. I generally run a Monique dove cage preamp on gigs and rehearsals.
I have two practice rigs , at the in-laws I have a practice nook and keep the Darkglass e500 and the Phil Jones C2. At home I use the Aguilars. For gigs or rehearsals I usually bring the Forte and Monique with whatever cab combination that would best suit the day.
I plan to sell the SWR Headlite , maybe the GKMB200 , the Hotone, and the Ampeg 210 and probably a couple of basses.
We’ll see , I keep looking at Darkglass amps , almost picked one up last month.
 
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Im looking into getting an ampeg 6x10, one of the 900w ones because I guess you can damage the sunn 2x15 with 600w amps.View attachment 5365568

This statement confuses me. Have I had too much of the devils lettuce this morning or had you when you posted that? :laugh: Edit: It was me. You meant the Ashdown is too hot for your SUN 215 cab. Got it.

I have two of the same Mesa heads with 2x15, 1x15, 2x12, 1x12 and two 2x10 Mesa cabs. Is this one rig with lots of options? Two rigs with lots of options? Four rigs but I'm missing two heads? Not sure, but I'm a happy bass player no matter what you call it.
 
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