Lets build a cover band mini board for under $1000

[DeepSouth]

I sick of lugging heavy amps and an totally jealous of guys who just walk in the door with a gig bag and a pedaltrain mini.

My current favorite bass atm: Hofner CT Club strung with TI flats.
I am also a pick player

Music styles: Country, classic rock, swamp pop, blues, hard rock *when I'm lucky* \m/

Gear I'm eyeballing but I'm wide open for ideas.

Cabinet sim
$260 Omnicabsim Deluxe - $135 for the new Mini version
Looks handy and the clips I've heard sound nice. On a blues gig I'd maybe use a 1-15 setting and swap to a 8-10" cab on a rock gig.

Dirt
$289 DP-3x dUg pedal. I love how this pedal sits in the mix and blends with the guitar player. And it has a tuner.

Clean
Warm tubey classic tone. I think the best amp I ever played was an old silverface Fender high powered bassman into an 8-10 cab somebody had set up for backline. I'm also a big fan of old studio recordings with the Ampeg B15.

$299
Le Bass - Sounds nice and I've seen comments reporting that it has some of the feel you get from playing a tube amp.

Of course if there is an all in one solution I can just stick in a gig bag I'd been highly interested. Only thing I can think of is the Fly Rig but I've been less than impressed with the clips I've seem of its dirt. At first I was hoping the dUg could cover everything but I read that long thread where guys struggled to get it to do both good clean and dirt without having to use different settings for each. Hmm maybe a dUg with an EQ in front to fine tune the clean? My bass has no tone knob so that suggestion is out haha.

 

[Ethereal Thorn]

Just get a helix micro and call it done

 

[Frodolicious]

Lots of great options you post! You could cover a lot of ground with something like the Tech21 Sansamp VT for your rock, blues, and country needs. Not much else that would be considered "essential", just more for fun

 

[Robertron]

Have you looked at the HX Stomp?

If I was building a light board with some dirt flavors, cab Sims, and DI and I had $1000 budget I would go with the HX Stomp and one or quality lone dirt/drive pedals.

 

[DeepSouth]

Thx guys, The helix hadn't crossed my mind. I checked a few clips of it on youtube and was quite impressed.

Looks like it does everything I need.

 

[OldFunBass]

If you are interested, there is always the digital modeling route. Check out something like the Zoom B3N. Has a full selection of effects, amp sims, and cab sims. And if you spend some time with it and learn how to manipulate it, you can customize their presets and/or create all your own. I own one, but will admit that it is just a toy for me and never leaves my house. I prefer old school analog pedals. I do have the Two Notes Le Bass and like the sounds I can get out of it, usually to warm up a class d amp head. I usually gig with it.
But to really lighten your load in, digital modeling is something you need to consider. You create the exact sound/tone you want and DI it to the FOH. Then you only need to carry enough amp to monitor yourself on stage, or just go ampless and use the house monitor system.