Let's see your Bass Rig

[9mmMike]

Current setup. V4B reissue into a 112 cab. The cab is new , and only been out to one gig at a dive bar , but so far so goodView attachment 3064352

P with a J neck. Nice!

 

[kevk]

My acoustic bass rig...

Bergantino B|Amp + HG410 (4ohm~4th woofer in the rear, creating a 3d effect)...

 

[squarewave]

My acoustic bass rig...View attachment 3069351
Bergantino B|Amp + HG410 (4ohm~4th woofer in the rear, creating a 3d effect)...

Awesome

 

[BassPilot]

My acoustic bass rig...View attachment 3069351
Bergantino B|Amp + HG410 (4ohm~4th woofer in the rear, creating a 3d effect)...

Kevin,

A couple of questions about your setup:

• It looks like you have the back of the cab against the rock wall. How close is it and what distance(s) from rear surfaces do you try to keep it from for the rear facing speaker to be effective?
• What surfaces - such as this rock wall with large crevasses - have more of a detrimental effect on the sound/3D effect than others?

I'll have more but it's late and my brain is beginning to go to sleep. I need to let my body follow.
Thanks,

Dave

 

[kevk]

Kevin,

A couple of questions about your setup:

• ......How close is it and what distance(s) from rear surfaces do you try to keep it from for the rear facing speaker to be effective?
• What surfaces - such as this rock wall with large crevasses - have more of a detrimental effect on the sound/3D effect than others?

Surface does matter, and around 1-3 feet is most effective. In this case, the uneven rock wall was pretty absorbent, so it really didn’t much matter how close...and I needed max space in front of cab.

The cab is p-l-e-n-t-y loud, hearing only the 3 forward woofers. I always use wireless, and the rear woofer seems to help a little with off-axis movement, too. I took this pic, before packing up that day...

 

[JWags]

 

[bostrowskij]

Gig-rig: EBS Fafner 1 / Acoustic 402 2x15

Rehearsal Rig: Peavey AlphaBass tube head / Peavey 118 + STS 118

 

[Batsquatch]

Just some old amps that still sound about as good as anything out there. Looking for that outside gig where I can justify using both cabs with the SVT NP.

 

[Batsquatch]

Gig-rig: EBS Fafner 1 / Acoustic 402 2x15 View attachment 3070265

Rehearsal Rig: Peavey AlphaBass tube head / Peavey 118 + STS 118 View attachment 3070267

Man I had a deal on an alpha bass head fall thru about a year ago. How’s it sound? I’ve heard good things

 

[RickyWoo]

I acquired an Ampeg SVT-410HLF this morning to go along with the Fender Bassman 800. A good way to get the full 800 watts out of the head, with one 4 ohm cab. The SVT-410HLF is a 4 ohm, 500 watts RMS / 1,000 watts Peak cab.

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Love my 410HLF. Great rock and roll cab. Well, that's what I use mine for anyway. Boomy!!

 

[J.Wolf]

I'm having a hard time picturing a rig that sounds better than this. Its just perfectly balanced, punchy, louder than it should be, and really warm and fat but clear.

 

[bostrowskij]

Man I had a deal on an alpha bass head fall thru about a year ago. How’s it sound? I’ve heard good things

I like it very much. It replaced an Ampeg V4BH which sounded great but broke up too early with my 5-string. The Alpha can present a loud and clean low B and has very good eq options. Six 6L6:s /160W is quite perfect in a tube amp IMO, loud enough and not too heavy. Only 2 and 4 Ohms output load though, something to concider if you're in the market for one.

 

[Reverend179]

My twin boomstacks.

 

[Captain Chaos]

 

[Element Zero]

I'm having a hard time picturing a rig that sounds better than this. Its just perfectly balanced, punchy, louder than it should be, and really warm and fat but clear.

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I don’t know what it is, but I like it.

 

[J.Wolf]

I don’t know what it is, but I like it.

It’s a sonic farm 2di4 tube DI, a RAD 1000p power amp and 2 Bergantino cn210 cabs.

 

[MTN.bass72]

It’s a sonic farm 2di4 tube DI, a RAD 1000p power amp and 2 Bergantino cn210 cabs.

What are the ratings at 4 & 8 ohm on the RAD 1000?

 

[J.Wolf]

What are the ratings at 4 & 8 ohm on the RAD 1000?

the specs on the website just say "1000 Watts RMS, 1800 Watts Peak "

In terms of real world performance, it is easily as loud as the 1000w 1000ASP amp module I was previously using, and right on par with the new ICE1200 module.

Pascals spec sheet says 1000W at 4 and 2x500w at 8. It will also operate at 2 ohms.

 

[Element Zero]

The cabs I knew but your power amp and DI, not so much. Looks like a killer rig. I suppose you control all your tone on your bass?

 

[J.Wolf]

The cabs I knew but your power amp and DI, not so much. Looks like a killer rig. I suppose you control all your tone on your bass?

The rig is voiced really close to what I like already, but I handle small changes in tone and EQ with my pedalboard, which has an Empress ParaEQ, DSM OmniCabSim, and a Darkglass VMT dlx. More than enough control. I rarely use the EQ switches on the Sonic Farm, and my bass's onboard EQ is typically flat with a little bass boost.