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Let's see your Rig Rundown setup!

Simple. Highway One P Bass with Aguilar 60s Pick Ups, Bad Ass Bridge, Hipshot Tuners... TH 500... Avatar SB112 Neo Cabs. I use the Freeze and Looper for practicing.

I was on a vintage keyboard kick for a few years. Hammond/Leslie, Rhodes, Wurlitzers... When I switched back to bass I wanted as maintenance free and light weight as I could get. So this fits the bill quite nicely. I am trying to talk myself out of a Noble... and my skills certainly aren't on par with that caliber of gear.
 

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Simple. Highway One P Bass with Aguilar 60s Pick Ups, Bad Ass Bridge, Hipshot Tuners... TH 500... Avatar SB112 Neo Cabs. I use the Freeze and Looper for practicing.

I was on a vintage keyboard kick for a few years. Hammond/Leslie, Rhodes, Wurlitzers... When I switched back to bass I wanted as maintenance free and light weight as I could get. So this fits the bill quite nicely. I am trying to talk myself out of a Noble... and my skills certainly aren't on par with that caliber of gear.

love the Freeze!
 
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This pic turned out pretty good. Band rehearsal in bandleader's home. Only gigged with these guys one time. One of those Battle of the Bands to win the right to go to Memphis TN for the IBC. Did not win. Lol.

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Edit: Back when I was helping out as a sideman, bandleaders never asked me to bring a P-bass. Because they knew the answer. The answer was no. I have a 4-string P-bass but similar to my Ken Lawrence, it's primarily for private practice at home. Yeah, I gigged with the P-bass here and there but it was mostly to keep the pots from getting scratchy and crackly.

M. M.
 
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Ampeg PF 500 head with a SansAmp tech 21 RBI preamp and an Ampeg SVT Classic 610 HLF cab. To the right is my little Ampeg BA 110 second gen.

Basses-
-ESP LTD vintage 214 with a esp j204 neck, tortoise shell pick guard and EMG active pickups & Dunlop strap locks
- Fender (2014) MIM P bass standard with a MIM standard jazz Neck, EMG active pickups, omega bad ass nickel plated brass bridge, Fender " F" logo neck plate & Dunlop strap locks
 
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I have 3 rigs that I use, depending on venues, or what I feel like hauling:

1: ToneHammer 500 with 2 DB112's, some times, I'll use a Thunderfunk 500, or a Fender Rumble 350 or more recently, the
Rumble 500 head, the really only issue I've had with the DB112 is the mounting screws have a habit, of loosing, which means, I have to take the chrome corner's off, and pry the grill off, to tighten them, a big PITA

So .... for those who insist on photos, here's the gear porn:
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Then when I need a 410, I'll use the Berg HS410 along with the TH500, or the Rumble Head, or the Thunderfunk500, and on occasion the Fender 800Pro, as a side note any high quality amp sounds good through this cab, IMHO
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Lately, I've been on a Berg NV610 Kick, .... So SVT-CL head, recently retubed it ToneHammer 500, ThunderFunk 500, haven't used the Fender Rumble 500, yet, but have used the Fender 800 Pro, as a side note any high quality amp sounds good through this cab, IMHO
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I saw one of those Quilter heads at my local GC. I didn't get to playing it but I'm curious, how is it?
I've not had it for long yet but so far I'm very happy with it. It's easy to find a great tone with the unique 2-band shaping controls. I use a VT bass pedal into this rig and it get's me right where I want to be tonally. Complaints would be: Fan noise which is not a bother live but less desirable for recording and it's no louder than the fan in the MicroSVT sitting next to it, 2 input jacks (1 for active 1 for passive) instead of 1 jack and a switch - no big deal just a weird choice I think and the mute button seems flimsy but I'll likely never use it anyway. I had to let go of my fridge and V4B to put this road rig together and I still miss them a little... until it's time to go somewhere. :-)