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my current and very unique set up

villhelmromero

villhelmromero

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Oct 12, 2013
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So first and foremost I'm a guitar player. So my heart lies with that heavily. BUT... I love playing bass. A lot. So swing how I have habits I can't shake and I play with a pick this is my current setup Ibanez SRC6 6 string short scale bass > bullet coily cable > line 6 bass pod xt pro rack unit > power amp in input on a line 6 bogner spider valve mkii HD 100 watt tube head > harke vx410 400 watt cab. Very unique and very unorthodoxed set up. Funny thing is that I played a show with it (minus the cab. Everything was back lined so they had a ampeg 810 there) at the dirty dog on 6th street in Austin (with the band "I bury the living) and out of 14 bands playing that night the sound guy who is also a bassist said not only did I have the best bass tone that night but our band did overall as well. That made me so happy. I'm always worried that what I think sounds good won't exactly sound good to everyone else. But alas it does apparently... Anyway I was just posting to see if anybody had any thoughts on this set up. Also I forgot to add that the cab was mic'd into the house PA
 
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villhelmromero said:
So first and foremost I'm a guitar player. So my heart lies with that heavily. BUT... I love playing bass. A lot. So swing how I have habits I can't shake and I play with a pick this is my current setup Ibanez SRC6 6 string short scale bass > bullet coily cable > line 6 bass pod xt pro rack unit > power amp in input on a line 6 bogner spider valve mkii HD 100 watt tube head > harke vx410 400 watt cab. Very unique and very unorthodoxed set up. Funny thing is that I played a show with it (minus the cab. Everything was back lined so they had a ampeg 810 there) at the dirty dog on 6th street in Austin (with the band "I bury the living) and out of 14 bands playing that night the sound guy who is also a bassist said not only did I have the best bass tone that night but our band did overall as well. That made me so happy. I'm always worried that what I think sounds good won't exactly sound good to everyone else. But alas it does apparently... Anyway I was just posting to see if anybody had any thoughts on this set up. Also I forgot to add that the cab was mic'd into the house PA
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I would want to find a lighter weight cabinet. Either 2 lightweight 2x10 or something.

Billy Sheehan said once at a clinic that you need to have at least 1 large speaker like a 15 or 18 because it's soul purpose is to move air and make your bass felt. Tonally you'd want smaller speakers like 8's or 10's. I would see if you can hear what you sound like just through the PA and if you can still have your tone right, start taking just a 115.
 

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