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I think I'm at a good place as far as setting up my main rig. I have the Fender American Deluxe Jazz V - SWR 700 WORKINGPRO - Eden D410XLT cab and Zoom B3 effects.
If you don't have anything else to do, share yours (main rig only)
99% of the time, it's the Sadowsky Vintage 4 string
I have a recording session coming up that I'll use my 75 fretless Precision.
If I'm gigging in France, I use my 80's Squier Jazz MIJ out of convenience.
Amps
Strangely enough, my main amp these days for my regular Monday night pub gig is a Schertler Jam 150 Pro. 150 watts into an 8 inch speaker. It sounds so warm. I run vocals through it as well.
I have Roland CB100 that is a great amp. Roland is well known for making great keyboards, pedals, guitar amps. I ever ever considered Roland for bass amps. Mne was bought as a rehearsal amp and it's seen more gigs than my Markbass set up.
The big amp is a rare Markbass head. Rare in North America. It was out here long before Markbassa came to the states. I run it into an SWR Bassic 2-Way. Haven't used this set up in over two years.
Main basses are an 05 Upton Hawkes upright, 09 MIA Precision, 76 Precision with PJ pickups, and 95 P Lyte with EMG's. They go into a series of pedals, then into an A-Designs REDDI tube DI, and then into whatever Ampeg amp and cab I feel like bringing, usually a new V4B or Heritage SVT-CL, into a Heritage 810e or two SVT 210av's.
City rig:
Fender active Jazz into MXR DI + into Orange Terror 1000 -into two Orange sp 2x12's
When there is a 8x10 backline I bring my Ampeg Svt 4pro and DI from that.
Ampeg SVT Classic Master @ 3:00 , Gain between 9:00 to 11:00 depending on venue. Classic 8 10 e cab. Fender P Bass with Chrome flats , Tone @ 4. Vol between 7 and 8. (strat. knobs with numbers on 'em) If the venue has wonky electrics , I'll use a Peavey Mark 6 s.s. head. If there's a lot of steps involved , they get the Peavey head and a Peavey 2 15 cab.(Haven't had to do this in quite a while) XLR out of Ampeg head or DI out of Peavey head from Pre out for FOH gigs.
It depends on the gig really.
For classic rock cover band gigs...
Currently a Lakland 55-02, GB Shuttlemax 9.2, Berg AE410. Sprinkle in a little flanger, envelop filter, and a ParaEQ and I'm ready for anything.
Blues gigs get a different treatment...
G&L SB1, GB Streamliner, and a Berg AE410 (or 210 depending on venue size). Pedal board is usually hooked up, but seldom used for anything but the tuner.
These days, it's usually a Steamliner 900 into a PH215 - basses are usually a Sterling 5 HS, paired up with either an '08 MIA Hot Rod Jazz, '08 Am St Jazz, or '06 Gibson T-bird... although I sometimes gig a Music Man SUB5 or Peavey Foundation 5, and pair one of those up with either an '09 Highway One P Bass, Music man SUB Sterling or SUB...
It depends on the situation and my mood at the time, actually...
2012 Gibson Explorer for the tuned down stuff
2012 MIA P bass for standard tune and half step down stuff
TC Electronics Polytune
Ampeg SVT Heritage CL
Ampeg SVT Heritage 810