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My rented backline adventures
- Thread starter JimmyM
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Outdoor backline season started today - at least for me. Here's what I got:
SM900 and a Goliath III cab. I've never actually gigged SWR before, and I have to say I really enjoyed this rig - powerful, articulate, and punchy. Although I didn't have to use it, I really like the idea of the EQ1 - EQ2 switch and the two sets of mid controls.
SM900 and a Goliath III cab. I've never actually gigged SWR before, and I have to say I really enjoyed this rig - powerful, articulate, and punchy. Although I didn't have to use it, I really like the idea of the EQ1 - EQ2 switch and the two sets of mid controls.
I've used that exact rig.
SWR is another company that gets my admiration.
SWR is another company that gets my admiration.
Tonights gig at Mrs Fish in downtown Los Angeles provided a tone hammer 500 and 4x10..Sounded great.
Tonights gig at Mrs Fish in downtown Los Angeles provided a tone hammer 500 and 4x10..Sounded great.
I love how you have almost everything at set at noon except the treble
Tonights gig at Mrs Fish in downtown Los Angeles provided a tone hammer 500 and 4x10..Sounded great.
That's one of my all time fav cabs!!!! except for its weight
I've got two backlined gigs in one day coming up in a few weeks. Can't wait to see what I get, and share it here. This is a fun thread.
Tonights gig at Mrs Fish in downtown Los Angeles provided a tone hammer 500 and 4x10..Sounded great.
Now that's a backline!
I don't think I've ever even tried cutting the treble that much on my TH500... What kind of band are you in?
Its a soul/rock band...Here's some footage of our live act..Shows The Viper Rooms' provided back line: GK 8x10 bass rig and two Marshall 1/2 stacks
We had a funny night last night. Mrs Fish is a swanky downtown nightclub and our singer treated the audience to extra-classy discussions including "throwing up on the bar" (twice), our guitar players recently discovered (non-cancerous) lump in his testicles and our female vocalist (his wife) being 8 months pregnant with "his seed"... I was in tears at one point
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Not a flattering shot, but it shows the rig... NON re-issue Ampeg! 
Unfortunately, the tubes were probably from the 70's. It couldn't give anything that resembled a clean tone.
Unfortunately, the tubes were probably from the 70's. It couldn't give anything that resembled a clean tone.
I have two separate backlined small town festival gigs today in two different towns.
Pretty sure one will be an SVT3PRO or similar, as we've played there before, but I have no idea what's in store for me this afternoon.
Check back later for pics.
Pretty sure one will be an SVT3PRO or similar, as we've played there before, but I have no idea what's in store for me this afternoon.
Check back later for pics.
Not a flattering shot, but it shows the rig... NON re-issue Ampeg!
Unfortunately, the tubes were probably from the 70's. It couldn't give anything that resembled a clean tone.
I've had that happen before. Not much you can do unless they have a backup.
No pics of the first rig yesterday since the first band was gracious enough to play well into our changeover time, but it was a GK 800RB into an SWR 4x10. I didn't really have any time to fiddle with it, and I thought it sounded OK when I was setting up, but once we got going I really didn't like it. It was middy in all the wrong places, and just sort of gutless sounding. I think I'm just not a GK guy...
Quick tear down and drive 1 hour to the next gig. Rig number two looked worse, but sounded way better! Sansamp BDDI going to the PA (which I dialed WAY back with the blend), running into a Hartke 3500 Mosfet and Eden 410 on stage. The sound was PHAT and clear with very little tweaking needed.
Our pedal steel player was loving the original Marshall JMP and 4x12 setup as well!
Quick tear down and drive 1 hour to the next gig. Rig number two looked worse, but sounded way better! Sansamp BDDI going to the PA (which I dialed WAY back with the blend), running into a Hartke 3500 Mosfet and Eden 410 on stage. The sound was PHAT and clear with very little tweaking needed.
Our pedal steel player was loving the original Marshall JMP and 4x12 setup as well!
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It didn't suck as much as I thought it would... but... it was a big stage at a big outdoor venue, so... yeah it sucked a little bit.
Traynor Dynabass 400 combo. Decent EQ, not bad tone, but just not enough to carry the stage IMO.
Its a soul/rock band...Here's some footage of our live act..Shows The Viper Rooms' provided back line: GK 8x10 bass rig and two Marshall 1/2 stacks
We had a funny night last night. Mrs Fish is a swanky downtown nightclub and our singer treated the audience to extra-classy discussions including "throwing up on the bar" (twice), our guitar players recently discovered (non-cancerous) lump in his testicles and our female vocalist (his wife) being 8 months pregnant with "his seed"... I was in tears at one point
I've used that rig at the Viper Room when I played there last year. Man, does that thing sound good. There is just something about being in front of an 8x10 that's good for the soul. I know guys here are always on about their light weight cabs, and modular set ups and squeezing water from a rock, but I really want to own one, one day.
I came across this backline jackpot at the High and Lonesome club in Winnipeg Canada last week!
So happy to leave my gear in the van and just plug in...Sounded amazing! The head was hand built by some local mad scientist who actually came to the show and the cab was a 70's Ampeg flatback.
So happy to leave my gear in the van and just plug in...Sounded amazing! The head was hand built by some local mad scientist who actually came to the show and the cab was a 70's Ampeg flatback.
