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Poll: More or less amps?
- Thread starter BBassBassington
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This is what I was doing pre-pandemic. I've got plenty of great headphones and even a Fender Mustang Micro for when I really just want to plug in some cans and jam.
I do like the idea of having a cab here though. Most of my recording happens during the day so I can use speakers and it's so much easier to not have to deal with headphones and cables while moving around, swapping instruments, and filming. Plus it looks cooler having a full amp on set rather than a shelf that just has an amp head.
That's a sweet Mesa rig you've got there btw!
I tried. I thought hey this would make a lot of sense, the guys have to drive me anyway, they wouldn't need to bring anything if they wanted to be lazy. And because I have an electric kit I even offered up a system where we could all have our own headphones and control our own levels and stuff or just put the drums through the PA. I'm even attached to a garage so we could have done some well ventilated jamming during the pandemic.
But they want acoustic drums and crazy loud amps so what can you do?
Thanks, Im digging the Mesa rig. Yeah thats true about having a cab on video, that’s one of the nice things about having a cab at home. It looks cool but headphones are also nice when you want to crank the levels without getting your neighbors panties in a bunch. I mainly work nights at a hospital so on my days off I’m often practicing while my wife, kids, and neighbors are sleeping. Can have the cab under the amp for the visual and not even have the cab hooked up. Which is really the best of both worlds when practicing late at night. Looks cool on video and doesn’t cause the neighbors to call the cops. But really unless your shooting video every single week I still think some good headphones are a good economical option. Most people can just bring the cab home every once in a while for shooting video. I know for me I don’t shoot video often. I’ve got a week long staycation coming up where I plan to do record a bunch of video and will have the cab in the shot but depending on the time I’m recording I’ll likely not even hook up the cab. But for someone who just wants to be able to practice at home headphones should do the trick.This is what I was doing pre-pandemic. I've got plenty of great headphones and even a Fender Mustang Micro for when I really just want to plug in some cans and jam.
I do like the idea of having a cab here though. Most of my recording happens during the day so I can use speakers and it's so much easier to not have to deal with headphones and cables while moving around, swapping instruments, and filming. Plus it looks cooler having a full amp on set rather than a shelf that just has an amp head.
That's a sweet Mesa rig you've got there btw!
Heh, I could always just spray-paint a cardboard box and velcro a grille to it.
(I think the funniest part is I don't hate the idea.)You make good points though. I'd like to film weekly but I haven't gotten there yet. What's nice is I've still got about 2 months to think things through and look around. And while it's really nice to see such solidarity anywhere I do appreciate the dissenting opinions.
The unpredictability of my health does play in though, and in terms of cost a cab really isn't that expensive. My thinking really is it's clearly something I feel will be a quality of life improvement enough to consider it for years. But it's also never been priority enough to put it in front of other costs/needs and I know this is partly GAS fueled. Things get a lot different when I put something in a cart and see the final price and so far nothing has jumped out and said this is a screamin' good deal. Heck I haven't even seen a deal period on a cab, which makes kicking the decision down the road a lot easier at least.
Also Ashdown has a 600watt 410 that's 46lbs and less than 6 bills. That's not helpful on the GAS front. I can lift it AND afford it.
Combo guitar amps, keep the drummer's foldback down(it works!) 830 pm finish and good neighbors
Yeah I told my guitarist to get a 30 watt combo amp. He got a 120 watt 410 tube combo.
Our drummer is just loud af (says the guy who drums even louder) and he's not mic'd at all. The Rumble doesn't struggle to keep up though.
I am liking the idea of just getting something cheap for the rehearsal space. I wish I had the strength to lift those old cabs that people sometimes basically give away because they're too heavy and no one wants them. That'd be perfect as it could just live at the drummers house and if we ever disband I could just say Merry Christmas! To which he'd probably hurl the thing at me in protest but hey, you never know.
LOL!
Just browse Craigslist or some local online swap n shop and you'll find something that you won't mind leaving somewhere.
Our band's practice room is in the basement of the BL's house and I wouldn't relish the idea of lugging even my lightest amp up and down his narrow stairway. It's much better having the option to leave one.
It not a great amp but we really just want to hear ourselves in practice, we're not making recordings.
Why not, the “pros” do it lol.Heh, I could always just spray-paint a cardboard box and velcro a grille to it.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
210 at rehearsal space and used for all gigs
112 in practice room, bring it when I needs full stack at a gig.
Laptop (padded) backpack with head, cables, in ears, and assorted goodies, goes everywhere I go.
112 in practice room, bring it when I needs full stack at a gig.
Laptop (padded) backpack with head, cables, in ears, and assorted goodies, goes everywhere I go.
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You get a rig, and you get a rig, and you get a rig!
Boy do I wish someone was handing out free bass rigs.
I'm hooked on the Studio 40, will get the Stage 800. If only such a machine existed in the days I actually needed it ...
I have a GK MB115 at my drummers house, and one at home. I'll bring one to smaller gigs, used to bring em both to larger ones. Now I bring my Yorkville Bassmaster 800 and a Genz 410 to outdoor/larger gigs.
(PA support is available at all gigs and practices.)
(PA support is available at all gigs and practices.)
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well I just responded to similar thread and i always do weigh in on any bass player that seems willing or asking opinions about compromising their rig due to what amounts to laziness . Now i understand you said you have health issues and I'm sorry to hear this really i am .If you don't have a bass tech or a friend or god forbid maybe guitar player from your band could lend a hand ,,,, but ,,, don't hold your breath on that one . I vote ... uhhh hold gotta review ... I guess 1 but not really you need to use what ever pedal boar at all times if indeed you like it because there will be missing nuances for sure and this will affect your playing as well as audience perceived entertainment quality because if you not happy with what you're are working with on stage it will greatly take away from the entertainment quality mainly because you become a stone statue in that one sweet spot , if you ever locate it on stage and this is a drag for sure. I have separate rig for rehearsal and multiple choices of many combinations to gig with. Up until recently i was always what I call "plug & chug" bass player never using any outboard stomp crap but the band I'm in as of late have a style ii actually did not think i would be able to fit into but they hired me and now after first album they swear that the bass lines are what make the material listenable or interesting which is a huge compliment and I'm totally glad I made switch to weirdo effects . I'm sorry I almost or did get off on a rant again but I feel strongly about ability of any bass player to find that pocket to jump in with drummer is directly relate to on stage sound quality which is manifested through using what you need to to comfortably reproduce what you and hopefully your band mates consider that backbone of the music that ya'll enjoy creating together so that this magic can be correctly translated live to the peole who are ther tro hear it and even to thoise who aren't because they're just bar flys ... maybe with good stage sounds their attentin can be caught and held even if briefly
That is a good point about needing my pedalboard for nuances and that 10% of the time it'd really make a difference.
I'm curious because you feel none of the options is ideal what you would do. Just because I didn't think of it doesn't mean I'll turn it down. And even if I turn down an idea it doesn't make it a bad one either. We all need to do what works for us.
I fully support this. Rigs on rigs on rigs on rigs!
I keep thinking about buying a little combo amp for grab 'n go situations... then I find a nice li'l 110 or 210 cab.... and, well.... the Tone Hammer 500 weighs less than 5 lbs... then I remember I hate combo amps and suddenly a mini-stack appears!
It's happened twice, and I'm about to fall off the fence and buy a Gnome any minute. Wonder what new cab will attach itself to that?
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I love it! If I ever have the money one day I could see me building a wall of amps. Actually I'd pay someone to build it properly, then fill it with amps myself!
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This is how you roll, forget lugging gear around.
