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Show your Rigs of Doom!

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This is what I've been rocking as of late.

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Signal Chain Goes as Follows:
  1. Bass (Either Spector or Lakland These Days)
  2. Avalon U5 (Thru input going out to..)
  3. Aguilar AG500

Another Fun Shot with my Lead Singer Guitarists Bradshaw Rig. Orange Rockverb with Mesa Cab and a nice bevy of effects.

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teedub said:
Still beautiful, Poon, but why the switch to the AG500? Weren't you slammin' a DB750 before? Esssssplain! :D

BTW, U5=AWESOME, but you already knew that. ;)

The switch to the AG500 because of weight and space requirements. At the volumes i'm playing right now, the DB750 was a bit overkill and I actually like the tone of the AG500 Overdrive Channel more than the Sansamp through the DB750, so it was a logical choice for me. Less weight, I'm still pumping a lot of volume. What you don't see in the picture is a drummer with 4 toms, a huge rack that takes up a bit, and a guitarist on the other side that has 2 Marshall 1960B's and a Soldano rack + a Piano/Rhodes/Pro-tools rig. So between all of that madness there wasn't much room for my 10 space rack anymore (which I'm fine with). I'm in charge of taking care of the in-ears now too, which I love. My lead singer has the Shure PSM600 and I have Sennheiser EW300 G2. Both systems are great. That's why I've been liquidating so much gear as of late. 1, I'm pretty happy with the (little rig), and 2, I need the extra time to go setup the in ear stuff while the rest of the band sets up. Oh and 3, I need the money to pay for backup singing stuff (like lessons, Mics, and the in-ears). I still have the DB750 though...I can't find the heart to sell it. Maybe if desperate times call for desperate measures, but as of now, I just can't do it.
 
Poon said:
The switch to the AG500 because of weight and space requirements. At the volumes i'm playing right now, the DB750 was a bit overkill and I actually like the tone of the AG500 Overdrive Channel more than the Sansamp through the DB750, so it was a logical choice for me. Less weight, I'm still pumping a lot of volume. What you don't see in the picture is a drummer with 4 toms, a huge rack that takes up a bit, and a guitarist on the other side that has 2 Marshall 1960B's and a Soldano rack + a Piano/Rhodes/Pro-tools rig. So between all of that madness there wasn't much room for my 10 space rack anymore (which I'm fine with). I'm in charge of taking care of the in-ears now too, which I love. My lead singer has the Shure PSM600 and I have Sennheiser EW300 G2. Both systems are great. That's why I've been liquidating so much gear as of late. 1, I'm pretty happy with the (little rig), and 2, I need the extra time to go setup the in ear stuff while the rest of the band sets up. Oh and 3, I need the money to pay for backup singing stuff (like lessons, Mics, and the in-ears). I still have the DB750 though...I can't find the heart to sell it. Maybe if desperate times call for desperate measures, but as of now, I just can't do it.
If you don't HAVE to sell it, then you're correct in hanging on to it. :D I'm with you on the "downsizing", your old rack was HUGE and probably heavy as all hell. Been there, done that, and downsized myself. Do you prefer to have your 8x10 AND the in-ears for gigs? I like to "feel" my rig, I can't imagine going only in-ear, but I'm sure it's heavenly. Do you ever just go U5 to the board / in-ears and leave out the big rig?

BTW, I'm getting a similar rack to yours (Gator shallow 6-space) to combine (downsize) my gear from 4 and 3 space racks into one. And it'll still only be around 45lbs! I love it.
 
The main cause of doom in my rig is that one of the speakers is blown, so you can imagine the cringing when I crank it:crying:
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Good thing I don't need to gig or play bass with anyone, so I can keep the volume low.
 
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