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#62,341
wolfkeller said:
From what I've seen, all that stuff, the Di pedals sound great. For example, saw my buddies ACDC Tribute last week. He uses P with flats into an AMPEG heritage/810, sounded PERFECT. later I found out he didn't have the heritage on, he was running a sansamp DI v1 with the drive off. Totally fooled me.
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Directly to the PA
 
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MommyPlaysBass said:
Alright, can of worms... opened!

I could go over to the Amps side, but I trust you guys. So here we go. I'm a bedroom player with a Fender Rumble. The thing shakes the entire house, but I know it's a 25 watt combo amp for practicing at home. But, what if I'm starting to think about taking it to the next level and trying to find a local band to play small gigs. What rigs can I start looking at and what price range would be for respectable small venue gigging but not too crazy? I have no clue about heads, amps, whatever, except what I've been reading about so I want to get edu-macated and have the proper gear if and when I choose to take the plunge.

Thanks!
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You're going to get a wide range of responses to this question, but that's the fun, innit?

What you need will depend on a few things: style of music, budget, sizes of the places ya play. I play in a rock band with a guitarist with a half stack. I run an SVT-3 Pro into a pair of Hartke 410XL's. Way more than necessary, but it does two things: it moves enough air to be felt, and the second cab get it up closer to my ears (I'm a diminutive 6'6"). One of my boys plays in a touring heavy rock band with a pair of guitarists and half stacks. He runs a Fender combo with a few hundred watts and an extension cab. Yet another in a heavy rock trio with just a bigger combo, no extra cab. He always runs a DI through the mains and says he's yet to be underpowered in several years of gigging.

One of the reasons I run the gear I do is that it's older and it's heavy. With the new class D stuff, older and heavy is downright cheap...but still sounds great.
 
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tminus10 said:
Anybody here in the Seattle area been out to Thunder Road Guitars in West Seattle and checked out that 77 Gibson Bicentennial Thunderbird they have for sale? Its a beaut! They're asking $3200 I have no connections to them, just played it today and wish I could afford it.
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I was there earlier today........around 11:00. It's the one in the pic I just posted, and I've played it before as well, quite nice thought I'd put some DR Stainless or Ken Smith Rockmasters on it. It has all of it's original parts including the pickup and bridge covers and is in nice shape, $3200.00 isn't bad for that, I've seen them for a bit less but they been broken or were not all original.
 
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BklynKen said:
A combination of the two. I don't want to be a pain in the ass, so it's finding a balance of checking in periodically, but not too much. I asked my bass teacher recently what he thought, and he had some good perspective. He said that my project is relatively small potatoes for them and it's really not their main thing. So he said to realistically give it six months and then start really inquiring. March 15 will be six months.

Last I heard, though, was that he was hoping to have it done the end of Dec. He'd injured his hand or something. All I'm really disappointed in right now is lack of communication.
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And of course...
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MommyPlaysBass said:
Alright, can of worms... opened!

I could go over to the Amps side, but I trust you guys. So here we go. I'm a bedroom player with a Fender Rumble. The thing shakes the entire house, but I know it's a 25 watt combo amp for practicing at home. But, what if I'm starting to think about taking it to the next level and trying to find a local band to play small gigs. What rigs can I start looking at and what price range would be for respectable small venue gigging but not too crazy? I have no clue about heads, amps, whatever, except what I've been reading about so I want to get edu-macated and have the proper gear if and when I choose to take the plunge.

Thanks!
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If I was looking right now, I'd be checking out the Trace Elliot Elf 200w head and 2x8 cab, looks like a great lightweight portable combo.
 
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TBird1958 said:
I was there earlier today........around 11:00. It's the one in the pic I just posted, and I've played it before as well, quite nice thought I'd put some DR Stainless or Ken Smith Rockmasters on it. It has all of it's original parts including the pickup and bridge covers and is in nice shape, $3200.00 isn't bad for that, I've seen them for a bit less but they been broken or were not all original.
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Cool! Just found that post. I was going to ask Jeff if he’s seen the new Epiphone. Looks like he has :thumbsup:
 
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MommyPlaysBass said:
Alright, can of worms... opened!

I could go over to the Amps side, but I trust you guys. So here we go. I'm a bedroom player with a Fender Rumble. The thing shakes the entire house, but I know it's a 25 watt combo amp for practicing at home. But, what if I'm starting to think about taking it to the next level and trying to find a local band to play small gigs. What rigs can I start looking at and what price range would be for respectable small venue gigging but not too crazy? I have no clue about heads, amps, whatever, except what I've been reading about so I want to get edu-macated and have the proper gear if and when I choose to take the plunge.

Thanks!
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kat888 said:
Get out of bed, walk into the bathroom. The cat tray is pushed out into the middle of the floor -- it's like some alien intelligence is trying to communicate with me. What is it trying to say?
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Meow? :D
 
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JJR58 said:
Right now i'm using a 2006 US 810. I swapped out the top 2 chambers with Heritage speaks.
I do need to downsize my cab though. Just to much for my purposes. But hard to let go of. These cabs are meant to be pushed.
It's (cough), my practice amp. Haven't gigged in a long while.
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An SVT212AV would be perfect for you -- 29kg and 600W RMS 99dB/1W. Down-siziing without emasculation.
 
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