What gear are YOU using for practice at home??

[Mowac]

I've got my Jaydee Mark King S2 bass,
my Korg Bass Pandora, Boss CS-3 pedal, and my Harley Benton Bass D.I. Expander pre-amp, and some Audio-Technica headphones. The AUX on the Korg is connected to my Samsung phone to jam along to tracks on YouTube.

 

[Wasnex]

I have a basement full of amp and cabs and 9 basses. I usually play my Yamaha TRB6P or my NS Design EU6. I cycle through the amps and cabs depending on what I am in the mood for. Over the last couple of weeks I played GK 2000RB, Trace Elliot V8, EBS T90, 1969 Ampeg SVT, Matchless Thunderchief, Aguilar DB751, and Sadowsky SA200. Used a pair of EV TL405s with the SVT and a pair of Genz Benz GB1288T-UQ for everything else.

I usually just play jazz standards as I watch TV. I don't usually play along with media as I am no longer learning covers.

 

[richntiff]

Bass-Boss Katana Go-iems-phone.

 

[ChrisAlan]

Helix floor.

 

[konaaayukeeenee]

Bass -> tuner + couple of other pedals depending on what I'm doing -> interface -> laptop + budget IEMs.

 

[pingvuiini]

 

[Brad Maestas]

Since I have an infant at home I really only practice bass on headphones with a Phil Jones HA-2. A very versatile DAC and a very clean preamp makes it the perfect practice tool for me. I often have some downtime at work in the summer and winter so I'll take it to the office and I get to put in some time there as well.

 

[Hot Rats]

Focusrite interface, computer and JBL monitors. Any number of basses that I happen to have out of their cases at any given time. It's flexible. If I have to practice tunes for the cover band, I just save you tube videos and play along.

 

[Clark W]

Disturbing others isn't an issue. The JBL PA is my Band In A Box if I need to practice covers. And then the rig and sometimes my pedal board. And then half the rig will leave with me to go play.

 

[Sertsa]

PRS Kingfisher SE or occasionally a Squier VM77 through either a HoF reverb (sometimes a Timmy overdrive) into a Rumble 40, or through a Vox Headphone amp and headphones. With the Vox I'm usually either using the drum loops or the line-in from a laptop to play along with songs.

 

[Clank A]

I've been using either a Tech21 Qstrip direct into an interface or a Zoom B3n with headphones almost exclusively for the 3 or 4 last years, but I recently switched for a EBS Microbass 3. Simple and effective.

If I can practice during the day, I have to keep it quiet so I use a Warwick BC20 combo.

 

[sonic boogaloo]

bass of choice=>RNDI=>apollo solo=>logic pro=>plugin(s) of choice=>yamaha hs5

 

[KohanMike]

A MacStudio with Creative Labs Inspire T2900 subwoofer/satellite speaker system, Focusrite Scarlett Solo, and one of my modified Hadean 21" scale bass ukes/mini bass guitars. When I record, it's with GarageBand. Have Logic Pro, but haven't needed it yet.

 

[Element Zero]

DI out of the Mesa D800+ into channel 1 of mixer, USB-C out of phone in channel 2, out to Beyer DT770Pro headphones. Often have my first gen BackBeat hooked up to my strap also. Works incredibly well.

Only gripe is either the mixer isn't powerful enough or I have the wrong ohms headphones to use with the mixer but I can't really turn it up very loud before it starts to distort. Did the same with with my computer's DAW Presonus mixer. Does NOT happen until "causing damage to my ears" volume if I headphones directly into the Mesa but audio from my phone into Mesa using USB-C to TRS 1/4" doesn't sound super good compared to the mixer.

Wish I knew what I was doing to make it better lol. But what I have and use gets the job done.

 

[RomanS]

Positive Grid Spark 40 with headphones, since I usually practice late at night. If I have a chance to practice during the daytime, it's usually my TE Elf going into an Acoustic Image Upshot 10" cab.

 

[Mowac]

Disturbing others isn't an issue. The JBL PA is my Band In A Box if I need to practice covers. And then the rig and sometimes my pedal board. And then half the rig will leave with me to go play.

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I've never seen four cabs used like that,....interesting. You've probably got the ohms thing well understood with a rig like that. Are you running one 4-ohm output daisy-chained into two 8-ohm cabinets? And then the same for the other output channel?

 

[dmt]

SWR Baby Blue II (2x8).

Bass and/or guitar through a pedalboard [my bass pedalboard for either/both these days], into, these days, just that SWR bass amp. Looper and two different drum machines (an Sdrum and a BeatBuddy mini) off the end of the pedalboard.

The bass is usually a Gibson SG bass, or alternatively, a Fender Standard Precision. The guitar these days is usually an old Gibson MelodyMaker that's been routed out for Antiquity humbuckers.


I used to have a much more complicated setup, with bass, guitar (each with their respective pedalboards) and Vdrums all into a big RC-300 looper and then outs to their respective amps. There have been periods where I've had multiple guitar amps set up in stereo. Anyway, I still have all that gear, but my "music room" is so filled with stuff from another interest that, more often than not anymore, I'll just play unplugged late at night standing in the kitchen

 

[mlove]

Lately it's been Bass and "open fit" earbuds connected to my Mac to play audio and metronome click.
Pretty simple.

 

[Clark W]

I've never seen four cabs used like that,....interesting. You've probably got the ohms thing well understood with a rig like that. Are you running one 4-ohm output daisy-chained into two 8-ohm cabinets? And then the same for the other output channel?

Actually you can come out of one of the outputs and daisy chain all the way down the stack. I can do this with either amp.

All the connectors, including the two coming out of the amp, are all parallel. And the stack as a whole presents the amp with a 2 ohm load. Both of the amps are 2 ohm capable. The amp doesn't care whether you use one connector or both.

The main thing is that both amps have an ohm selector switch on them, so it's important that the switch is set to the correct position. In the case of using one amp and all 4 cabs, switch is set to 2 ohms.

I can of course split the stack as well with two cabs to each amp if I want. Again, the ohm selector switch would then have to be set to 4 ohms on each amp.

 

[Bass4ThePublic]

65 jazz -> jhs punchline -> focusrite