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What is your favorite lightweight rig?
- Thread starter Colton
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I use and really like my Euphonic Audio iAmp and Whizzy 12. When I first got it, the cabinet didn't blow me away, but the longer I use it, the more I like it. It doesn't bite like a speaker with a separate HF driver because all the sound is emanated from a single point source. The iAmp has 4-band, fully-parametric EQ which gives you a lot of tone shaping capability.
It's clean, solid and very well-defined.
The rig is U.S. made - long before Emperor Trump took office.
It's clean, solid and very well-defined.
The rig is U.S. made - long before Emperor Trump took office.
MY favorite lightweight rig is probly my Bergantino B-Amp with a Fender Bassman Pro Neo 115 cab or 2 at the mo.
Tho the Aguilar TH500 is damn fine also.
The Rumble 500C is my "easy lightweight" solution for rehearsals and /or real quick set up/ really poor access to stage/ 3 flights of stairs type gig rig.
Tho the Aguilar TH500 is damn fine also.
The Rumble 500C is my "easy lightweight" solution for rehearsals and /or real quick set up/ really poor access to stage/ 3 flights of stairs type gig rig.
Would love to find one of those Bag End 110's. Great small cab solution!Acoustic Image Clarus 2, and a Bag End S10-D... this little ultralite outfit is perfect for upright gigs, but also works well for an acoustic jam/practice. Sometimes I'll run a mirrored pair of Avatar SB126's, or a single SB112 with that same Acoustic Image head... that can be pretty darn loud. Also a little heavier.
I have an Acoustic Image Clarus+ and an Audiokinesis TC112 (33lbs). Unbelievable setup.
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Rumble 500 head, 210 cab. 45 pounds. Of course it would probably blow the heads off the cappuccinos at the coffee shop but hey, turn it down.
Mesa Subway 800+ into a single Barefaced One 10. Never ever thought I would even consider a single 10 but the Barefaced just keeps getting unbelievably louder and staying clean. Weighs about 7kg. For medium gigs with a drummer add a second One 10, and so on.
The Subway 800+ and Barefaced cabs have really changed my thinking about bass gear. Still love my tube heads and big cabs but I can comfortably gig with this alternative.
The Subway 800+ and Barefaced cabs have really changed my thinking about bass gear. Still love my tube heads and big cabs but I can comfortably gig with this alternative.
Any one of my sub-short scale basses (22-24") and a Carvin MB15 combo amp with neo speaker. Roll it on stage in a cart ready to go.
I love my Markbass Nano.
For the lightest weight I'd use it with my Hartke 210. This sounds nice and sweet, if a little lacking in boom, but it sounds better with the 115. Better still with both.
Even with both cabinets it's not a terribly heavy rig.
For the lightest weight I'd use it with my Hartke 210. This sounds nice and sweet, if a little lacking in boom, but it sounds better with the 115. Better still with both.
Even with both cabinets it's not a terribly heavy rig.
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I have the exact same rig. It's really light and is one of the only rigs I've found that works well with both upright and electric bass!
One of my main rigs...
Mesa D800+/Barefaced Big Twin II
Light and Loud...
Mesa D800+/Barefaced Big Twin II
Light and Loud...
Electric Blue and a gs112.
It'll need help from the DI or a 2nd gs112 depending on the situation but I'm not into it for a lot and I play it almost everyday.
It'll need help from the DI or a 2nd gs112 depending on the situation but I'm not into it for a lot and I play it almost everyday.
I use a Ampeg PF350 and an Ashdown Mi10 1 * 10 for rehearsals and at home. Gets surprisingly loud but not very warm sounding. Cant have everything I suppose. Tiny rig though.
