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What is Your Home Rig/Sound
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Caught my eye too. Very aesthetic ampI am INSANELY jealous of that Silverado Special!
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my previous home rig was a fender rumble 40. it was fine, sounded a little thinner at bedroom volumes but still pretty good compared to some others. the home rig before that was a hartke LH500 with a GK Neo 112. it sounded super cean and great at any volume my current home rig is a mesa D-350 with a phil jones C-2, and it's the best sounding rig for bedroom volume that i've played - it sounds super at any volume.
My home rig for rehearsals is a Genz-Benz Contour 500 2x10 combo. It’s authoritative at low and high volumes, has headphone/aux-in circuits and a bodacious 2x10 extension cab to make a natty vertical 500-watt 4x10 stack, for the rare occasion where more blunt force is required. The basic 250 watts, 8 ohms, is plenty for anything I do. It’s important to have capable lungs for rehearsal, without being too ridiculous. Super-versatile. And I can live with the 53 pounds.
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I have two home amps
A Phil Jones in the living room. It is a small amp and meets the dimensional criteria of the space. If the middle control is turned up much the amp doesn't sound good.
My bedroom closet amp is a Fender Rumble 100.
The outside amp (kept in the basement of our RV) is a Rauland keyboard amp K300 maybe.
A Phil Jones in the living room. It is a small amp and meets the dimensional criteria of the space. If the middle control is turned up much the amp doesn't sound good.
My bedroom closet amp is a Fender Rumble 100.
The outside amp (kept in the basement of our RV) is a Rauland keyboard amp K300 maybe.
A vintage Ampeg B-15. I dial it in according to which bass I'm playing, but usually it's not too far from flat.
I usually play 4 string but I occasionally use fives. I also play a lot of fretless. I have a bunch of basses which I cycle a lot to keep them all feeling loved.
Mostly rock and pop. Occasionally I get calls to do other things.
At home it's not very important to me. My practice rig just needs to be heard and a B-15 sounds really nice so I don't mind that it's not thunderous. Live, I tend to play with a lot of mids so that low end extension is really only important to me if I'm gigging with the 5-string.
It's rare that the B-15 leaves the house. I live in NYC so almost every gig provides a backline and I just use whatever's provided.That said, I do have some rigs I can use on a gig when necessary and I'll use them for practice every once in a while just to make sure they're in working order. The B-15 will also get out very rarely for a low volume gig or for recording but it's really pretty seldom.
For your purposes it seems to me you'd be best served by a medium/small combo amp in the 300-500 watt range. A rig like that can cover a lot of ground.
I only play at home, haven't played out for years. If I was going to play out though this is the rig I would use.
What is your home rig and how do you dial it in?
GK800 RB or GK400 RB. A old Carvin RL210T, or an old Carvin RL115. Dialed in to the warmer side of things. I'm a set it and forget it kinda player.
What model of bass do you play *(mainly is it a 4 or 5er)?
A 4 string home brew P/J parts bass. Precision body and Jazz Bass neck w blend control.
What genres do you typically play?
Rock, Blues, and anything that comes into my head.
How valuable is low end extension for playing at home and on stage?
I like low end extension, to a point. I probably use more low end extension at home then I would use on stage.
What is your home rig and how do you dial it in?
GK800 RB or GK400 RB. A old Carvin RL210T, or an old Carvin RL115. Dialed in to the warmer side of things. I'm a set it and forget it kinda player.
What model of bass do you play *(mainly is it a 4 or 5er)?
A 4 string home brew P/J parts bass. Precision body and Jazz Bass neck w blend control.
What genres do you typically play?
Rock, Blues, and anything that comes into my head.
How valuable is low end extension for playing at home and on stage?
I like low end extension, to a point. I probably use more low end extension at home then I would use on stage.
Most of the time it’s the same as what I gig with - Rumble 500 watt head with custom made 2 x 12 cabinet. It’s stays in the lounge room - my wife is a musician too so there is no issue with that.
I often use the headphone output late at night with my phone, iPad or computer located digital music library with various software apps for jamming and learning.
The Rumble sits with speaker angled upwards on a stand opposite our couch. I eq for a smooth full sound with no dominating frequencies as much as possible. If I stand to play I hear the highs better but if I sit on the couch I hear more lows as the directional highs pass over my head. Standing in different parts of the room also brings out the lows quite remarkably.
I play four different 5 string basses on a casual rotation but mostly the two I made myself and one made for me. They have different Nordstrand pickups - two have Big Splits and the other an MM5.2. My Ibanez SR655 also has Nordstrands - CND P/J confuguration.
I play mostly old school rhythm and blues, soul and some blues.
What is your home rig and how do you dial it in?
PJB Nanobass X4 for quiet time practice
Genz Benz Shuttle 3.0 10T with extension cab with a Line 6 HX Stomp (set on either the SVT Norm or Darkglass presets primarily) when I wanna jam louder
What model of bass do you play *(mainly is it a 4 or 5er)? Four bangers here
What genres do you typically play?
Rock and Roll
How valuable is low end extension for playing at home and on stage? Idk on this one… seems to me should be the same tone goals regardless of practice or live
PJB Nanobass X4 for quiet time practice
Genz Benz Shuttle 3.0 10T with extension cab with a Line 6 HX Stomp (set on either the SVT Norm or Darkglass presets primarily) when I wanna jam louder
What model of bass do you play *(mainly is it a 4 or 5er)? Four bangers here
What genres do you typically play?
Rock and Roll
How valuable is low end extension for playing at home and on stage? Idk on this one… seems to me should be the same tone goals regardless of practice or live
No, more like a blue tooth speaker. It has 1x8 and a tweeter and louder than I ever need at home. Mine is an older version of this one.
Monster Rockin'Roller 270X
A Little Mark 3 on an Elf 1x10 lives under my home desk. No pedals, a Boss TU12EX tunes me acoustically.
Home practice rig: Ampeg B100R
Settings will vary depending on the bass but the starting settings are:
Gain: 3 or 4
Bass: flat or +1
Lo Mid: -1
Hi Mid : +1
Treb: flat
Master: 3 or 4
Ultra Low: off
Ultra Mid: off or on
Ultra High: off
Instrument: variety. 4-string fretted and fretless, 5-string, ABG.
Genres: progrock, rock, funk
Not sure what is meant by “low end extension” so no answer for now on that.
Settings will vary depending on the bass but the starting settings are:
Gain: 3 or 4
Bass: flat or +1
Lo Mid: -1
Hi Mid : +1
Treb: flat
Master: 3 or 4
Ultra Low: off
Ultra Mid: off or on
Ultra High: off
Instrument: variety. 4-string fretted and fretless, 5-string, ABG.
Genres: progrock, rock, funk
Not sure what is meant by “low end extension” so no answer for now on that.
Due to health reasons, I've had to reduce the weight of my rigs. My main rig consists of a Phil Jones BP-800 amp paired with either a Phil Jones C-4 or an Epifani DIST 112 cab. I play in a very LOUD contemporary gospel choir band and have no issues being heard even without PA support. Don't let the Phil Jones small cabinet and driver sizes fool you!!!
In the morning in the house run thru and old TOA KD2 4 channel combo I found at the dump 20 years ago.
Use headphones. One channel bass, one channel keys, one (stereo) channel laptop/CD/radio/tape.
In the afternoon out in the garage practice space use either a GK Fusion 800 210 combo, or a Sunn 200s or Concert thru a 215S Concert cab JBLs. Peavey Combo 300 3 chan keyboard runs Roland drum machine, and 2 chans for laptop or iPod.
These days mostly play original pop/rock/funk dance music on 4 strings = mostly P (flats) and EB Sterling (rounds).
Was playing a Jackson Pro Concert V in an original hard rawk band, but left a couple of years ago.
Playing out the Sunns hold their own well.
Run them at about 7 7 7 across the EQ, sometimes dialing back bass, sometimes brite channel for the P.
Sometimes use a GK 410MBE ext cab w/the GK Fusion - either stack or run the ext over to the other side of the stage. Run this pretty much flat; trim full, "normal" channel, all voicing filters on except cut 'hi mids' for the Sterling (rounds), and cut 'low mid' for the P. "Drive" tubey channel = 'hi (edge)' cut, 'lo (body') at 3 o'clock = distortion.
I play pretty loud in the afternoon. The neighbors and peeps across the lake like it. I'm surprised they can hear it so well - space heavily insulated all six sides!
Use headphones. One channel bass, one channel keys, one (stereo) channel laptop/CD/radio/tape.
In the afternoon out in the garage practice space use either a GK Fusion 800 210 combo, or a Sunn 200s or Concert thru a 215S Concert cab JBLs. Peavey Combo 300 3 chan keyboard runs Roland drum machine, and 2 chans for laptop or iPod.
These days mostly play original pop/rock/funk dance music on 4 strings = mostly P (flats) and EB Sterling (rounds).
Was playing a Jackson Pro Concert V in an original hard rawk band, but left a couple of years ago.
Playing out the Sunns hold their own well.
Run them at about 7 7 7 across the EQ, sometimes dialing back bass, sometimes brite channel for the P.
Sometimes use a GK 410MBE ext cab w/the GK Fusion - either stack or run the ext over to the other side of the stage. Run this pretty much flat; trim full, "normal" channel, all voicing filters on except cut 'hi mids' for the Sterling (rounds), and cut 'low mid' for the P. "Drive" tubey channel = 'hi (edge)' cut, 'lo (body') at 3 o'clock = distortion.
I play pretty loud in the afternoon. The neighbors and peeps across the lake like it. I'm surprised they can hear it so well - space heavily insulated all six sides!
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My home rig at this time is a Quadcortex into the Focusrite Scarlett. I have a number of preamps and amps that I patch in to match up to the various genres. 90% of the time, I'm running through my Jerry Harvey IEMs to not "annoy" my wife with my performance. For a "low end extension", I have a Mesa Prodigy through a Bag End 1x15 from the 80's under my desk. I'm fortunate to have a collection of basses that I can draw from to pair with the styles or bassists I want to emulate. At this older point in my life, I enjoy my classic rock nostalgia, whiskey sipping to my dad's country crooner's and playing along to the songs of my youth. Anymore, it's about the feeling that the songs evoke while still trying to improve. To quote Jerry Garcia, "it's been a long strange trip" and I'm grateful to still be enjoying it!
Since my playing is centered around gigging, I usually run the same rig at home as for gigs, turned down low enough not disturb others. If I have to woodshed between consecutive-night gigs, I'll run a preamp/DI into the stationary PA I use for study tracks.
Aguilar Tone Hammer 500 with either 410 or 210 cab, preferably whichever's not loaded up that night.
Small music room/office, other end of our small 2.2k sq' ranchburger from the bedrooms.
Both cabs at once and PA - still not loud enough to disrupt:
Aguilar Tone Hammer 500 with either 410 or 210 cab, preferably whichever's not loaded up that night.
Small music room/office, other end of our small 2.2k sq' ranchburger from the bedrooms.
Both cabs at once and PA - still not loud enough to disrupt:
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Home "rig" is very simple: a little PJB Micro7 Good tone, few detrimental effects on domestic tranquility. Shorty 4-string pre-Fender MIK Gretsch 2202 w/ Hipshot Kickass and TV Jones Thunderblade. Same axe I use out.
Personally feel low end extension is beyond essential when gigging without FOH. Two 1-15 subs with 1-12 high end on top. The fundamental, the "feel" matters. My idea of a proper mix, in descending order of prominence is 1) Vox 2) Bass 3) Backbeat - snare and hi hat 4) Everything else. Can't get that without full bottom end. What works best on a recording is different than what works in a club. (Genre - classic rock)
Personally feel low end extension is beyond essential when gigging without FOH. Two 1-15 subs with 1-12 high end on top. The fundamental, the "feel" matters. My idea of a proper mix, in descending order of prominence is 1) Vox 2) Bass 3) Backbeat - snare and hi hat 4) Everything else. Can't get that without full bottom end. What works best on a recording is different than what works in a club. (Genre - classic rock)
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DI on a Metric Halo ULN-8 into Neumann KH750 with KH80 satellite speakers. Sounds great at all volume levels and can go loud if needed. Sometimes I'll use a Brad Sarno CTP as a front end. Great preamp!
I also have a Fender RAD amp with a single 10 that a friend insisted that I take when I bought her '67 Starfire II about 20 years ago. I mostly use that when teaching. I have played some super quiet gigs with it.
I also have a Fender RAD amp with a single 10 that a friend insisted that I take when I bought her '67 Starfire II about 20 years ago. I mostly use that when teaching. I have played some super quiet gigs with it.
