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What was your first "gigging" rig?

#61
My first gig rig for bass was a '74 Hiwatt DR103 through a vintage Kustom 2x15 tuck 'n' roll cab. Nice sound actually and still have both the amp and cab, though i gig with other cabs these days. I had gigged guitar, sitar, and keyboard/piano prior to my first time gigging bass.

Baird6869 said:
Huge modified Hiwatt 100 watt head and a Hiwatt 4x12 cab. The head was configured more like a p.a.

Very strange thing.
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I realize this post is old, but I'll respond anyway. It sounds like you had a Hiwatt DR112. These are great amps, quite rare too. There's a pic of one here:
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#68
It was 1971. I bought a used 65/66 Fantasy Bassmate 50w tube amp :D and built my own 2-15 cab, loaded with Radio Shack musical instrument speakers. Had no idea what I was doing, but had enough sense to measure at least the exterior dimensions of a friends Bassman cab. Actually sounded pretty good as I remember.:confused: The amp was very similar to a Bassman.
Not to derail but I can't seem to find anything about a Fantasy Bassmate. Didn't Traynor make a Bassmate? Maybe Yorkville? Anybody know? Sorry for getting side tracked.
 
#69
1976---my first giggable bass amp was an acoustic 136 100w combo with a 15". liked acoustic ok until i played my first ampeg rig 2 years later (73 v4b/810), then it was all about the ampeg and still is.
 
#74
I had to borrow amps for my very first gigs, (teenage band), but the first one I gigged and owned was a GK 400RB paired with various inadequet cabs. And for the longest time in the 80's, I gigged a Crate 2x15 rig that worked fine, even if it was severely lacking good bass tone. It was loud, and at the time, that was my priority. Only in the last 5 or so years has my gear caught up with my idea of what bass should sound like.
 
#75
Bought my first proper amp back in 1984...an Acoustic combo amp...similar in looks to the current B20 or B100. Was too boomy/mid-rangey for me no matter what I did to EQ it, and traded up to a nice G-K 200RB amp and Hartke 410XL cabinet a few years later. The G-K was stolen...replaced it with a Hartke 2000, which along with the 410XL cabinet I still have to this day.
 
#79
I was 13 years old, bought a 1972 Fender Precision "blond" with an "A" neck, for $239. My dad was kind enough to go "halves" on the amp, which was a Bassman 50 with a 2-15 cabinet where the 15's were on the diagonal. That was $300 total (so I had to cough up $150). Mowed a lot of lawns that summer.

My "2nd" gigging rig was a B-15N that I got in trade for a small Peavey PA that I had bought for my first band. Like a moron, I sold the B-15N...and the Bassman 50 became a family "hand me down" to a younger brother that played bass. He and his buddy trashed it unfortunately.

Still have the 72 Precision though.....
 

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