What was your first "gigging" rig?

[lindseyp]

First bass rig that I played in public was an Ampeg B328 with an upside down speaker board. The tweeter was near the floor, the two 8-inchers were near the top. Our keyboard players loved playing through that thing; I gave it to a young keyboard player about four years ago. Link Removed

 

[TheBassPreacher]

Peavey 210 TX Combo from the 80's. Classic pointy logo with the black/grey/aqua. Thing weighed a TON, but was LOUD! Great sound, always got tons of compliments. I played that thing until it finally died on me.

 

[Ric5]

My first gigging rig was a Fender bassman all tube and a 2x12 cabinet. When I added an 2 x15 cab to it I was in heaven.

 

[Bassman822]

Fender Bassman head (blackface- 50 watts) with a homemade 2x12 cabinet. Used a mid 60s Gibson EB3

 

[lofreq64]

Sunn Beta Bass head and matching Sunn 215B cab. Sounded like crap. So did I.

 

[Kidd Chaos]

A very crappy crate combo, lol don't even remember the model

 

[Jeff Scott]

Second version (O))) Concert Bass with Traynor earlier, non-bumper sided YT-15 cabinet.

 

[frankie5string]

My first was a Traynor 15 from the 70s (it was really light) where the leads to the speaker coil had come undone so they were glued in place. To power it I used a Pioneer Stereo Amp from the 70s modded with a small panel for the 1/4 inch jack. I quickly upgraded to a Yorkville 400BH. I still can't believe I hauled that very un-ergonomic rig all over Toronto in the 90s on the busses and subways.

 

[Hopkins]

A Carvin R1000 series 3, and a pair of junk Acoustic 410s

 

[OldFenderPlayer]

My first gigging rig was a 1965 Fender Bassman amp with 50 watts and a 2x12" cabinet. I bought it and a 65 Jazz Bass for $350 in 1977. I still have the bass but parted with the amp one piece at a time over the years.

 

[monkeyking]

Didn't take me long to figure out there were more gigs for a bass player than singer. I started off with a Sunn 2X12 cabinet driven by my brother's Peavey Mace guitar amp which also had 2 12s. I was playing an S.D. Curlee which I bought from the guy with the Sunn. I can't remember what happened to the Sunn, but I think my brother still has the Mace. It had a spring reverb that would give a great SPROING sound if I hit a note too hard. I did a lot of SPROINGING for the first few months.

 

[zachoff]

'91 Squier P Lyte
Crate B15

I mic'd the Crate w/ a Shure SM58 & ran that signal into the PA for volume. This was before the internets & I didn't know any better to DI. :scowl:

After that I got a SWR WM15 and it was better.

 

[FingerDub]

Reviving this thread cause why not? I was just thinking about how far I've come since my first rig.

I had:

Kustom 200 watt 15" combo advertised as having "exploding power" lol.
Aria Pro 2 that weighed 12 pounds or more. Brass nut, neck thru.

 

[Downunderwonder]

Almost 20 years on and still going strong, Trace Elliot fifteen and 250smx.

 

[skwee]

Peavey Combo 300.

 

[Neon Blues]

Eden WT405 ...I think
Eden 210
Laney 410

 

[BlushResponse]

Some ancient Carvin head that I rack mounted with a quadraverb fx unit and a bbe sonic maximizer; powering a Carvin 4x10 and 1x15 speaker cabs. Big, bulky and meh sounding.

 

[basscooker]

Peavey Combo 300. Eventually with a 3620, then later without its BW, as I had put the chassis in a head box, and used the 3620 biamped with a Crate b-150 pushing the 10's.

Wish I could hear that rig now with more knowledgeable ears. Just to see if it really did sound as good as I thought at the time.

 

[GwenOnBass]

A Peavey TNT combo 15 and a hand-built ported 15 extension cabinet. Combined, they rivaled neutron star weight per cubic mm.

 

[mojomike001]

Carvin MB1515 stack. It really got the job done, but lately I've been going with Markbass NY121 (x2) stack powered by an Ampeg PF500 because I prefer the sound. The Carvin stack is now my backup rig.