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Who plugs straight in? What do you use?

#181
TheRealKong said:
Bass - cable (or wireless) - amp - cabs.

What does this mean: Either MM SR 5, Ibanez K5, Haeussel Jazz 5, Precision '64, Fenix Jazz Fretless

per cable or Nady wireless into:

Ampeg SVP Pro + Power Amp, or Peavey TMax, or Markbass LM II, or Promethean p5110 or Marshall 4410 (last two without any added cable into the combo-cab.)

into:

Peavey TVX 210 +410, SWR Workingpro 212, custom built, sealed 410 (like upper half of Ampeg 810), SWR Workingpro 210.

I once bought a chorus, but never used it. Gave it to my guitarist as a present. Bought it because my GK 200 MB has one on board. The best effect I ever heard with bass. But never used it together with a band, because I don't want "wwwwschiiiuuuwwwwschaaaaiuuuu", I want to cut through.
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It means you have a ton of strong gear. How are the Hauessel pups?
I hate wwwwschiiiuuuwwwwschaaaaiuuuu too.
 
#184
Updated my rig this weekend, so now it's:

Custom Moser Arachnid Ultra bass -> Line6 Relay G50 -> Boss TU-2 tuner -> Marshall VBA 400 -> Marshall JCM800 Bass Series 4x12 and 2x15 cabs.

Cheers!
:bassist::bassist::bassist:
 
#186
Clammy said:
Updated my rig this weekend, so now it's:

Custom Moser Arachnid Ultra bass -> Line6 Relay G50 -> Boss TU-2 tuner -> Marshall VBA 400 -> Marshall JCM800 Bass Series 4x12 and 2x15 cabs.

Cheers!
:bassist::bassist::bassist:
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Metal? I realize that the tone I'm after--deep, dark, & grumbling like a battleship--can probably be attributed to the metal & punk & post-punk of my youth. Now I'm listening to Sade. Go figure.
 
#190
I plug straight into my amps - 2 Hartke kickback 15's. Using the tone knob on my bass and the shape controls on my amps I can easily dial in the tone I love. I own a Zoom B2 pedal but I use it as a headphone practice amp on the road, especially with the built in drum machine. I find that the headphone tones that I get don't translate well through the amp live. I have never liked pedals for bass because I can get the sound that I like without them.
 
#191
I plug straight into the board at most pub gigs, aside from a pedal tuner. I'd like to bring my amp and cab, but there's a transportation issue. We also don't have a drummer for the majority of our gigs. When we do, I bring my Ashdown setup.

Fir no-amp gigs, I would have liked to go through a Ridge Farm (?) Gas Cooker, but the price is stratospheric. And I don't know where I'd find one.
 
#195
Andii Syckz said:
yeah this is my own quote, but anyway i got around using my orange terror 500, through a 4x10 Gk cab+my homemade cab with 1x15. all this with either my p-bass as mentioned, my rick copy bass, or my friends kicka** sterling ray 34 in sunburst. it looks so...classic
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Orange terror is sick
 
#198
steve_rolfeca said:
I own a few effects, but I haven't gigged out with them in years. Pedals aren't bad, they're just not my thing. GAS still lures me into checking out new ones from time to time, but I always end up feeling like they take away more than they add.

The only time I would use an effect, would be if a bandleader asked me for it. Fortunately, effects aren't an intrinsic part of the types of music that I normally play, so the subject never comes up.

Here's my signal chain:

Rock: custom HH Ibanez ATK, into Genz Benz Streamliner 900, into two Flite 103W's.

Loud pop or worship: the ATK, or my coffee table bass with dual P soapbars (depends on the music), into a modified Bose L1 Model 1.

Folk, jazz, everything else: the coffee table bass, into the SL900, into one or two Flite 103W's.

Both basses are active, and strung with nickel rounds. I play 90% fingerstyle, and 10% pick.

If not for chronic back trouble, I'd have bigger/more cabs. Sadly, my back is forcing me in the opposite direction these days. The Flite cabs and Bose system are soon to be replaced by a single cab solution: an AudioKinesis Thunderchild 112, acoustic format. If it doesn't keep up with my loudest gigs, I'll either add a second TC112AF, or stop taking those bookings.
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I feel the same: they take away from tone which should be specific & pure. Whereas guitars can be complex & adulterated & littered w effects it sounds fine (tv on the radio, no age). Interesting how bassists go to great lengths & endless searches for their own tone
 

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