Who plugs straight in? What do you use?

[Loki182]

I don't always go straight in, but when I do, it goes Bass>>Ampeg SVT-II NP>>Berg NV610

 

[klejst]

Stock Epiphone Thunderbird IV bass directly into a Trace Elliot GP7 Series 6 2x10 (red stripe model) combo amp. Occasionally I'll have my Boss TU-3 tuner pedal in that mix but most times just bass to amp.

 

[Biggbass]

Bass>amp. doesn't matter which bass or amp rig.

 

[zenrad]

95% of the time it's
bass of the day > Mesa M6 Carbine > Avtar TB153
or
b.o.t.d. > PF500 or LMII > (small 1x12 or 1x215) for smaller gigs

When I bring my pedalboard it's
b.o.t.d. > Korg Pitchblack > MXR Bass Octave > MXR Envelope > Pigtronix EP-1 envelope > DOD Bass Synth Wah > MXR Bass compressor > VT Bass > Boss CH 1 > Mesa M6 Carbine > Avatar TB153

 

[Baird6869]

Always a Jule Monique preamp/Crest poweramp and Berg 210 cab(s).

Basses are MTD, Spector and Modulus.... All 5ers.

No effects, just a TC tuner.

Man, things change in just under 2 years!

I went from no effects, to a huge pedal board and now back to no effects. Still playing the Jule and Bergs but my basses have completely changed.

I found a lot of effects was just a pain and I didn't need them. I still like my envelope filter and chorus, but barely use them.

Everything else below has been sold over the last few months except the delay (I like it to fool around on guitar) and the power booster that I may use in the future when gigging an active and a low output passive bass.

 

[Jack Butler]

P-Bass ---> GK MB112

 

[gregvds]

Ibanez SR1805 >DiMarzio cable> TCE RH450 >Seismic Cable> TCE RS210.

 

[xabicho]

Fodera NYC Empire 5, going straight to my Aguilar DB 750 head which is pair to a Mesa Boogie Power House 4x10 and a 1x15.

 

[FFTT]

Reeves Custom 225 or vintage SVT or vintage Flip Top or a Sunn 200S
Vintage SVT 8X10 with CTS AlNiCos or cabs loaded with EV 15"s or 18"

Vintage Jazz Bass, P-Bass, PJ, Hofner, Rick 4001/4003
Some of the new semi-hollow basses sound great too, but I prefer Flat Wounds or Nylon Wraps.
Round Wounds for some material, but only with stainless steel frets.

 

[stonewall]

Custom Shop 64 Jazz Closet Classic/76 Precision Mark Bass CMD 151P JB

 

[Mike Sorr]

- Trace Elliot GP11/AH250
- Eden D410T, 210XLT
- Fender American Special Jazz and Precision, Geddy Lee Jazz.
- Occasionally a Boss tuner.

 

[FFTT]

For recording, straight up D/I into a high quality console is also a well accepted industry standard.

 

[JustSomeDude]

When not doing something that calls for FX....I don't plug any in.

'69 P > Ampeg B-15N

 

[JustSomeDude]

On the last couple of records I am working on, I just plugged straight into a Universal Audio la610 Tube Preamp.
On another, it was a Jensen Transformer (DIY) DI into a Funkenwerks V76 Tube preamp

 

[bassrich]

50's P bass W/ Snark tuner >>>>Black & White cloth wrapped 20 Ft. cable >>>> Peavey Century 120 Bass Series Head OR Hartke HA3500 Head >>>>Crate BX115E cabinet>>>Rattleing windows and glasses

 

[bolophonic]

Fender Mutt Precision into a GK 700RB-II and out of a Dr. Bass 2460 cab to your eardrums.

 

[topcat2069]

GK MB500 into two GK Neo 1X12sconture and tone controls all on 12 o'clock tweeters in the cabs off, gain at 10 o'clock master volume as needed......

 

[LowEndOperative]

Either one of my basses goes directly to the input of my Ampeg PF800. I tried using a Bass XCiter, but the more powerful amp it's linked to, the more diminishing the returns are on the unit. My status will change once I sell the XCiter; my previous amp had a built in chorus that, though unlike a CEB-3, was more than adequate, and I need a chorus pedal.

 

[headband]

Bass of the day to Epifani UL902c and Bergantino AE410, or alternate rig: Ampeg micro SVT and 1 or 2 Ampeg micro cabs.

 

[Jackass76]

MTD Kingston Heir 4, Mesa Big Block 750, out to two Mesa cabs, a PH410 and a PH212. My tuner is in the Tuner circuit...not in line from my bass. Sometimes, depending on the venue, I use a Shure PGX wireless, no pad.

That's it...550W @ 4 ohms...Power and Tone. Sounds incredible, move tons of air and shakes everything apart.