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Who plugs straight in? What do you use?

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GB Shuttle 6.2 into a Neox212t for the bar gigs. Never used anything other than a tuner. At the church gig straight into a Countryman DI and through something thats way too much money. I bought a VTbass deluxe a while back but could never make it work in the mix. I'm completely happy with being pedal free now.......if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
 
I use a Snark tuner on the headstock when the bass first comes out of its case or off the stand and usually put it on top of the amp for the rest of the night. Upright or electric go directly into an Acoustic USA 360M. No need for anything else. I don't recall the last time I needed to tune anything during a show or a rehearsal.
 
Gigging with...
What's left of a old Fender Jazz...
Into a Monster cord...
Into a Hartke LH1000 head...
Driving two Avatar Neo 210 cabinets stacked as a vertical 410...

Over the past 40 years I've had the high dollar stuff, this has turned out to be my favorite...