Who plugs straight in? What do you use?

[chuck norriss]

Mim fender jazz or squire active V or Wultur upright into an Ashdown combo 180 watts.

Wultur--nice. Handsome db's.

 

[chuck norriss]

I plugin straight... into my tuner, octave, flange, distortion, wah and distortion. Each pedal is plugged straight into the next one, except for the last one - that one is plugged in straight to the amp.

Does this count?

Funny. No.

 

[chuck norriss]

Those MM cabs sound great. Wish they were a little lighter, though.

I usually run this - 2001 Fender 50th Anniversary of the Electric Bass body with a '72 Jazz neck

or this - 2008 Lakland Skyline Decade
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direct into this Sunn 300T with 2 channels, EQ and compression. Don't need no stinkin pedals.

Or a Marshall DBS7200 and 2 Ampeg portabass 1x10s with eminence delta drivers.

Wow! Very nice. Look at those tubes.

 

[Chebass88]

G&L L2500 / G&L JB / Fender PBass / Pedulla Thunderbass

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Acoustic Image Clarus Series III

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Schroeder 1210L

 

[4StringShooter]

Bass(es) & amp. Let's have it. Tuner can be an exception, otherwise no pedals, no nothing. What gear do you use?

Ampeg SVT CL, and an Ampeg 410 HLF. Have used a Traynor 8-10 with my head, awesome sound.

Strait in.

 

[ZanaZulu807]

Stingray 4 and Sterling 4/DR Hi Beams or Lo Riders >>> Monster Bass cable >>> Peavey VB-2/Mesa PH1000 or Ampeg SVT-CL/Mesa PH610.


I use a lot of gadgets and effects pretty often, but when I don't I usually notice a lot more "throw" in terms of power from the cabs. Effects vs. no effects do make quite a difference, IME.

 

[4StringShooter]

Bass(es) & amp. Let's have it. Tuner can be an exception, otherwise no pedals, no nothing. What gear do you use?

Ampeg SVT CL, and an Ampeg 410 HLF. Have used a Traynor 8-10 with my head, awesome sound.

Strait in. 78 Precission with Bartolini P/Us . Jazz P/U, and 3 way switch will finish it.

 

[Blues Bass 2]

Tech 21 RBI pre/Crown XLS1000 , Avatar TB153 . Sometimes use a VT bass pedal as a pre instead of the RBI .

 

[nyde7]

Main rig: Peavey Cirrus 5 --> monster bass cable --> SWR Working pro 12
other times: Peavey Cirrus 5 --> monster bass cable --> Sound City 176 --> Ampeg Classic 15 & SWR 210
other times: Peavey Cirrus 5 --> Audio-Technica wireless --> Line6 bass pod --> FOH

 

[dukeisdog]

Peavey Tour 700 into either an Avatar 213 (8 ohm) or Ampeg 810e. I get a great clean tone, and my Spector Euro 5LX sounds great through these setups.

 

[bassplayer8953]

A bass...could be a Fender,Gibson, Ric, Spector, Peavey, or other...these days the main gigging bass is an Epi Pro...through a Carvin RL stack: R1000, R210, R115. I do use a wireless, but no fx...the tuner (an inexpensive Korg) plugs into the line out on the back of the amp. Provides just the sound I want, & enough power to be felt. I'm satisfied, no matter which bass I choose

 

[chuck norriss]

A bass...could be a Fender,Gibson, Ric, Spector, Peavey, or other...these days the main gigging bass is an Epi Pro...through a Carvin RL stack: R1000, R210, R115. I do use a wireless, but no fx...the tuner (an inexpensive Korg) plugs into the line out on the back of the amp. Provides just the sound I want, & enough power to be felt. I'm satisfied, no matter which bass I choose

Fortunate to be satisfied. I don't know what that is.

 

[bassplayer8953]

Fortunate to be satisfied. I don't know what that is.

Many many years, many many combinations of instruments & amps, cabs, etc. After awhile you realize that the lions share of your sound is you!!!

 

[Sav'nBass]

I go straight in all the time.. I have a GT-10B but I dont use it much out.. Originally when I got my Shuttle I wanted to get used to the amp before I put effects through it.. but I wound up liking the head so much that I haven't taken the GT-10B out in months.. I am thinking about selling it actually and just getting a compressor ... It's a great pedal.. I just don't use it much.

 

[stingraysvt]

Whatever bass into EA iAmp800 or 77" SVT

At church I do run a Markbass Compresore to smooth things out, but that's it

I own about a dozen effects just not that in to setting them up

 

[TheBasicBassist]

F-bass Studio 5 --> Monster Cable --> Mesa Boogie Walkabout --> Mesa 112 or LDS 1x15/6.5

This rig sounds like THUNDER!

 

[DWBass]

Why not get into SWR then? What was your favorite among the brands you listed & why?

I'm currently monetarily tapped out so I gotta use what I got. As for my favorite rig setup? Has to be the Yorkville XS800 into an Avatar B210+Avatar SB112 (both non neo's). Talk about @$$ kicking! I should have never sold that rig. GAS got the better of me and I joined the mini rig ranks. Still, the Markbass LMIII into the Avatars was still @$$ kicking but I sold the cabs. Currently running a Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0/Markbass LMIII into 2 GK Neo112's. Not bad but my sound is not there.

 

[Muttleybass]

Something old, something new. Congratulations. I suppose SansAmp is forgivable if you're keeping your tone true. I guess that's part of the trick--keeping supplements inconspicuous.

"True" is a bit tough, but it's pretty close. FOH might be a bit deeper because of the subs. Stage might be brighter to cut thru. Sounds like a GK should on Stage, maybe more SVT out front. The only reason i use the SansAmp is because the 800RB DI is post eq. I found when I set up the amp for my stage sound, the FOH sounds like crap and vice-versa.

The solution was to use the SansAmp to get a decent tone out front, before the amp. Now I can eq both for the best FOH, and stage sounds.

 

[Fro 20]

crappy SX lefty jazz with the frets ripped out and filled with wood filler "Now with improved bridge for better sustain!" (retch) --> Eden WDTI (meh) --> QSC PLX 3102 (great)--> two Barefaced big baby's (awesome)

I am slowly acquiring my dream rig starting with the speakers and going backwards in the signal chain

 

[HeadyVan Halen]

MIM 4 string-->LH1000-->Hydrive4x10

What's this thing called a tuner?