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Who plugs straight in? What do you use?
- Thread starter chuck norriss
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I'm a bare bones player, it's just me and my pygmy pony. Actually it's just me, my MIA Jazz and Markbass. I can get all the tone and attack I need by changing the way I pluck my strings and small adjustments to the amp.
one of my foderas into either an ampeg head or eden 400 into avatar 2-12 or ampeg 2- 15 or ampeg 6-10 cabs.
Meh--I'd bet 99% of bassists worldwide don't even have a tuner in line, just bass and amp. You're probably thinking it's not that way just because the tech-heads and gear-heads on TB (like me) make such a production of all the gear. People don't use so many gadgets in "the real world".
I think that Bongo nails it pretty well. I DO however carry a Seiko tuner in each of my guitar cases but none of them is ever left in line. I do have a pedal board with a few effects but seldom use it.
What do I use?
Full tube pre-amp into a Carvin DCM1000L feeding a pair of Acme Series I B2 cabinets. This system gets used every week.
Carvin BX1500 into a pair Acme Series II B2 cabinets. This is used for gigs apart from my regular thursday night gig.
ART Tube Channel into a Mackie FR1400 again into the Acmes. This is my spare system.
No effects:
P or J ---> TF 550 or 750 ---> GS112's
Length of cable as needed.
I do have a wireless system that goes with me, good for some events and checking sound. Tuner, old Sabine from fx out.
Always backups for everything, tools and notes. I like to keep it simple, but I like to be prepared.
P or J ---> TF 550 or 750 ---> GS112's
Length of cable as needed.
I do have a wireless system that goes with me, good for some events and checking sound. Tuner, old Sabine from fx out.
Always backups for everything, tools and notes. I like to keep it simple, but I like to be prepared.
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.
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.
For 15 years of mostly bars...US jazz plus, music store house brand cable, SWR basic 350, hartke 410XL
Larger venues...US jazz plus, same cable, direct box, 2 peavey MK IV heads, 2 peavey 215 cabs. For outdoors swap US plus for MIM j.
These days
small rooms...US jazz plus or slightly modded MIM j, cable bought at GC, TCE stompbox tuner, cable bought at GC, SWR Basic 350, avitar 112 neo
For larger rooms same thing except for another avitar 112 and a peavey tour 700.
My regular job...slightly modded MIM j, same cables and tuner, peavey MK IV head, horn loaded Peavey 215
Larger venues...US jazz plus, same cable, direct box, 2 peavey MK IV heads, 2 peavey 215 cabs. For outdoors swap US plus for MIM j.
These days
small rooms...US jazz plus or slightly modded MIM j, cable bought at GC, TCE stompbox tuner, cable bought at GC, SWR Basic 350, avitar 112 neo
For larger rooms same thing except for another avitar 112 and a peavey tour 700.
My regular job...slightly modded MIM j, same cables and tuner, peavey MK IV head, horn loaded Peavey 215
God forbid you'd have to refuse gigs on account of lifting. Congrats on finding AT112 solution.
Some gigs I plug straight in- the Grateful Dead cover band and an acoustic trio. Some gigs I do use effects- an original rock band, and another original plus covers rock/ska/reggae/freak-out band.
I don't *need* effects, but I love them and use them where I feel is appropriate. I feel my use of effects makes me a better bassist for the bands I use them in, and so do my bandmates. I do not use an inline tuner.
Whether I use effects or not:
Spector SSD Czech 4-string or 77 Fender Jazz ->
-> Eden Metro / Mesa M-2000 / Genz Benz ShuttleMax 9.2 / Eden WTX-260 ->
-> Genz Benz 212UB / Eden D112XLT / Eden D210XLT (the Metro's internal speaker) / (coming soon) fEarful 15/6
I don't *need* effects, but I love them and use them where I feel is appropriate. I feel my use of effects makes me a better bassist for the bands I use them in, and so do my bandmates. I do not use an inline tuner.
Whether I use effects or not:
Spector SSD Czech 4-string or 77 Fender Jazz ->
-> Eden Metro / Mesa M-2000 / Genz Benz ShuttleMax 9.2 / Eden WTX-260 ->
-> Genz Benz 212UB / Eden D112XLT / Eden D210XLT (the Metro's internal speaker) / (coming soon) fEarful 15/6
I have never really cared for effects on bass, rarely used them, and haven't in atleast 10 years... I typically gig both 5s and 4s, except for a few gigs I play a year that don't require a 5er... For 5ers, I'm gigging either an EBMM SR5 HH or an Ibanez sr905 - for 4 bangers, mostly an '08 Am Standard Jazz and '08 FSR Hot Rod Jazz, standard tuned and half step down, respectively...
My signal chain is:
bass>XDR-95 wireless> Mesa M-pulse 600>Mesa PH810
I use a Korg DRT-2000 tuner run from my amp's tuner out...
- georgestrings
My signal chain is:
bass>XDR-95 wireless> Mesa M-pulse 600>Mesa PH810
I use a Korg DRT-2000 tuner run from my amp's tuner out...
- georgestrings
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.
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.
