You wake up tomorrow & you're playing a stadium tour - describe your dream rig!!

[Cowboy in Latvia]

A couple of Lakland basses (a 5 and fretless 4) into an Ampeg Heritage SVT-CL into a pair of Barefaced 810s. Not sure on the pedals yet as I have not gotten to playing with them much yet.

It's nice to dream.

 

[BigEarl]

Fun to dream....

Basses: Sadowsky, Muckleroy and Fender, all P's (already got the Fenders!)
Amps & Cabs: 2 Heritage SVTs (got a pair of SVT12AVs ...does that count?)
In-ears, because who cares about stage tone (I just want the SVTs to vibrate my backside!)
And a really cool curly cable (got a purple Lava) for that old skool look.

 

[metron]

A REDDI plus a mic'd vintage V-4B into my Bergantino NV610 that someone else carried and set up. Second to that would be a vintage SVT.

 

[scrubjay]

'69 Gibson EB1
'58 Fender Precision
Matchless custom 200 watt heads w/custom 8x12 cabs

 

[Basshappi]

Basses (mine already);
Warmoth PJ
MIJ Fender Jazz
Gibson SG

Pedal board (mine already);
Fultone ChoralFlange
EHX Bassballs
EHX MicroPOG
JKallas Wampler TripleWreck clone
Whatever was else was appropriate for the gig.

Wireless unit

Amps:
2 - Ampeg SVT & 810e: 1FX/1 Clean

 

[Clouz]

the rig and basses i use now are my dream come true. SVT Heritage, 810 Heritage, P bass, MM Stingray. maybe have another amp for backup/aesthetics

 

[atrapp]

Cool thread.
Right now I am using all TecAmp gear and am digging the tone, that said cost no object I'd probably have a few diferent heads; JGR's

 

[atrapp]

Interesting idea, years ago it would have been a much different rig than today.
I'd probably end up with a menagerie of amps and cabs, Barefaced Cabs intrigue me right now so I'd have few of those. Amps maybe Sadowsky 200, JGR's Studio 1200, Aguilar DB751 and one of the Jule preamps running into some lead sled power amp. I'd only gig the Studio 1200 today as I have no desire to pack any of the others around. Of course I'd use these three basses.

 

[kesslari]

I'd pretty much gig the rig that I have now (MAS cab, Zon fretless). I might try the JGR or Monique or Sonic Farm amp.
But what would make it is the 4 twenty-foot tall T-Rex statues, each holding a pair of vertically stacked (empty) SVT cabs.

 

[svtb15]

what i use now.
My REDDI DI, and my Westone IEMs . Put me in a wedge and im good..
If i wanted to goose it . Then put a B15 in a box under the stage and put an RE20 mic on it and feed that 50/50 into my IEMs.

 

[Korladis]

Assuming I have roadies...

This one:

Three Sunn 2000S amps and six 2000S cabs, mic'd with an EV RE20. Though perhaps I'd use a custom Dunwich for the master amp instead.

Basses would be Rickenbackers (4003, 4003S, 4003S8).

 

[beans-on-toast]

I'd want a bass whose neck doesn't bend like a wet noodle in different climates. Large rooms can be cold in the winter. I'd like a nice comfortable jacket when I need it. I'd like healthy food, a chance to exercise, lots of bottled water, clean towels, no shabby hotels with bedbugs. Oh, and if I got big headed, socks and that I can wear once and throw out.

Everything else, someone else can look after.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Assuming I have roadies...

This one:

Three Sunn 2000S amps and six 2000S cabs, mic'd with an EV RE20. Though perhaps I'd use a custom Dunwich for the master amp instead.

Basses would be Rickenbackers (4003, 4003S, 4003S8).

SWEEEEEEEEET!!!

 

[alaskaleftybass]

 

[bazzhed4]

Sadowsky m5-24
Sadowsky mv5-24
Dual mesa400+ loaded with eurotubes kits.
Dual powerhouse 8x10
Powerhouse 2x15
Mxr bass driver di
Mxr chorus

And A roadie with a reeeeeaaally strong back

 

[A. D. Fairhurst]

Changed my mind.
Basses:
1974 Gibson Ripper Yellow

1974 Gibson Ripper Cobalt

1976 Gibson Ripper Black

1988 Spector NS-2 Sunburst

1988 Spector NS-2 White

Bass Settings:
Rippers have midrange knob down halfway, position 1 on switch, everything else full on.
Spectors run everything flat.

Amps:
Ampeg SVT-II Non-pro

Marshall JMP Super Bass Stack x2 (one white, one black)

Ampeg 810E x2

All arranged in a pyramid, with the white and black stacks next to eachother with the SVT-II on top, and an Ampeg cab on each side. The Evil Twin Tube DI (in 'effects') sits on top of it all for quick changes. The Ampeg head goes to the Ampeg cabs, and the Marshall heads go to their respective stacks.

Amp Settings:
SVT has graphic EQ in a V shape for the Rippers.
Standard controls are: Low-Full, Mid-Almost full, Frequency-Position 5, Treble-Full, Volume-Full Ultra-Hi on for Spectors.
Marshalls copy Lemmy's sound. Bass-Neutral, Mid-10 boost, Treble-Neutral, Presence-8 boost, Volume-MAXIMUM POWAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Effects:
Eclair Engineering Evil Twin Tube DI

BOSS BF-3 Flanger

BOSS CEB-3 Bass Chorus

EHX Switchblade+ Deluxe A/B Box

BOSS TU-3 Tuner

Pedal Settings:
BOSS BF-3 has a nice flangy sound during heavy parts
BOSS CEB-3 on moderately, turned on whenever it sounds cool
EHX Switchblade+ has BOSS TU-3 in 'tuner' input. Line A goes to Evil Twin box, then SVT. Line B goes to Marshall.
Evil Twin has some drive, so I'm not clean, boost at 3K with Spectors, boost at 9K with Rippers, input -20db with Spectors, output set to 'line', goes into Ampeg

This took about 45 minutes to make. Time well spent! Also, with the Spectors I am trying to steal this tone:

And with the Rippers I am trying to steal this tone:

 

[Salicete]

My Fender into most any old Ampeg, through the stadium board and PA, maybe some compression.

As if anything bands pile up on stage (in stadiums) these days is even heard out front anyway...

 

[dbase]

Whatever McCartney or Trujillo has ...

 

[Sufenta]

The stage rig is not nearly as important as a good wireless, a good DI, good FOH system with a good engineer behind the board, and a good IEM.

 

[JimmyM]

The stage rig is not nearly as important as a good wireless, a good DI, good FOH system with a good engineer behind the board, and a good IEM.

True, bands can get away without stage rigs these days. Personally, I can't think of anything less inspiring than having to hear myself through IEM's or stage monitors.