Your Favorite "One Night Stand"?

[Joebone]

Hartke LH1000 into an Ampeg 8x10. Absolute mindblower in a backline. No way that's gonna be my rig...but I did give the LH1000 a run, afterwards, and could see it working really well with 2 8-ohm cabinets (but I use smallish 4-ohm cabs, so not a great fit).

 

[Fernando Costa]

Ampeg SVT 3 pro + Ampeg 610 cabinet, I'll still have it!

 

[Microbass]

Not many chances for decent backline for me and I have my rig 99% of the time - it's simply the best for me.

The only time I've played something as incredible as my own... it was an SVT2 (unsure if a pro or not) into a '90s or early 00's Ampeg 8x10 at a rehearsal studio. I never liked 8x10s until then. And that amp. Still kinda kick myself for not buying it from the studio at the ludicrously low price of £300 however impractical it would've been.

 

[lbbc]

My amp was in the shop so they let me borrow a SWR Black Beauty for my gig. Sounded great but very heavy!

 

[pjbassist]

The 1st time for me was in college in the early 90's when I borrowed an SWR Redhead from a bass player friend of a friend. I was awestruck. In the late 90's I finally bought a SWR Bass 350 & Goliath 2x10 & 4x10. That was my rig for nearly 20 years. After reliability issues and tiring of the weight, I upgraded to this...

 

[tb-player]

We were on tour circa 1990 and the opening act was a local band who, I assume, had something to do with the sound. They had all the backline amps setup and ready to go. The bass amp was a GK 800RB with a Hartke 410 cab. It was tight.

I ended up buying the exact same rig. I played the daylights out of that thing until I eventually got rid of the Hartke cab and purchased an SWR Goliath 410. And that was my rig for a decade or so.

 

[Jackass76]

An audition where the outgoing bass player was allowing candidates to use his rig: GK 800RB through a Avatar 410...sounded awesome...too bad I sounded like a-$$ hahahaha.

Second to that was (I am kind amazed to say this because of pre-conceived thoughts) a Hartke Kilo through a Hartke Hydrive HD210 at a music store...slightly odd pairing and it sounded dope.

 

[dalkowski]

Recorded with an SVT fridge at the legendary (in these here parts, at least) Fort Apache Studio in the early 90s.

 

[fishdreams]

A studio in upstate New York. The owner had picked up a pair (yes, 2 full stacks) of of old Acoustic 360/361s from a "backcountry music store for a backcountry price" (his words).

He let me plug in my bass just for the hell of it and man, was that something. Just point your index finger at the strings and a wall of bone rattling low end starts shaking the foundations of the house. never had (before or since) so much low end at my disposal with so little effort. No way of course i want/can have that around the house or haul around for my jazz gigs, but still - amazing.

They had Johnny Winter stencilled on them, and I am tempted to believe these used to be Randy Jo Hobbs' amps who apparently used them in the 'Still Alive and Well' tour..

 

[lug]

The only missing in this pic is you, standing on your head

 

[KevInDaBassment]

Sounds like several other people had great experiences with Trace Elliot gear! Also sounds like we were all amazed by the same (roughly) TE rig

These are all great to read! Keep 'em rolling in!!

 

[KevInDaBassment]

A studio in upstate New York. The owner had picked up a pair (yes, 2 full stacks) of of old Acoustic 360/361s from a "backcountry music store for a backcountry price" (his words).

He let me plug in my bass just for the hell of it and man, was that something. Just point your index finger at the strings and a wall of bone rattling low end starts shaking the foundations of the house. never had (before or since) so much low end at my disposal with so little effort. No way of course i want/can have that around the house or haul around for my jazz gigs, but still - amazing.

They had Johnny Winter stencilled on them, and I am tempted to believe these used to be Randy Jo Hobbs' amps who apparently used them in the 'Still Alive and Well' tour..

I think I'd pay money to simply TRY that rig! What kind of bass were you playing through it?

 

[KevInDaBassment]

An audition where the outgoing bass player was allowing candidates to use his rig: GK 800RB through a Avatar 410...sounded awesome...

I love the GK + Avatar pairing, it's what my main rig consists of (700RB-II and 2x10/2x12 Neo). Handles OD and Distortion very well IME.

 

[KevInDaBassment]

My favourite one nightstand, although they usually come in pairs.

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....nice

 

[KevInDaBassment]

Mine wass a Sunn 2000s head into 2 215 Sunn bass cabs... I was playing my EB3, and is was the best it ever sounded.

I bet it FELT amazing too!

That's one hell of a rig! The giant rig stories are fantastic, really seems like a completely different tier of awesome for bass amps.

 

[Mighty Thumb]

The back line at a locally well known at the time (late 90’s/early 2000’s) venue was the sound man’s personal 70’s era SVT head and 8x10. I was too young and dumb at the time to pay attention to the specifics but it was fantastic! Needless to say he had it VERY well dialed in for room.

 

[fishdreams]

I think I'd pay money to simply TRY that rig! What kind of bass were you playing through it?

A Pbass (I had been assisting with someone else's recording session and seen that rig. I think I brought the bass to the mixing session just so I could try that thing).

I remember thinking ah so that is how Jaco got that massive rumble, as i had never gotten anything so low-endy out of my jazz basses with the puny amps i was used to play. Truly a revelation.

 

[BOOG]

Never mind, it was a feeble attempt at light humor after seeing you in the pic playing lefty with an upside down bass. Clearly, I failed

 

[lug]

Never mind, it was a feeble attempt at light humor after seeing you in the pic playing lefty with an upside down bass. Clearly, I failed

To be honest, it would probably improve my playing.

 

[Ron Berenato]

I attended a jam session at a local studio. They had an Ampeg SVT III head with an EV 115 cab. BEST SOUNDING COMBINATION I HAVE EVER PLAYED THROUGH. it had all the tone I wish my Mesa Boogie 400+ Had.