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Your Gig Rig
- Thread starter jazzbass_5
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COOL RIG Red Planet!!!!!! any ideas as to comparing the BF 215 to a Berg NV215. love the silver tho!!
Ready to roll! I usually take 2 basses to gigs but this works as well 
Yes, that is a Fiat Panda
Ready to play, same set:
Yes, that is a Fiat Panda
Ready to play, same set:
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Is that a fretless Pbass Lyte? Was it born fretless?
This is what I use with Tickled Pink
I add a guitar rig if I'm playing fretted bass, but for fretless this is just fine.
My God there are a lot of killer rigs here.
heres my newer rig
here is the old one
when my back hurts
heres my newer rig
here is the old one
when my back hurts
This is my current setup for playing larger venues. It starts with a Nash 1957 P-Bass relic (made in 2007), into a Boss TU-2 pedal tuner, then a Boss CH-1 Chorus, then a Tech 21 SansAmp (usually set at "SVT" or "Fat Tube", I use this to give the head a more realistic tube sound), then a 350 watt solid state Ampeg SVT head, then an SWR Goliath Sr 6x10 cabinet. The gig was for a Christmas party in December 2009.
For smaller gigs I'll swap out the SWR cabinet for a Trace Elliot 1 x 15" cabinet and use the same head and effects.
What I like about the setup is that the rest of the band can easily hear me, it sounds great, that you can feel the bass when standing in front of the rig.
What I don't like about it is that you have to load it up, haul it around, set it up, tear it down and put it to bed at the end of the night. And the rig is alot louder far away from it than standing close to it, so a soundcheck is very important.
What would I change? Since the Ampeg head is solid state, the huge cabinet might just be eye candy. I may (and I just might) take it out of its current box and put it in a road case. This would let me get a new rack-mount Sans Amp and tuner too! But before I do anything I'll make certain the Ampeg head does't need alot of air space to stay cool . Rule No 1: Don't Do Anything Stupid.
For smaller gigs I'll swap out the SWR cabinet for a Trace Elliot 1 x 15" cabinet and use the same head and effects.
What I like about the setup is that the rest of the band can easily hear me, it sounds great, that you can feel the bass when standing in front of the rig.
What I don't like about it is that you have to load it up, haul it around, set it up, tear it down and put it to bed at the end of the night. And the rig is alot louder far away from it than standing close to it, so a soundcheck is very important.
What would I change? Since the Ampeg head is solid state, the huge cabinet might just be eye candy. I may (and I just might) take it out of its current box and put it in a road case. This would let me get a new rack-mount Sans Amp and tuner too! But before I do anything I'll make certain the Ampeg head does't need alot of air space to stay cool . Rule No 1: Don't Do Anything Stupid.
Could not speak to those cabs. I would be more inclined to get two 1x15's over a 215 though.
I love gear pics.
terrible picture of a wonderful rig:
i think i prefer laying the schro down on it's feet and standing the gk up on top of that, though. seems a lot more stable
i think i prefer laying the schro down on it's feet and standing the gk up on top of that, though. seems a lot more stable
That's a precision special, 80's MIJ bass, came fretted or fretless. B-width neck, pretty thin front to back, VVT with a three way switch. I had one for a while, great playing basses, I really only used the P pup, the jazz pup sounded too weak to me. Tone control was a TBX (back to center worked like standard tone control, center to front was a bass cut I think). The older models (mine was an 85) had a black painted neck, never models (I think like 86-89 or something) weren't painted.
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Here's my usual rig:
It provides plenty of stage volume, but if I need it I have a Peavey 2X10 I can bring as well.
It provides plenty of stage volume, but if I need it I have a Peavey 2X10 I can bring as well.
Wow man that is beautiful. Have you written any reviews of hte vintage? Really interested to hear how it does with a low powered tube head as this is pretty much the ideal cab for that IMHO.
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I use a Squier "mutt" P bass with an MIM fretless neck and a DiMarzio P pickup.
I use a Squier "mutt" P bass with an MIM fretless neck and a DiMarzio P pickup.
Ready to roll! I usually take 2 basses to gigs but this works as well
Yes, that is a Fiat Panda
Sweet, you drive a Panda like James May from Top Gear
Really? I thought Cpt. Slow drove an old Bentley T2 which kept driving straight if you wiggled the steering wheel...
EDIT: No, it's a different car. It's a similar Panda but Cpt. Slow has a 1.2 engine, and I have a 0.9 Panda Young
EDIT: No, it's a different car. It's a similar Panda but Cpt. Slow has a 1.2 engine, and I have a 0.9 Panda Young
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