Bass Rig Choice

[Kevin Dean]

My choice is based on it being made in the UK & weight mainly, But once you get into a certain budget say anything above £350 per cab & £500 for the head does it really make any difference ? reliability & customer service is also a consideration I suppose .
I was thinking about how many rigs Mark King has had & He always sounds like Mark King .

[Lozz196]

We`ve noticed this on the various shoot-outs of gear we`ve done at the Bass Bashes, set to what is expected to be flat, amps/cabs/Precisions/preamp pedals, there`s not much in the core sounds. And luckliy out of all the gear we`ve tried there`s not been a bit yet that I wouldn`t have been happy with. Of course once you start tinkering with the eq their own individual "flavours" start to appear, but on the whole, unless setting out for a very specific tone/sound, a generic bass tone is pretty easily found through most items.

[JTUK]

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My choice is based on it being made in the UK & weight mainly, But once you get into a certain budget say anything above £350 per cab & £500 for the head does it really make any difference ? reliability & customer service is also a consideration I suppose .
I was thinking about how many rigs Mark King has had & He always sounds like Mark King .
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You might take price and quality for granted, but I don't think it is that simple.
I think there are small gains to make... but it depends if the price difference is worth it to you.

I think my rig is pretty much the best out there ..and the B rig is not too shabby either.
You can still shaft the sound if you don't take care...but I think sound starts at the way you play and set up the bass,
and then it is a question of not fighting it too much.
You want to get to a position where you can use the sound you want... rather that the sound you have to have.The latter often doesn't end well as you are always chasing ..

[Kevin Dean]

I thought I better mention I'm not including the bass ,set up or way you play ..just the bass amp & speakers .

[JTUK]

I'm a fan of Made in U.S handwired

[Bajanbass]

It's all down to watts and speaker size, I use a 1x18, 2x15 and 4x12 live with two old sun amps, that's also fed into a 10kw pa for outdoor gigs. If you can't feel it it's not loud enough

Peace

[Bajanbass]

Ps helps if you know someone with a truck.

Peace

[police squad]

I'm lucky, after many years I've found a lightweight rig that works for me. Yes I could improve it (and I will at some point) a pair of TKS 112 will do it but it what I have fits in the car (with the PA and Lights).
My gear wasn't expensive, ampeg PF500 was £350 new, one of my Mark bass cabs was £150 s/h and the other was £190 s/h.
£690 all in and I rarely need the 2nd cab, in fact I've used it twice in 4 years.

[Defo]

For what its worth I play prog rock and 80s/90s covers, tried the Aguilar route (TH500/SL112s) but they didnt give me the 80s tone and couldn't compete with loud drums and lead, ended up trying a tecamp head which took me half there but it wasn't until i added in Vanderkely cabs that I had found what I needed. I guess its just worth trying gear until you say "that's it" - I think this months Bass Player mag will have a shoot out of a good number of lightweight heads.

[CamdenRob]

Comes down to personal choice as with everything... My glockenklang sounded better than anything else I've had and if my rig requirements were based soley on tone id get a full weight BAC head and 6x10... But j have other considerations so have compromised with my current set up.