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Basses: Godlyke Disciple, ESP 400 Series Jazz, Alembic Orion, Warwick SS1, Bacchus 24, Warwick Streamer JM fretless

Amp: Ashdown ABM300 (first series) into an ABM 210 Compact and 115 Compact

Pedals: Boss TU2

As good as the Ashdown has been to me, I am tempted to pick up a smaller, lighter head to replace it

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For local gigs I tend to use my 66 Precision with my 72 as a back up. I also use my A/E fretless in 3 of the songs.

When I'm touring I'll use my two Japanese reissue Precisions (the PB75US's) instead of the oldies but retain the A/E. These basses have Kent Armstrong Vintage pickups on them. The A/E has a Cafe Walter buffer.

The two fretted basses are on one lead and the A/E is on another.

The two leads are plugged into a Lehle switcher (on my pedalboard) so that I can use the trim pots on the Lehle to match the outputs.

The two positions of the footswitches on the Lehle allow me to send the signal to either a tuner (on the pedalbord too) or to the amp rack.

Before that the signal goes through a Palmer buffer/splitter. I don't use the splitter capability (only using the one amp pretty much all the time) but I use the buffer as I have a total of around 12 metres of cable between the bass and the amp. The pedalboard is sited in front of my guitar stand so I can switch outputs at the same time as changing basses and I don't have masses of cable all over the stage.

From the buffer the signal goes to the amp rack into a Behringer rack tuner. The reason for two tuners is that I may want to use my Boogie Bass 400 which is in a different rack and so that would mean the Behringer wasn't available.

From there it goes into the M-Pulse 600 (on passive setting) and then into the two Subway 1x15s.

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Ric 4003s is my main bass at the mo, I take a US or Jap p bass with me also as it’s the law, left handed.

my only amp set up is a Markbass Cmd 1x12 combo with an Aguilar 1x12 cab (heavy) sat underneath it, I’ve also been using a tech21 vt bass driver that I’ve decided that I don’t need anymore

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I like quick and easy.

My Barefaced One10 sits on a Gorilla speaker stand at ear level facing me right behind the main PA speakers on the right hand side as this is where I stand. My Gallien Krueger MB500 is attached to the cab permanently using high bond tape and my Line6 G30 receiver is attached the same way to the top of the amp.

Also attached onto the stand are a clip on fan and bicycle water bottle holder so I can get a drink in a hurry during breaks.

I hate messy cables so I have several pieces of velcro wrapped around the stand that go round the cables at various points from the amp down to the floor to keep things neat.

My bass sits on a Hercules stand right behind me when I'm not playing.

I can set up and strip down in less than 5 minutes each way and it's only one trip to the car with a combined weight of around 17kg

 

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Mine can vary a bit,  two very different bands.

Basses:

USA 74 Fender P, Roadworn P(flats), or sometimes an Ibanez ATK. (I have a fretless Ibanez Musician that I drag out sometimes as well)

Amps:

Fender Rumble 500 Combo (with the 2x10 extension at bigger gigs)

@ practice Aguilar TH500 with a Genz Benz 2x12..this is also sometimes gigged.

Pedals:

Korg Pitch tuner,  Nano Bassballs, Nano smallstone phaser, Ebs Compressor, (sansamp para driver mainly for stand-by and some recording)

Cables

OBB.

It can change a bit :)

 

 

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1 hour ago, Highfox said:

Mine can vary a bit,  two very different bands.

Basses:

USA 74 Fender P, Roadworn P(flats), or sometimes an Ibanez ATK. (I have a fretless Ibanez Musician that I drag out sometimes as well)

Amps:

Fender Rumble 500 Combo (with the 2x10 extension at bigger gigs)

@ practice Aguilar TH500 with a Genz Benz 2x12..this is also sometimes gigged.

Pedals:

Korg Pitch tuner,  Nano Bassballs, Nano smallstone phaser, Ebs Compressor, (sansamp para driver mainly for stand-by and some recording)

Cables

OBB.

It can change a bit :)

 

 

@Highfox I hope you’ll be updating this post in about 2 months time... wink wink ^_^

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Basses:

X2 yamaha bb424s.

Heads:

X1 markbass evo i.

X1 ashdown little giant 1000 (backup).

Cab:

Barefaced super compact.

Pedals/fx:

Markbass evo has built in fx and tuner. Also have a zoom b3 if required.

Snark clip on tuner.

Also just ordered a behringer bbdi21 to try out for walk in gigs.

Stands:

Markbass keeper.

 

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Here we have my normal bass rig - a Hartke HA3500 power amp, coupled with a 2x10 and 4x10 cabinet.
This being taken at our Sunday jam night, my Fender Champion 100w guitar amp is also pictured.

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The view forward at jam night - Laney monitor, my guitar FX board, PA desk on bass bin, lyrics for the songs all the mortals do, a couple of basses and a guitar.

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My frightening 'Geddy Lee' set-up of bass effects (not).
Flanger and tuner.

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Alternative bass rig, which sometimes gets coupled with the Hartke rig at big venues.
Two Trace Elliot 715 combos.

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Basses: 'Active evenings':
Fender P deluxe or Precision Lyte
Hamer B12 12string bass
Warwick Streamer CT NT bass or Thumb

Passive evenings:
Fender Jazz
A couple of Rickenbackers
Fender 60th P
or something else

Guitars
Gibson LP
Gretsch White Falcon
Strat
Vintage Midge Ure signature LP type
or something else

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My GK rig just sold so at this point in time -

2 Fender fretted 4 strings - both badass/Duncan QP equipped. One's my trusty 73 sunburst that's now aging better than I am and wears RS66's and the other a Japanese 54 reish in a fetching shade of Blue Flower sporting cheap Chinese flats.

Peavey ( never thought I'd be saying that ) minimax chosen over similar animals with the same power and facilities because of the built in tuner.

Barefaced One10 chosen because of a combination of creaking knees ( excuse - it's idleness. I didn't do 30 years in local government to start breaking sweat now !!) and a Peugeot 206cc's tiny boot.

Both housed in a padded Cajon bag thanks to a tip on here.

At the moment I'm on a sabbatical from gigging for only the second time in nearly 40 years but it probably won't last very long so I'll probably be adding a second One10 or a Midget at some point , most likely depending what's on sale here and the requirements of whatever bunch of unfortunates are desperate enough to put up with a crabby old sod like me telling them what to do.

Padded bag (found in a skip behind a pub) full of cables and bits. AKG mic ,  mic stand mounted beer holder , pink tambourine , Tom Clancy novel ( I pick it up and pretend to read it to make a point when guitar solos over extend !!) , inoffensive T shirt to change into in case we show up and it's a bit posh (unlikely) or full of knuckle draggers.

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On 1/29/2018 at 23:21, 12stringbassist said:

Here we have my normal bass rig - a Hartke HA3500 power amp, coupled with a 2x10 and 4x10 cabinet.
This being taken at our Sunday jam night, my Fender Champion 100w guitar amp is also pictured.

22853433_1847854308562267_88292934883737

The view forward at jam night - Laney monitor, my guitar FX board, PA desk on bass bin, lyrics for the songs all the mortals do, a couple of basses and a guitar.

27073116_1945406562140374_14000693025536

My frightening 'Geddy Lee' set-up of bass effects (not).
Flanger and tuner.

23130986_1852994098048288_31549353864985

Alternative bass rig, which sometimes gets coupled with the Hartke rig at big venues.
Two Trace Elliot 715 combos.

12122471_1264916413522729_23075414820155

Basses: 'Active evenings':
Fender P deluxe or Precision Lyte
Hamer B12 12string bass
Warwick Streamer CT NT bass or Thumb

Passive evenings:
Fender Jazz
A couple of Rickenbackers
Fender 60th P
or something else

Guitars
Gibson LP
Gretsch White Falcon
Strat
Vintage Midge Ure signature LP type
or something else

Out of curiosity do you use your Rik basses in stereo mode thru both amps. ?

That must sound pretty impressive rig.

Dave

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Bass: Alpher Mako Elite 5 String

Pedals: 

Dunlop ISO Brick 

Dunlop mini volume pedal

Cali76CB Compressor

Aguilar Octamizer

Iron Ether Frantabit

Darkglass Duality

Boss Bass chorus 

Boss Tremolo

Aguilar Tone Hammer DI

Amp:

Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0

TC Electronic RS212

TC Electronic RS210

 

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Basses

Gibson Thunderbird 2015 or Mike Lull Custom M4V

Rig

EBS HD350 Head in a 3u rack case with a Korg Pitchblack

2 Bergantino HT112 Cabs (1 with tweeter)

Ibanez Paul Gilbert Airplane Flanger (the 'Take Off' mode is a hoot....usually deployed at the end of the gig)

Big Knob Pedals Zed Drive 

Black Leather Hat as below....I'm the one at the back (obvs) on my (now sold) Sandberg, next to the utterly gorgeous Mel (BV and guitar). We're in a Bowie Tribute band 

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14 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Out of curiosity do you use your Rik basses in stereo mode thru both amps. ?

That must sound pretty impressive rig.

Dave

I could have done it when I had two identical Hartke setups for a while up to last year.
The two rigs wouldn't balance tonally.
If I combine all the rigs, I get a really full range sound at low volume.

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Guitars   Amps   Cabs   Pedals   Misc.  

Fender 1978 Precision Bass - See through Blonde

  TC BH250   Barefaced two10  

EBS Billy Sheehan

  TC polytune clip  

Fender American Elite Precision Bass

  TC RH750 + RC4       EBS Billy Sheehan Deluxe      
Fender Roadworn Precision Bass - 2TSB           Fender micro ABY      
Bitsa PJ Bass - Black           Rolls SX21 X-over      
Yamaha Attitude ltd2 - Black           Line 6 Helix LT      
Yamaha Attitude ltd3 - Sonic Blue                  
Harley Benton PB50                  
Pink 'Phil Pro' Precision                  
Squier Stratocaster - Red                  
Eko Ranger Acoustic - Natural                  
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My rig is ridiculously simple.

Basses:
Fender Jazz American Vintage 75 Reissue 
ESP Jazz 66 Reissue
Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray 2EQ

Rig:
MarkBass Little Mark III
MarkBass New York 112 x 2

Strings:
Elite Stadium 40-100

Cables:
OBBM

Pedals:
TC Electronic Tuner

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Changes every few years but at the moment:

Basses:
Sandberg TM4 
Chowny Retrovibe Vantage

Rig:
TC Electronic RH450
TC Electronic RS210

Board:
EHX Big Muff Nano
EHX Small Clone
Source Audio Soundblox Pro Multiwave Distortion
Aguilar Twin Envelope Filter 
DigiTech Bass Whammy
DigiTech Vocalist Live FX
Boss Tuner

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