What’s your home practice setup?

[Rodders]

I use a Palmer Pocket Amp Bass, into headphones. Rarely set up an amp now as I live in the middle house of 3 terraced. 

[LeftyJ]

For me it's my basses straight into an EBS NeoDrome 12, or (rarely these days) my basses straight into a small 12-band Yamaha mixing desk with built-in USB audio interface and my KRK V4 Series II active studio monitors for practice where I need to play along with tracks. I'm usually too lazy to put a preamp or DI inbetween, as the direct sound is good enough for practice. I bought my SWR Grand Prix for that goal, but never use it. My PC is ancient and needs replacement, so most of the time it's oldschool through my EBS amp nowadays, without using my PC. 

[BillyBass]

My missus had been after a conservatory for a while.  I finally agreed when I realised that with soundproof (ish) glass, conservatories make great places for practising.

 

In spring and autumn I leave a couple of basses in overnight but I can't do that in summer or winter.

 

I mainly use my GK Legacy into the Super Midget, but sometimes I'll fire up the Fusion S through the Barefaced 10s

 

Edited April 8, 2024 by BillyBass

[chris_b]

I did a gig last week with a drummer who forgot to pack his snare stand! He spent the night balancing the snare between a stool and the bass drum!  I have a terrible memory, and given half a chance would forget my head. I fixed that by never unpacking my gigging gear at home. I also count 8 boxes/bags into the car and out again.

 

My permanent home practice gear is 1 or 2 Barefaced One10's, a TH500, whatever bass is at hand and headphones from the laptop. I am thinking of going silent with something like a Palmer Pocket Bass amp.

[miles'tone]

Bass, Blackstar Fly Bass battery amp, headphones and phone for mp3s. 

Simple but all I need. 

[Johannes]

My ”home setup” is same as my ”gig setup” exept at home I D.I. my amp Pre-EQ to my audio interface and at a gig to P.A. I use a Markbass mini CMD 121 extended with a Standard 121 HR cabinet, placed vertically. That rig gives me more than enough power to any gig. If not, I don’t want to be on that stage. At home I try to match the EQ of the rig to the sound of my studio monitors, I prefer to record my bass listening other tracks trough my monitors and the bass trough the rig. In the photo are my settings to match the sound to my monitors. Of course these settings are completly different at gigs.

[JottoSW1]

CTM 30 or Quilter interbass into whatever cab I fancy.

[jimmyb625]

Mine's a Nu-x mighty plug with some ear buds. I Bluetooth from my phone to play the tracks.

[Geek99]

On 08/04/2024 at 12:19, BillyBass said:

My missus had been after a conservatory for a while.  I finally agreed when I realised that with soundproof (ish) glass, conservatories make great places for practising.

 

In spring and autumn I leave a couple of basses in overnight but I can't do that in summer or winter.

 

I mainly use my GK Legacy into the Super Midget, but sometimes I'll fire up the Fusion S through the Barefaced 10s

 

Do you have curtains or blinds ? I would not leave nice stuff on show like that 

at least not around these parts 

[BillyBass]

3 hours ago, Geek99 said:

Do you have curtains or blinds ? I would not leave nice stuff on show like that 

at least not around these parts 

No, there are no curtains or blinds.  When both of us are out of the house I take the heads out and hide them somewhere else in the house.  The conservatory is out the back though, so you would have to walk into my garden to see in, and I do have cameras.

[SimonK]

On 06/04/2024 at 18:06, SimonK said:

 

I was going to say the same thing - although I do use my pedal board through an Aguilar 350 and into whichever cab is easiest to get to if I need to work something out prior to a gig/practice.

 

Mind you my home "guitar" rig is the opposite extreme - possibly compensation for never gigging on guitar!

 

 

...thought I remember this thread existing... last day of work yesterday so my plan for the next week or two off is to rewire my home rack to create what may feel like an over-the-top practice set up but hey, it's a hobby...

 

So my plan is to take the above and add in both a Trio+ digitech looper (that also adds drums & bass to loops) and also a bass amp and cab. I've made a little cross-over box and have a EHX Tri Parallel mixer pedal coming for Christmas, so the plan is create something that allows either a bass or guitar to be plugged in (wireless), then choose the routing through a choice of three guitar preamps, and a bass preamp, while also having compressor, reverb/delay, graphic EQ and tuner in there somewhere, and then out to either a guitar cab or a bass cab, or maybe both at the same time with the cross-over controlling which frequencies go to which cab... might take a bit of experimenting over the next few days... would also be nice to add a pedal board in somewhere as well...

[Bilbo]

Phil Jones BG75 Double Four. I prefer to hear air moving than going through headphones. I play guitars through it too.

 

Edited December 24, 2024 by Bilbo

[Stub Mandrel]

I have a home built combo in my bedroom, an Orange Crush 20 in the living room and a little 10W Joyo at my partner's house.

 

But this 50W rig is my main practice setup in my office/music room.

 

 

I'd love a 500W version of the Joyo, with post preamp DI added.

[stewblack]

I use a Joyo Badass into a one by ten Epifani cab. 

Whichever bass I pick up and endless combinations of pedals.

[SimonK]

I'm defintely going more is more... in actual fact I like lots of speakers at low volume as I feel I get better coverage without having to turn up too high. Bass is a bit more omnidirectional but certainly for guitar I have a Marshall 1960A 4x12 to practice quietly at home, but the last few times I've played with a band I've opted for a 1x10 (albeit the awesome Barefaced Upsetter).

[Stub Mandrel]

3 hours ago, stewblack said:

I use a Joyo Badass into a one by ten Epifani cab. 

Whichever bass I pick up and endless combinations of pedals.

 

They are bloody good, aren't they.

[dclaassen]

Bass of choice into a Hartke kickback 12. I pad into Bluetooth speaker for tunes. No headphones needed.

[cybertect]

I live in a small terrace house so usually it’s an NUX Mighty Plug Pro + a pair of headphone (closed back FIIO FT1 if Mrs C has the telly on or open back Sennheiser HD660S otherwise)

[Bagman]

Ashdown CTM-300 into a Ashdown 1510H

 

 

[SimonK]

Happy afternoon re-wiring and adding in my Christmas present. Yes its probably over the top but hey, it didn't actually cost that much as almost all was second hand and it's a lot of the stuff I dreamed of when I was a kid! Only bit of manual re-wiring is choosing between the trace, ashdown or Genz-Benz bass preamps (which route through to the Trace cab).

 

 

 

[NancyJohnson]

I use my live rig just turned down quiet.

[Rosie C]

On 07/04/2024 at 09:53, JazzyJ said:

Having gone lightweight, the Trace rig has taken root so it's that or Waza Air and rotate basses. Noise isn't an issue in the sticks of North Yorkshire.

 

Every time I see a photo of Trace Elliot kit I inch inevitably towards buying some myself...

 

[StingRayBoy42]

For noodling, it's the Tacoma Thunderchief.
For 'proper' practice, it's whatever Bass I fancy (probably the StingRay or the 5 if I'm practicing for 'that' band) -> Thumpinator -> VTDI -> Markbass 801.

The 801 is a lovely little amp, but the VTDI *really* brings it to life.

[SimonK]

3 hours ago, Rosie C said:

 

Every time I see a photo of Trace Elliot kit I inch inevitably towards buying some myself...

 

Second hand TE kit is so cheap at the moment now is a good time before it gets a lot older and crankier. I've been posting bargain finds on:

 

[Boodang]

Not particularly on topic but … I had one of the old TE 350 heads, pre switch mode psu with the fluorescent lamp, and a 4x10 cab. It really threw the bass into the audience. Did a gig in a pub garden once which backed onto a park. Someone came around to the pub and asked if we could turn down the bass. Apparently there was an open air gig and the bass was cutting across it!

Ah, those were the days, two people to lift the amp and four to lift the cab! 

Edited December 29, 2024 by Boodang