BottomE Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Great thread. The bass was a Sattellite Jazz copy - a right hunk of rubbish which i played through a grey Carlsboro combo which needed 2 people minimum to budge it. Together they sounded sh*te but i wasn't bothered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robocorpse Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 1984, Early 70s Ricky 4001 through a Vox Venue 100 bass combo. Arion distortion for those fuzzy moments. Sounded the DBs! 2010: EMG-equipped Thunderbird or Status S2 through Ampeg SVT3, Dod bass distortion, Boss CS3 stereo chorus, Boss DD3 Delay. Thats my entire "rig" for 90% of my playing, but I'll stick in the odd pedal or 2 from my collection as and when the gig/session requires. My sound hasn't really changed much in the intervening 26 years, I know what I like/am good at/can get away with and I'm sticking to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Vincent Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 1979 - L/H Columbus P bass through an H/H VS Musician guitar head and an unbranded 1 x 15 W bin. 2010 - L/H 1979 Fender P bass through a Peavey Mk.6 400 watter through 2 1 x 15 cabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 First rig, in about 1980, was a Selmer Treble & Bass 50w head & matching 2x12 cab (about £30 from a charity shop) plus a home-made 1x12 bass reflex cab. My dad helped me make that & I wish I still had it. Wouldn't want the Selmer (it was sh!te) but they do fetch a few quid these days. At that time I had a shortscale no-name JapCrap LP-shaped bass, bought off a schoolmate for £50, which was actually half-decent. I did a fair few rehearsals with that lot but don't think I ever gigged it - as soon as I got in my first serious band I got a Washburn B-20 Stage series (lovely but incredibly neck-divey) and an HH VS Bassamp 100w 1x15 combo, which had a control panel that lit up green in the dark - epic stuff! These days I have a Gallien-Krueger RB700 1x15 combo & have jut got a Hartke 2.5XL to sit it on: [attachment=66973:GK_Hartke_rig.jpg] And an assortment of elderly JapCrap & slightly odd basses to plug into it. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Sam Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 My first rig in '73 was a H H 100watt head into a Marshall 4x15 slop front cab, bloody heavy, a Ricky 4001 fretless and a '72 Fender p-bass. All long gone and now have a USA '57 RI made in '83. Amp is a Torque combo. Wish I still had the '72 P bass, best I have so far played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshorepunk Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 circa 1978 - unbranded P-bass, through a red 4 channel FAL PA a speaker amp, into a 1x15 cab. Bought a celestion speaker and made the cab! circa 2010 - Fender CS sea foam green Jazz or MM stingray 2005 buttercream, Fretless Fender deluxe jazz thru a Matamp GT200 with 1 or 2 Matamp 4x10's, Boom! Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benh Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 First gigging setup was a 2nd hand Yamaha (one of the BB range I think) through a Peavey TNT 150, mint amps, wish I still had it! Then "upgraded" to an Ashdown MAG 300 2x10 combo (which was worse, and a lot quieter than the TNT!), then got an SWR rig and a Spector 5 string. Still gig with the Spector, but play it through a Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 and a Barefaced Compact, good times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matski Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 First gig set-up (1984): Aria SB 'Black & Gold I' and Fender JV Precision > Boss chorus, flanger, octaver and MXR phaser stompboxes > Carlsbro Cobra 90 combo. If you check out my sig, you will notice I still have all of this gear - apart from the sh*tey Carlsbro. Yes, I am a gear hoarder Current gig set-up: usually StingRay 4 or StingRay 5 > Digitech BNX3 > Ampeg SVT3 Pro + Ampeg 410 & 115 cabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesparky Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 First: Sunn Mustang P-copy, through a peavey TKO 1 x 15" combo. Current: Stingray 5 (occasionally my std fender jazz), through GK 1001 RB head into a Ashdown 4 x 10" bentley cab (ex MK), via a Boss GT10-B. Looking to get a couple of Barefaced cabs to replace the 4x10". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 first : a borrowed PA system head with about 10 channels and huge pa speaker, then soon after an old fender valve guitar combo current : TC RH450 212 & 210 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShergoldSnickers Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 First gig? 1975 – Avon EB3 copy > [url="http://www.chambonino.com/work/work1.html"]Linear Conchord[/url] 30w valve amp > 2 by 12 sealed cabinet. Awful. 1976 – Second incarnation: Sound City 120 > home made reflex 1 by 18 cabinet. Big and heavy but it worked pretty well. Wilson Rapier bass. 1977 – Third incarnation: Sound City 120 > SAI 2 by 15 cabinet. 1978 – Fourth incarnation: H||H VS 1 by 15 combo. Shergold Marathon fretted 1980 – Fifth incarnation: Marshall Superbass 100 > Fender 2 by 15 Dual Showman. Shergold Marathon fretless. 2007 – Sixth incarnation: Eden Nemesis NC115 (240w @ 4Ω, 1 by 15 plus tweeter) 2009/10 – Seventh incarnation: Eden WT550 > Barefaced Super Twelve T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foal30 Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Jansen Crusader Yamaha Precison Copy Ibanez RoadsterII closely followed by Peavey Databass L2 Steinberger now probably Ashdown Klystron 400 MTD 5 and either Fretless Jazz or L2 Steinberger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 First: Höfner Artist II -> Phoenix PHA1 amp -> Custom Sound 4x12 cab Current: Shuker custom/Status S1/Wal Pro IIE -> Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 -> 2 x Nemesis 1x15 cabs [quote name='EssentialTension' post='744933' date='Feb 14 2010, 04:24 PM']Hofner Artist Bass I wish I still had the Hofner. ... HOFNER ARTIST BASS [/quote] I've still got mine. I get a big nostalgia rush every time I pick it up. My goal is to finally make it giggable again, it's got that fabulous 'woof' in the sound that you only get from clunky short scale 60s basses. I also need to get hold of a replacement plastic logo for the headstock, but the last one to appear on fleaBay went for £62... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaver Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 (edited) I promised this about a year ago. Anyway, here it is, Burns Flyte with WEM Dominator c.1984. The jumper I can neither explain nor defend. Current rig is LMII with Barefaced cab, usually with a Jap Precision. [attachment=78634:earlywem_001.JPG] Edited April 29, 2011 by deaver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 My first rig was a Peavey International Series Dynabass (cracking for a first! Even though I've destroyed the neck and truss rod with Billy Sheehan type antics, it still plays and sounds great! ), direct into a Laney R5 2x10 combo. Current rig is in my sig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul h Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 First ever gig rig was a Laney Linebacker and a Vox bass I had to borrow because I didn't have one at the time. Current rig is a Harley Benton BA500H, a Barefaced Compact and my Retrovibe Aero2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 (edited) Epiphone thunderbird through a fender rumble 100 combo. - 4-5 years ago Fender Jazz through a bass pod pro, through the same rumble 100 combo. - Today Still searching for a new amp (It's a bit of a wallpaper paste amp thisun) but my project bass is coming in way over budget so it's been put off for a while. Kind of wish I still had the thunderbird though, it had a nice boomy sound and played ok sat down. I stupidly decided to sell it to a friend cheaply because he wanted to start playing, on credit at the time and he took ages to pay, saw he'd sold it on ebay a few months later, w***er. Edited May 5, 2011 by Ross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 First: Epiphone thunderbird through a Marshall MB4210. Now: EBMM Stingray through a Markbass LM Tube with a Barefaced super12T Vastly different but I'm also moving on the markbass to afford a RH750 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkin Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 First "proper" setup in the early '80s was: Westone Thunder 1 Acoustic 120 head Acoustic 404 1x15 cab. The 120 went up in smoke during a rehearsal sometime in the mid '90s, and was replaced with a Carlsbro TC60 all-valve head. Sounds gorgeous, but runs out of steam at all but the smallest of pub gigs, so I've added a Hartke HA2500 amp. Still going into the Acoustic 404, and still using the Westone - I love that bass ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I brought my first rig from the proceeds of 3 years of summer jobs working on my Grandfather's market garden in Kent. My rig was a Nashville 60 watt PA amp and a Crook 412 cab. The bass was a Framus Star Bass. I know, you've never heard of them, but believe me it was the best sound I'd ever heard!! See my sig for current rig(s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 a short scale Hohner P bass thing into a small Marshall 1x12 combo. Currently a Blade B15 into an Ampeg B2RE and a Hartke Hydrive 410. And loads of effects... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Arlita Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 First gig rig 2005- Ibanez SR500 into a Fender Rumble 100. Current gig rig 2011- Rickenbacker 4003 > MXR Bass DI+ > Ampeg SVT450H > Ampeg SVT610. Future gig rig- Rickenbacker 4003 > MXR Bass DI+ > some form of Markbass amp > Barefaced Compact + Midget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomBassmonkey Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 This thread highlights how much GAS I've had in the last year. I've stuck with GK but I've moved on from the 700RB-II and two 210RBHs to the 2001RB-II and two 410RBHs then downsized a bit with a more compact rig in the MB Fusion and two NEO212s (still got the 2001/410 rig for bigger gigs). My bass has changed from the 406QM to a Warwick Thumb BO5 to a Sandberg JJ5 and now I'm using a Sandberg MM5 (with the JJ5 as backup). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Then (1974) Truvoice (Selmer T& 50 watt Head, homemade 1x15 Cab the size of a Smeg fridge, Gibson EB2 Bass Now Little Mark II, Mark Bass Traveller 2x10, Shuker/Kbass 5 string Super Jazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 First Rig: Burns Sonic Bass Korg VCF Pedal Amdek Chorus Pedal No name 100W transistor head 1x18" cab (from a reggae sound system) 2x12" cab (home made) Current Rig: Gus G3 5-string bass Bass Pod XT Pro Linn Adrenalinn Tech Soundsystems Black Cat 1kW amp EBS 2x10 and 4x10 cabs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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