First/current gigging rig

[spike]

Early 80s, I had a Columbus Jazz copy and a Carlsbro Stingray 115 combo. The Carlsbro had a 'Deep' button which used to make the room shake when I used it. Eventually I got fed up with carting it around and replaced it with a Trace Elliott AH100 and a 1x15 cab. The Trace is still my main gigging amp 20+ years later and now I have a real Fender Jazz bass.

Edited February 14, 2010 by spike

[bobbass4k]

The first giggable full set up which I actually paid cash money for was my Spector (still my main bass after 5 years, I don't think I'll ever let her go) and a Trace 715 combo, both from bassworld back in the day. But before that I was gigging with my tanglewood rebel 4k and borrowed amps

[Protium]

I saved up for months to buy an Ashdown MAG300 and built an MDF monster 210 cabinet. Served me well during the early "MouthBreather" days, later moved onto a MAG410+115 and then to the ABM300 head + ABM410.
Currently using that head but had to sell the 410 as it wouldn't fit in my car, replaced with a schroeder 1210L.

[SS73]

Very Red Gibson EB2 through an amp I can't remember but 100w with 4 el34's and a home made 2x15, a really good sound and would really like to use it again now. Swapped the EB for a Grabber cos I thought at the time the EB was just for old men, loaned the amp and cab to a mate and never saw them again, Tw.t.

[thumperbob 2002]

Mex Jazz with a very heavy Peavey TNT Combo- in 78-sounded pretty good- from that I have had everything- now use an LM2 and Little Giant through 1-2-3 Schroeder cabs- probably my three cabs weigh as much as the combo- how times have changed!! I now have 1.5K of pure bass power but can carry it all easily in the car!!

Bob

[grimbeaver]

ohhh a westone thunderbird 4 string plank painted camoflage and a peavy TNT 130 combo, that was 1985.

Now have a sh*t load of Eden cabs and heads and some nice guitars

[ThomBassmonkey]

[quote name='deaver' post='745050' date='Feb 14 2010, 06:01 PM']Burns Flyte through a WEM Dominator MkII. Somewhere I've got the photos to prove it, when I can dig them out I'll put them up here.[/quote]

Something I've never been able to work out, are the dommies guitar or bass amps? I have a mkIII I'm trying to flog and I've always used it as a guitar amp, but I've wondered if they started off life as a bass amp and went through the same transition as some Fenders.

It's cool looking back over the gear from yesteryear. Lots of people seem to be starting out on Peaveys and Carlsbros. I'm sure people talking in a similar thread in 20 years would all be talking about their old Ashdowns they wished they never sold hehe.

[E sharp]

1984 - bedroom and garage : 79/81 Precision , Futurama valve guitar combo
1985 - gigging (16yrs old and bricking it) : same fender , H/H Bassbaby 150 watt combo . 1x12 , massive and heavy with it , all loaded into the boot of an R reg MK2 Escort with black vinyl room - rock'n'roll

Only thing left from the start , is the Fender . Comes out once a year . Probably stick it on here one day - only kept for sentiment .

[deaver]

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='745322' date='Feb 14 2010, 09:44 PM']Something I've never been able to work out, are the dommies guitar or bass amps? I have a mkIII I'm trying to flog and I've always used it as a guitar amp, but I've wondered if they started off life as a bass amp and went through the same transition as some Fenders.

It's cool looking back over the gear from yesteryear. Lots of people seem to be starting out on Peaveys and Carlsbros. I'm sure people talking in a similar thread in 20 years would all be talking about their old Ashdowns they wished they never sold hehe.[/quote]

Sorry I got the name wrong it was a Dominator Bass Mk1, which I think was basically the guitar amp with a 15" speaker [url="http://www.watkinsguitars.co.uk/ampcombo.htm"]More info here[/url]

[TimR]

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='745322' date='Feb 14 2010, 09:44 PM']Something I've never been able to work out, are the dommies guitar or bass amps? I have a mkIII I'm trying to flog and I've always used it as a guitar amp, but I've wondered if they started off life as a bass amp and went through the same transition as some Fenders.

It's cool looking back over the gear from yesteryear. Lots of people seem to be starting out on Peaveys and Carlsbros. I'm sure people talking in a similar thread in 20 years would all be talking about their old Ashdowns they wished they never sold hehe.[/quote]

And not suprisingly mainly 100w 15" combos.

Edited February 14, 2010 by TimR

[thisnameistaken]

First bass was an awful plywood 'Satellite' Jazz copy that I got from McGranes in Leeds (now gone) for £50, and a 10w practice amp (can't remember the brand name). First "giggable" setup was a Yamaha RBX-550M and a really lousy-sounding Laney 100w / 1x15 combo.

Currently gigging a Squier Jazz (my lovely Warwick Thumb hasn't had a gig lately) into a Hartke LH-500 into a Schroeder 1212L, but I did go through the inevitable steps of TE AH heads and 410s, and spine-destroying SVTs and 2x15 cabs, etc. along the way.

[casapete]

First bass I had was a Fender Precision, late 70's 3 tone sunburst bought from Alpha Music in Leeds.
Not a great time for Fenders methinks and certainly not a patch on my next bass, a JV Squier 57 Precision.

Think my first amp rig (after borrowing a Selmer Croc 50 watt T'n'B with massive matching 1x18 cab!) would have been
an Acoustic 120 head into a Leech 2x15 cab with 200 watt HH drivers.
(Still got the cab now, although currently loaded with 2x15 EV's.)

[RussFM]

My first gig rig was Trace Elliot AH300, Peavey 4x10 and 1x15, which I got for the bargain price of £300

[jimijimmi]

my first set up was
Washburn B2-that my folks had a Union Jack sprayed onto i still have it.. it means the world to me.
and i played it through a Peavey TNT130..sounded lovely (as i thought at the time) but weighed a TON!!!!!

now,mixture of Laklands,1 sandberg UmBo 5string and a Roadworn jazz..
through,Ampeg Svt Classic head and 2,2x10 classic cabs...
a tuner,Digitech Bass synth wah (a gift from Glenn hughes),Mxr bass auto Q,AShdown octave,sansamp bass driver di and a line selecter..picato strings too!

[fatback]

First gigging rig was a Peavey Centurion through either a fender 4 X something or a Peavey Black Widow 1X18 (monster). Played a 68 Fender Jazz through it, then a Wal.

Now, no gigging rig, all borrowed until I can splash out on an LM something.

Edited February 15, 2010 by fatback

[Stan_da_man]

My first rig was an Ibanez GSR205 through a Behringer BX4500H and Hartke 410TP.

My current rig is an Iceni Zoot 4 into a Epifani PS600 and BFM Omni 10.

[harvey1-8]

This is a really good thread.

My first giggable setup was a Japanese Fender Jazz '75RI into a Trace 715SMC combo. Both of which I got new in '97.

I've still got and gig the Jazz bass among a few others. My friend has the Trace amp now and I have a Mesa Walkabout Scout with the matching extention cab if the gig calls for it.

[Low End Bee]

Then - Shergold Marathon through a HH VS100 bass head into an 18" ex sound sytem bass bin. Woof Woof.

Now - Precision through a Sansamp BDDI > Trace Elliott 715X combo. Bark Woof.

[Mr. Quiet]

First gig rig: Shergold bass, Sound City 100 valve head (should have kept that) and 2 2x12 cabs I built myself (oh, and a WEM copicat, not sure why!)
Now: Status Classic 5 string, EBS HD350 head, EBS Proline 2x10 +1x15 cabs, Line 6 M13 stomp box

Still playing the same type of music, please tell me it sounds better !!


What a great thread this is

[lemmywinks]

First gigging rig was a Gibson RD Artist '77 in maple through a Trace Elliot Commando 15, didn't really cut the mustard for what i wanted so i got rid.


Now i'm using a Zoot (somteimes a Warwick) and Markbass LMII with a Schroeder 1212r

[allighatt0r]

My first gigging rig was a peavy 150w tour head into a no name 15 cab, with a peavey milestone III plywood sh*tt*r

I currently don't have a gigging rig because i'm not gigging! but I'm playing a Washburn Idol (WB-66).

[karlthebassist]

First rig I played live was Squire MB4 >> Boss ODB3 >> Laney HCM65B + some random 1x12 PA cab I plugged in the extension speaker hole

Still have the Squire albeit without frets and the J pup gave up the ghost, and the Laney lives at a mates house, but is still mine. First ever "rig" was same bass through a Ross Fame Model 10 guitar amp (which sits 3 feet from me now as I type this).

Current rig as below in Sig.

[Alien]

First gigging rig was a Laney Linebacker Bass 100 head into a DIY 1x15 cab (a little later I added a DIY 2x10to the setup), and a no-name piece of crap Fender copy.

Currently gigging a Hartke HA7000 through a DIY 2x10, with either a Schecter Stiletto Studio 4, an Ibanez Musician 824 or a Peavey BXP 6.

In between there was a lot of other stuff, and I'm not done yet, not by a long shot

A

[lanark]

[quote name='Alien' post='746547' date='Feb 15 2010, 09:20 PM']First gigging rig was a Laney Linebacker Bass 100 head into a DIY 1x15 cab (a little later I added a DIY 2x10to the setup), and a no-name piece of crap Fender copy.

Currently gigging a Hartke HA7000 through a DIY 2x10, with either a Schecter Stiletto Studio 4, an Ibanez Musician 824 or a Peavey BXP 6.

In between there was a lot of other stuff, and I'm not done yet, not by a long shot

A[/quote]

My first gig was through a Laney Hardcore 35 practice amp (okay, it was only used as a monitor and lined out into a PA - but still, lol) and a Squire Affinity P-bass.

I've just bought an Ashdown Mag200 15" Combo with a 15" Extension Cab and hoping that this will be enough for the next gig (yes, I've only gigged once).

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='744933' date='Feb 14 2010, 04:24 PM']Hofner Artist Bass
Selmer Treble 'n' Bass 50 watt
Selmer 4x12"

I wish I still had the Hofner.[/quote]
How about some pics?

HOFNER ARTIST BASS


SELMER TREBLE 'N' BASS 50 SV


SELMER THUNDERBIRD 100W COMBO (the amp had been removed from mine)