I'd be interested in what setup and gear other bass players have in there Rigs and on their basses. Include what styles you play, and strings, pickups etc. This would be a useful thread for bass players looking to get new gear (like me) or for new bass players wanting to get their bass set up or get some bass gear.
I have a West German Hofner Double Bass. I use Clef gut strings and a Roland Cube (60wats). Underwood pickup with only one side in (E string side) and have a BOSS 12H tuner. I Play or have played Jazz, Rockabilly/Rock 'n Roll, Bluegrass and Swing.
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Great thread Simon.... My double bass is an authentic "Oriental Ebay".. LOL. Still nowhere near ready for use on stage.. Thats the bass AND the player.
My rig is pretty straight forward actually but really puts out a nice fat sound for me.
Basses:
Fender Precision 1978 S Series with passive split P pickups. This bass is scratched covered with cigarette burns, beaten around. Its my life's story in wood.. LOL. Just had it reworked and she's still a Crimson Bombshell.
Yamaha RBX374 5 String Bass with 2 x Active Humbucking Pickups. Great sound for more contemporary stuff. Ocassionally use it with the Prairie's though.
Amp:
Trace Elliott AH250. A beast of a machine that weighs a tonne but the warmest sound you can get without using tubes.
Cab:
Larantz 15" Bass Speaker : Great frequency range with a fat, warm (not boomy) sound. This thing is built locally and I highly recommend any bass player to check them out. It doesnt work hard at all and effortly pushes out great sub sonics. If you play on a small stage the low end changes your metabolism.
Strings: Rotosound Roundwound 45s to 105s
Have played across many styles from Country, RocknRoll, Hard Rock, Blues, Jazz, Swing, Latin, Metal, Punk, Funk.... and quite a few wog weddings too... LOLOL
Simon you can use anything you like ol son as long as you DON'T play Bass like you would play a guitar, god that's annoying, oops theres that word again...
I don't know why you drummers try to involve yourselves in 'real' musicians discussions. Are drummers actually musicians? Nyk Nyk Nyk!!! (sorry cous..)
Fun aside - Simon's actually a rip roaring double bass player who plays like.. well, a rip roaring double bass player. Anyhow, there are already 2 guitarists in this band (me included) so there's no room for another one.
Simon - what's the deal? Any luck with the new gear?
AGGGHHH.... I'm so confused. Tried out some gear on the weekend. Ashdown MAG 300 and a MAG210 with a MAG115 and a ABM 500 with MAG210 with a MAG115 and also the same gear with just the MAG210 and Just the MAG115. I think with just the one box it was better with just the MAG115. As I turned up the MAG300 it got a bit muddy where the ABM didnt. Need to see if the MAG600 gets rid of this problem.
I hate shopping.
it's takem ne years to get the sound i want. Its getting the right combination of amp, strings and bass. My bass is a 70 year old Chzech Ligner bass. has the most awesome resonant sound acoustically so when amplified it tends to feedback when using a piezo type pick up. I have recently found through ebay a great magnetic pickup. It's called a Krivo--easy to install but of course I have had to go back to a steel based string so I've gone for Eurosonics-they are great--they have a gut feel but they have enough steel content to make them suitable for a magnetic pick up. of course with a magnetic pickup feedback is minimal and controllable. Also with the Krivo their is no need for aa finger board pickup to pick up the slap sound. I use a Gallien Kruger 700 RB amp into an 8ohm GK quad box and a Sovtek 8 ohm 15 inch cab. I also use a 30 band graphic equaliser. As well as all that i use a Fishman bass preamp. This is a great little unit with a few controls including graphic to tweak your sound, also a phase swith for help with feedback control.and its all at your fingertips without walking back to the amp. Before settling on all of this I have tried a GK B2 amp, into 2 quads. pure gut strings, no preamp, no graohic equliser--and I was bever haooy with it but now I am--hope this helps--cheers John
Simon, I'm not trying to make a specific point. If your ruig is loud enough but you dont wanna run it full bore then it may be headroom you're after which means more grunt. I use a Eden WT400 (400 watts @ 4ohms) to power my cab and the cab has been matched to the amp output. Remember also that to get twice the volume you need ten times the power.
I have a bass setup similar to jonboi. Plywood CCB with Schaller mag pup and Eurosonics. I do use a piezo dot under the fingerboard and run the two pups into a K&K dual preamp (stereo in/mono out) and its very easy to set up the sound no matter what rig I'm plugged into.
Good luck with choosing an amp. I've had heaps. I like the look and sound of the new EBS gear. I was at a show where Craig Newmann was playing through an EBS system and it sound fantastic (not a bad bass player either :-) )
Simon's double bass through his new Gallien Kruger artist series bass rig is awesome! Top choice by The EP4 bassman. Good decisions are made when you have Simon's patience. I wish I had some of that !!. Rock on and look out - The EP4 are about to land.
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