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[quote name='budget bassist' post='534572' date='Jul 7 2009, 12:06 PM']Hmm, with a crossover you do have to run two amps, depending on how you set it up. Cool idea though[/quote]

Well every bass cab I've seen with a tweeter has a passive crossover with a single amp driving it, so thats not strictly true.

Use of an active crossover (popular in old Laney and PV gear) before the power amp, and the use of multiple power amps seems to have more or less disappeared as cabs have become better at full range, and amps have got gruntier.

I've run a Laney G300 and Crown DC300 lab amp in a true crossovered/stereo configuration before into 2x410s and 2x115s. Broke all the current rules by having two seperated stacks one each side of the drummer(s) etc etc, but it sounded totally enormous for everyone on stage and off, honest :)

Trouble was the rig was bigger than most of the venues we played at :rolleyes:

Still it never failed to make an impression!

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If I've managed to attach the images correctly here is my rig for a modern rock covers band, mostly functions/parties/weddings playing pretty much every week.

Aguilar 2x12
Rack case with MarkBass Little Mark II, transmitter for Shure Wireless Monitors and a Wireless reciever (not used very often)
Boss pedal case with Boss Overdrive, Phaser and Tuner
MarkBass Traveller 15 (not shown) for smaller gigs/practices etc, likley to go soon...

Basses :
Mex Fender Jazz with Quarter Pounders. This my main gigging bass and is wired vol/blend rather than vol/vol. A bridge upgrade is likley soon...
Mex Fender P Special (Active) Mostly backup bass or used for our occasional pub gigs when we play heavier material. Will probably remove the active electronics when I get round to it or swap for another passive Jazz.
Warwick Corvette (Active) used this for about 3 years playing heaver material and it's taken quite a beating, hasn't been gigged for about 2 years now.

I find it easy to shift about whilst giving me plenty of volume and different tones for my needs without breaking the bank. I've not got any real GAS at the moment but I'm sure that will change...

Cheers !
Darren

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[quote name='51m0n' post='534584' date='Jul 7 2009, 12:23 PM']Well every bass cab I've seen with a tweeter has a passive crossover with a single amp driving it, so thats not strictly true.

Use of an active crossover (popular in old Laney and PV gear) before the power amp, and the use of multiple power amps seems to have more or less disappeared as cabs have become better at full range, and amps have got gruntier.

I've run a Laney G300 and Crown DC300 lab amp in a true crossovered/stereo configuration before into 2x410s and 2x115s. Broke all the current rules by having two seperated stacks one each side of the drummer(s) etc etc, but it sounded totally enormous for everyone on stage and off, honest :)

Trouble was the rig was bigger than most of the venues we played at :rolleyes:

Still it never failed to make an impression![/quote]
like i say, it depends how you run it, though i only have experience of crossovers in PA systems

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It's been a long time since I posted on here, but I'm very pleased and excited by my new rig, this one is a keeper:

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Yet to gig this - first gig is Sat 18th in East Grinstead for anyone who's around! Might have the 5-string multiscale prototype too :)

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[quote name='Merton' post='536788' date='Jul 9 2009, 08:58 PM']It's been a long time since I posted on here, but I'm very pleased and excited by my new rig, this one is a keeper:

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Yet to gig this - first gig is Sat 18th in East Grinstead for anyone who's around! Might have the 5-string multiscale prototype too :)[/quote]

Wow, thats thin!

I expected those to be deeper, cool!

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I've just flicked through this thread and couldn't find the last update from my Porn thread. So I guess for the sake of completeness here goes:


Lightweight Shuttle rig to the left, Burman Pro4000 vintage rig to the right.


Trace V8 to the left with both Neo212's stacked, stereo MIDI rig to the right but the Strategy has been sold to AshEvans and been finished with the module below



It's separated into two modules. The upper one is the MIDI kit (mixer, AX100 and JV1080) and in the lower rack, there is my faithful Lexicon MPXG2 which I've configured to take the MIDI from a stereo mixer input through the insert loop as well as the non MIDI signal through the guitar input. the white unit is a TL Audio 5013 2 channel, 4 band, valve parametric equaliser. This was to give me the versatility that so many bass amps I've had have failed to supply me with. Its also intended to soften the highs a little as well and it does the trick of isolating the frequencies very nicely for £110. The TL still needs a bit of work done on it, the preamp valves need biasing I suspect (there is a bias adjustment inside the unit for preamp valves).

Below the TL Audio is a Technical Pro DA-B3000 class D power amp which preserves the mid range growl of the Spector extremely well. I can also hear the release of my fingers from each string which makes locking tightly in with a drummer so much easier. This whole set up with the bottom rack and the two EBS cabs is very satisfying to play through.

For those moments on the dark side, there's this:


50w Burman Pro501 1x12 combo.

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  • 2 weeks later...

I've not been playing for a few years while I've been waiting for my kids to sleep through the night.... I dragged all my gear out of storage a couple of months ago. Unbelievably it's all working 5 after 5 years being covered in cobwebs!

My Hartke stack, currently 13 years old and still going strong:


My Pedal Board:


My main bass, Warwick LX-5


My secondary bass, Fender US Precision


Cheers,
Doug

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[u]My rig:[/u]









^Trace Elliot GP7SM 130
My main gigging amp, love it to bits.



^Marshall MB15
I use this for rehearsals with my band. I use it for this as it is far more portable than my Trace. Despite being only 15 watts, it's loud enough to play with a drummer and 2 guitarists.

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[u]My basses:[/u]






^Washburn XB125 5 string bass
This bass was such a bargain. So fun to play, and can do everything I could possibly want a bass to do.






^Westone Thunder Jet Bass
An awesome bass that I pull out when I need that P-bass tone

Sorry for the abundance of pictures, I just couldnt take good ones, and couldnt choose which ones were best :)

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Here's mine, the cabinets are two Swedish built TKS-212's (~20kg's each and NO Neodynium involved). Sound amazing and are a breeze to carry, used to play Aguilar GS-212 and EBS Proline 410 but my back said no. The TKS:es have filled the Aguilar/EBS shoes perfectly. I'm in the process of simplifying my head (ampwise that is :lol: ) and will either be running the EBS alone or the Ampeg SVT-IIp together with a LabGruppen 1000 poweramp I just came across. In all honesty the Ampeg pre really floors the EBS for the most part, good stuff! :) :rolleyes:

My pedalboard is pretty EBS-heavy to say the least... I'm trying to remedy that and have recently replaced the ValveDrive and MultiDrive by a BJFE Blueberry bass overdrive that's pure magic.



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