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Painy

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here's mine:

Basses:

Sadowsky Will Lee NYC 4 (rounds)

Sadowsky Metro MV5 (rounds)

Fender Custom Shop Precision bass Pino Palladino (flats)

Upright bass

 

thinking about getting a jazz bass passive (but to be honest it's only because I want to get one, not really because I need one, as the Sadowsky 4 is so great)

Amp

Markbass Combo CMP 121P

this is the only amp I got because most of the time the venues I play have an amp for me.

But I m think about getting a cab and a head ( markbass or aguilar, not sure right now)

 

Pedals

Boss OC2

Boss OC3

Electro harmonix micro Qtron

Digitech synth wah envelope filter

EBS wah one

mxr Dynacomp

Ibanez tube screamer

 

Avalon U5

 

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Mine:

Basses

1. 1980 Fender Precision Special with GMT graphite neck, EMGs and Kahler (main bass for 20 years, now retired)

2. 2010(?) Fender Precision Deluxe with Status neck, EMGs and Kahler (replacement for no.1)

3. Bitsa Fender Precision 3TS 63 Jameson copy (main bass now for 70s Blues/Soul band) came with Labella flat wounds but now strung with Rotosound Billy Sheehan strings given to me used by the man himself!

Cables      Fender instrument 

Pedals      Boss TU2, MXR envelope filter, DHA VT2 double valve preamp DI pedal,  Boss OC3, Cog custom reverb/chorus pedal, Phase 90, Crybaby bass wah and EHX wah/fuzz (not on the board at the same time)  

Amp         MarkBass Randy Jackson TTE500  - live

                  Crate BT350 (actually made by Ampeg and sounds fantastic, the best they ever did) - studio

Cabs         Barefaced Super Compact x2  - perfect modular setup

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Basses:

Sunburst 1970 P bass, red Yamaha BB604 or gold Epi Jack Casady (an older Peerless-made Korean one)

Strings - La Bellas (P) TI flats (Epi) and currently D'Addario NYXLs on the Yamaha.

Amps - Markbass LM3 running either a Schroeder 1210 or an Aguilar GS410. 

Pedals - just a Korg Pitchblack tuner and a pair of leads.

Sennheiser or Shure SM58 mics, and a pair of Earpeace rubber earplugs.

Good to go!

 

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Sandberg Cali Blueburst TM4
Status Matrix 4 with JEast pre
Squier vm J fretless with wizard hammers and JEast pre
Hartke Hydrive 112 times two
Hartke LH500
dbx160a comp
korg pitchblack
and for rig free gigs a sansamp di

and all of it apart from the last two items was bought from ... basschat!

 

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Here's my go to setup.

 

Front of house : GB Spitfire -> Shure ULX-D -> Kemper Profiler + Remote (running Chandler/SSL channel strip profile) -> DL32R (FOH) (optional with Waves Multirack if I can be bothered) -> RCF945/8004

Monitor : GB Spitfire -> Shure ULX-D -> Kemper Profiler + Remote (running Chandler/SSL channel strip profile) -> DL32R (FOH) -> DL32R (MON) -> Shure PSM900 -> JH Audio Roxannes

 

Wireless mic follows a similar route...

Front of house: Sennheiser EW500 945 -> DL32R (FOH)..... 

Monitor : (Talkback mic (for over band inears)) Sennheiser 935 with Optogate -> DL32R (MON)...

 

For gigs that warrant it, switch out the DL32R (FOH) for GLD80

 

No traditional amps here. Not needed! And never been happier!

 

Heres my dep setup (where no inears are available)

GB Spitfire -> Shure ULX-D -> Kemper Profiler -> 1 or 2 EBS210

or

GB Spitfire -> EBS HD350 > 1 or 2 EBS210

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Well after yrs of lugging the weight around and spending way too much on vintage stuff I didn't really need I have finally come to my very happy and satisfied senses.

Lightweight Squier Vintage Mod P, P/J basses.

Two stacked Fender Rumble 100v3 combos with line outs.

The whole lot weighs next to nothing, looks pretty, and sounds good.

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Right...

NS NXT EUB

LTD SM  FRETLESS  ( modded )  BART HUMS / EAST 5 POT RETRO DELUXE

RETROVIBE AERO 1 (modded )  AGUILAR HUMS / NOLL PRE FRETTED

WEIRD P BASS BODY / PEAVEY NECK / SCHALLER BIG  BUCKER / WILKINSON P FRETTED

TWO 2X10 PEAVEY CABS (  modded ) WITH BEYMA 10'S

KUSTOM GROOVEBASS 1200 HEAD

PEAVEY MINI-MEGA HEAD

TRACE ELLIOT GP11 MK V 4X10 COMBO  +  TE 1 X 15 WEDGE

ZOOM B3

Just about to start a self build 1x15 using FANE SPEAKER PLAN + FANE SOVEREIGN 600 LF

 

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Basses: a Warwick Streamer LX5 or Ellio Martina Forza 5. Stopped bringing my Stingray 5 to gigs a few years ago. Traded it for a Status S2 Classic 5-string on this site last summer, but haven't had the pleasure of gigging with it yet as my band is lacking two important members atm. I've got several other basses, but the ones mentioned here are the ones I take to rehearsals and hopefully gigs again at some point. 

FX: none. I have several pedals, especially overdrives and distortions (including the mighty B7K) but live I've always favoured plug & play. Drive comes from my preamp. 

Amps: depending on the gig, but for the last couple of gigs with my band I brought a 4HE case with my wireless (Line6), my in-ear monitoring set (Sennheiser EW300 IEM G3), two Ampeg tube preamps (SVP-CL and SVP-PRO) and a rack tuner (Korg DTR1000), with the SVP-PRO being used and the CL as back-up. I go straight into the front desk, with an additional mono out to an EBS NeoDrome 12 serving as a floor monitor just for my bass. 

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Gotta join in the fun... here is my rig run down...

Main basses:

1985 Wal Mk 1 Custom Bass (flats)

1979 Wal Pro 2E Bass (flats)

And sometimes 1981 Aria SB700 (rounds)

(Plus Signature/Build-a-Bass Frankenjazz on permanent loan to a chum, Faith Neptune Titan acoustic bass, Hand built Tony Revell acoustic bass)

Pedaltrain pedal board:

TC Polytune - Little Lehle switcher -| EHX Bass Soul Food - Morley Dual Bass Wah - EHX Stereo Pulsar Tremolo - Boss CE-2B Chorus |- Tech 21 Sansamp VTDI -> to PA and/or amp

T-REX Fuel Tank power supply

Amp and Cabs:

MarkBass Little Mark LMII (500W)

MarkBass Traveler 2x10 cab

MarkBass Traveler 1x15 cab

Cables by Cleartone/Session & OBBM/Rock-Wire 

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My aim for 2018 is to simplify and concentrate on technique and tone.  I've not had a band rehearsal or gig yet this year but when they kick off next month this is my intended setup:

Bass

Fender MiM Precision Deluxe Active

Pedal Board

Pedaltrain Metro24 Board

Pedaltrain Volto Power Supply

Dark Glass B3K Overdrive

Tech21 Bass Fly Rig

Amp

GK MB500

Hartke Hydrive 112 or GK CX-410 depending on need

Accessories

Heistercamp Strap

Newtone Strings

Planet Waves American Stage cables

 

 

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Basses: 3x RickenFakers (2x Rockinbetter's, 1x Bass Collection Californian)

Effects: Line6 HD500x

Amp: Hartke HA4000 (only used it a handful of times since I bought it)

Cab: RedSub 2x10 (ditto)

Other Stuff: Fender leads, Mono GS1 straps, Schaller strap locks, Fender 7350m strings

 

The three musketeers: No.2 Rockinbetter, No.3 Bass Collection Californian, No.1 Rockinbetter

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Mine is very simple but effective, if a little dull- like me!

US std Jazz as bought in 2006

bitsa p bass: sx body, mighty mite fender licenced neck, wizard thumper, cts electrics, ‘70s gotoh tuners. All bought on here.

Peavey Tim Landers Signature 5 string. Ebay bargain stripped of hideous blue colour and looking lovely all au naturel maple.

All with DR Fat beams.

Markbass CMD210 and extra 210 cab.

no effects and a Korg led tuner

strapp comfort straps 

cant remember which leads I use but good ones as they’ve lasted for years!

 

 

 

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Bass:  Mexican Fender PJ (Deluxe Active Precision (or something) converted to passive with a Norstrand p/u)

Amp/Rack:  GK Fusion 550, Korg Pitchblack Pro

Cab:  TKS S212

Effects:   Way Huge Red Rhino clone, MXR Envelope Filter (can't remember the model)

Cables:  OBBM and self-made

 

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My 2 main basses are a Marleaux Consat Custom 5 string and a much modified Stingray 5. At the moment it has an Aguilar 60s wind  precision pickup in it. And it’s passive.

 

I have 2 rigs really. 

Easy transport rig is 

L6 G70 wireless > Cali compact bass compressor > Digitech bass synth wah > Darkglass Alpha Omega or B3K V2 depending on the tunes.

that goes into either a Tecamp Puma 300 or a Darkglass M900 and then to either 1 or 2 Barefaced One10 cabs.

 

Heavy rig is a racked up Helix rack and foot controller. Sometimes used with just the power section of the above heads and cabs and sometimes into a Yamaha DXR10 frfr powered cab. Or straight into the PA. Or into all of it at once and still using the USB to record it all.

 

Im not listing out the details of all the patches I have in the Helix as I’d be here all night!

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Gigging basses - Fender MIA Deluxe Jazz V & Squier VM J5 with East J-Tone & Fender USA pups

Strings - D'addario Nickel EXL165s on the Fender, Labella 760FS flats on the Squier

Effects - Zoom B3 powered by Harley Benton Power Bank

Amps - Fender Rumble 500 V3 or Genz ShuttleMax 12.2 into Genz FCS210T (customised with silver grille cloth as shown below)

Stands - Double guitar stand by K&M, Stagg folding job for the Genz to raise it up. I've stuck a pair of AmpLegs Screwless Tilt Backs on the Rumble, great product https://reverb.com/uk/item/2256372-amplegs-screwless-tilt-back-legs-fits-all-combo-amps.

Leads - always used to be Planet Waves but after going through a load (despite careful handling) I'm now using two no-namers I've acquired from god knows where & have to say they're rock solid.

 

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I play Franz basses, a Sirius DC 5 fretted and Sirius fretless 5, and also gig a Thomann (by Hora) slimline upright.

As I double fretless and upright at virtually every gig I run them into a Bassbone OD, which then goes into my rig which is the fabulous Markbass CMD Super Combo K1, to which I add the matching Markbass TRV123 cab too when I want the full 1000 watts.  I also have a Blackline 250 for backup.  OBBM cables, Harvest straps, La Bella and Newtone strings, Mono bags complete the setup.

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This picture shows a pedalboard from last summer, but that's all been replaced by the simpler yet more versatile Bassbone.

 

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Home/Recording

Fender Japan PB70 straight into a 1966 Ampeg SB-12 flip top valve combo

Gig/Rehearsal

Fender Japan PB70 > TU-2 > LPB-1 > DHA Valve Drive > Boss BD2 > Ampeg V4BH Valve Amp > Ampeg SVT 15he

Always use Elites strings, Normally (99% of the time) flats but occasionally Groundwounds

 

Do want a nice old battered 70's P bass or a 50's road worn P for home use with the fliptop

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Variety of basses

Usually a Sadowsky vintage metro

Japan ri62 P bass occasionally or Jap riJazz

 

Radial tonebone Di box

Peavey t max 500 head,90s jobby,love it, hope it never dies

2 Peavey 210 cabs which sound great but i'm looking for light weight options

rarely use pedals,i have a boss ME board i occasionally use but get by without

decent leads and interconnects

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The 'anything that isn't metal or downtuned rock' set up:

Sadowsky Metro or NYC (depending on if I need four or five strings) > Boss TM2 tuner > Aguilar Agro (set on low gain, only use as slight boost during louder bits) > BBE Two Timer > Mesa Walkabout. 

Detuned stoner/doom music:

1978(ish) Fender Precision > Boss TM2 tuner >  Aguilar Agro > Darkglass Duality fuzz >BBE Two Timer > Keeley Bassist Compressor > Trace Elliot V6 (when it works) or Mesa M6

Djent/modern metal set up:

Vigier Arpege V string > Boss TM2 tuner > Darkglass B3K > Keeley Bassist Compressor > Mesa M6

The 'my significant other is watching Call the Midwife' set up:

Any bass > 20 year old Park Practice amp > headphones.

The 'I used to be okay at this 15 years ago' set up:

Double Bass > double bass bow  >  horrible noises.

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Basses
Fender USA Precision Std 2016, Black, maple
EBMM USA StingRay 2012 Black, rosewood
MM Sire v7 4, white/tort, rosewood
Soon to be added: Kala U Bass

Strings
D’Addario flats on everything (except the putative U Bass!)

Cables
Fender Custom Shop, Planet Waves

Pedal boards
Trace Elliot Transit B

OR

Pedaltrain Novo with
Polytune Mini
MXR Bass Envelope Filter
EHX Bass Big Muff Pi Deluxe
Boss GEQ B 7
EHX Small Stone
EHX Bass Clone
TX Vortex Mini
TC HOF Mini
MXR Bass Compressor
MXR Bass Preamp

Amps
MarkBass Mini 801

MarkBass CMD121P & NY121P

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