Bass Players Unite show your Gear!

[Bass_Medic_05]

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Until she learns to play bass and understand the tonal nuances of different basses and especially different scale length necks, she'll never understand why you have so many. But I understand! I say it's a beautiful big collection that just the right size!

Yeah...lol...I don't think she will ever understand...lol

[Bass_Medic_05]

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As much as I love the guitar for years I played and recorded as a bass player.

It's gone now but during that time this was my main bass,(image pulled from web):



I used a variety of amps depending on where I was playing.
For larger shows my main rig was an AB 1000 amp,Rocktron preamp,Boss eq,Boss foot pedal chorus and a couple of custom made JBL cabs.

Smaller shows it varied depending on the size of the venue.

By the end I was using a Zoom mutli effects unit with a built in pre amp that I would just run through the board.

I haven't owned a bass in about 10 years but plan on either building one or picking up a bare bones Ibanez that I saw recently.

Nice Alembic "Stanley Clarke", and rig set up. It's good to hear you are going to pick up playing bass again too.

[Fender_Punk]

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Yeah...lol...I don't think she will ever understand...lol

Instruments will still let you touch them years after women stop letting you. Plus they never talk back to you or ask you to make more money!

[ginormous]

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Black '74 Precision, shaved frets and refinished neck,
modified with Wilkinson 5-string kit
(bridge, 5-slot graphite nut and string tree holding the D).
This is the first bass I ever bought.

'77 Gibson Les Paul Triumph (my main)

'03 MIM Jazz (stock); Xmas gift. It's a bar-band beater, but it works

a closer look at the Wilkinson bridge


Ampeg BA-112, with hi/mid/low tone, direct and headphone outs, and
5-position mid center frequency varitone switch; swapped the factory
speaker for an Eminence 12" with a whizzer cone... cleaner highs.
It's a US made St. Louis Music model, before they went to Asia.


(Google screen grab)

My big rig was a mid-70's SVT head through an Acoustic Control 106,
twin 15's with aluminum dust caps. A beast. No car to haul it these days, so I sold it.
When I make the chedda, I'm looking for a 4-10 with maybe a solid state 300+ watts/4Ω.

[CapoFirstFret]

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Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray 5


Fender Highway One P-Bass


Not a picture of my bass rig, but my amp is identical. Carvin Redeye series 600 watter

[GoldenVulture]

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I'm not what I'd call a bass player but I have one and it's great. I have it for my own ends.[ recording mainly ]

It's a Steinberg with the carbon fibre neck and active pups. It was bargain priced when I found it. My neighbour [ who is more recently passed away ] was a very good fitter and turner and made me a set of string saddles out of a heavier and stronger metal. These replaced the original ones , two of which had died [ tore open ] because the "metal" they were originally made of was too weak

[d1dsj]

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Hey nice rig set up.....how do you like the Phil Jones? I heard one being played thru at Bass Central a few weeks back, it sounded tough as $h*t.

Hey, yeah the Phil Jones is a monster of a little amp. Ok so it's not physical punch that you get with a BIG amp and BIG speakers, but what you do get is a very professional sounding amp that has a D.I out and built in compression. It's ideal for me because my Yam Electro 6 string sounds fantastic through it too. And, if you wanted to take it to mates BBQ's etc/ garden parties, you can buy a 12 volt battery that fits into the cabinet! Through the Eden cab it was awesome... maybe loud enough for a very small venue.

[GuitarStv]

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My bass (pretty much only used for recording, but works well at that) is one of these Squier Vintage Modified Jazz Basses:



It's great playing . . . the 'Duncan Designed' pickups sound decent too.

[Bass_Medic_05]

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Hey, yeah the Phil Jones is a monster of a little amp. Ok so it's not physical punch that you get with a BIG amp and BIG speakers, but what you do get is a very professional sounding amp that has a D.I out and built in compression. It's ideal for me because my Yam Electro 6 string sounds fantastic through it too. And, if you wanted to take it to mates BBQ's etc/ garden parties, you can buy a 12 volt battery that fits into the cabinet! Through the Eden cab it was awesome... maybe loud enough for a very small venue.

I really considering get a Phil Jones, like I said I think they are tough as $h*t, lot of power from that small package

[Bass_Medic_05]

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I'm not what I'd call a bass player but I have one and it's great. I have it for my own ends.[ recording mainly ]

It's a Steinberg with the carbon fibre neck and active pups. It was bargain priced when I found it. My neighbour [ who is more recently passed away ] was a very good fitter and turner and made me a set of string saddles out of a heavier and stronger metal. These replaced the original ones , two of which had died [ tore open ] because the "metal" they were originally made of was too weak

Sweet bass I like the headless!

[Bass_Medic_05]

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Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray 5


Fender Highway One P-Bass


Not a picture of my bass rig, but my amp is identical. Carvin Redeye series 600 watter

I really want a EBMM, I want the new Classic StingRay 2010......But I'm sure the old lady would shoot me...so for now I will bid my time and plan....lol
How do you like the Redeye?

[everdrone]

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http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww126/everdrone/bassrigtheone.jpg

thats my rig!

[Bass_Medic_05]

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Black '74 Precision, shaved frets and refinished neck,
modified with Wilkinson 5-string kit
(bridge, 5-slot graphite nut and string tree holding the D).
This is the first bass I ever bought.

'77 Gibson Les Paul Triumph (my main)

'03 MIM Jazz (stock); Xmas gift. It's a bar-band beater, but it works

a closer look at the Wilkinson bridge


Ampeg BA-112, with hi/mid/low tone, direct and headphone outs, and
5-position mid center frequency varitone switch; swapped the factory
speaker for an Eminence 12" with a whizzer cone... cleaner highs.
It's a US made St. Louis Music model, before they went to Asia.


(Google screen grab)

My big rig was a mid-70's SVT head through an Acoustic Control 106,
twin 15's with aluminum dust caps. A beast. No car to haul it these days, so I sold it.
When I make the chedda, I'm looking for a 4-10 with maybe a solid state 300+ watts/4Ω.

Dude, what can I say.....I want your 77' Gibson and the 74' P bass. Your stuff is right on. I think I saw a Triumph at Bass Central about 6-7 years ago, but none since.

[Bass_Medic_05]

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http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/w...srigtheone.jpg

thats my rig!

Nice Gibson T bird what year?...and how do you like it?

[everdrone]

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oopsies, I shoulda said I put teh ole gibson sticker on it to fool my buddies

I love it, bought it for $200 out of a dude's garage, and it gets tons o compliments cause of the sticker and the amp is line 6 which gets killer growl lol...its awesome cause I step on the pedal to change to heavy metal and man I get alot of attention as a bassist cause of the look and the line 6 sound thru that 410