Floyd Eye
Well-known member
I’m looking forward to it. I know it’s not a MuTron but I think the first song I play on it almost has to be Sir Psycho.
SgtThump
Real OG
Did you play with brookroyal in St Louis?
srommes
Well-known member
I’m by no means a bass player but I used to do a corporate gig a few times a year and this was my rig along with two Precision basses. one with flats and the other with rounds.
Floyd Eye
Well-known member
No. I got the roadcase from their bass player.
MadAsAHatter
Well-known member
Don't see D-180's out there as much. More often it's the 400/400+.
I've never had the opportunity to play a D-180 and there's hardly any clips of it. I know it's the predecessor of the 400, but how does it compare? How gritty can it get?
MadAsAHatter
Well-known member
Are those the SVT-210AV cabs? How do you like them?
I've been poking around for a small cab to go with my Ashem Miley. I was looking at those not too long ago.
srommes
Well-known member
Yes, they are. I love them as long as you don’t need 1000 watts of cab. They are 200 each and are plenty loud. They cut right through live. Very portable and can be stacked if you want your sound more in your face. I think they are around 30lbs each.
LP Freak
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c+addict
Well-known member
Never tried a 400 or 400+. The D-180 does have a guitar channel that has distortion.
Uzi Nein Millimetah
Active member
SgtThump
Real OG
Played bass again last night. Love this rig!
Massarea Whippins
Member
I often like to use old (US made SLM-era) SVT 3-PRO amps, (I have three), racked with either an old US made dbx 166, or an early Symetrix 525.
Or my Thunderfunk 550 on an internally-modified Kustom 215 if it's time to be sonically (and aesthetically) funky:
When I need to get more louder:
Or my Thunderfunk 550 on an internally-modified Kustom 215 if it's time to be sonically (and aesthetically) funky:
When I need to get more louder:
Massarea Whippins
Member
In a rehearsal room:
...and the crowd goes moderately wild:
...and the crowd goes moderately wild:
Fusionbear
Well-known member
I do a couple of fill in bass gigs once in a while. I use my Yamaha and my FM9T with a CP12:
Devin
Well-known member
Don't really have any good photos of it but you can kinda see it here in this old live pic
Taurus THD450 rack head in to an interesting Hartke cab (1x15, 2x8, 1 tweeter)
Taurus THD450 rack head in to an interesting Hartke cab (1x15, 2x8, 1 tweeter)
Spaceboy
Well-known member
I have a weird bi-amp setup in a grind-ish band with no guitar that I’m still experimenting with.
G&L SB2s (PJ bass)
Turbo Tuner
Twin City ABY
A/Bass Chain:
JPTR Jive (light overdrive)
Blue Colander Tremond (Rat-style)
Origin Super Vintage (SVT Preamp)
Darkglass AO 900 (into effect return as power amp)
Ampeg 6x10
B/Gutar Chain:
Lichtlaerm Medusa
Boss HM-2 (in Medusa’s loop)
Broughton Hi-Pass Filter
Mesa Badlander (clean channel)
Mesa OS 4x12
Considering getting a guitar preamp of some sort like the Peavey VTM pedal and running that into a 2nd bass head effect return instead of using the Badlander, then swapping out the Mesa vintage 30s for Weber Black Shucks so that I can quit using the hi-pass and cutting out the low end to protect the V30s.
G&L SB2s (PJ bass)
Turbo Tuner
Twin City ABY
A/Bass Chain:
JPTR Jive (light overdrive)
Blue Colander Tremond (Rat-style)
Origin Super Vintage (SVT Preamp)
Darkglass AO 900 (into effect return as power amp)
Ampeg 6x10
B/Gutar Chain:
Lichtlaerm Medusa
Boss HM-2 (in Medusa’s loop)
Broughton Hi-Pass Filter
Mesa Badlander (clean channel)
Mesa OS 4x12
Considering getting a guitar preamp of some sort like the Peavey VTM pedal and running that into a 2nd bass head effect return instead of using the Badlander, then swapping out the Mesa vintage 30s for Weber Black Shucks so that I can quit using the hi-pass and cutting out the low end to protect the V30s.
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JimAnsell2
Member
no rig yet, but i just got my 11 year old son this for xmas: For 200 bucks out the door brand new, this thing is pretty solid! Plays great right out of the box, and him and i both have been playing the shit out of it for the last few days, running it direct into my pa. I know we all know by now, but god damn starter guitars and basses in 2025 are MILES BEYOND what they were 30 years ago.
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PhilC
Well-known member
I just record direct. Nobels DI feeds into a 1073 to the interface.
And these are the basses
And these are the basses
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
I've seen session pro's use those Nobles.
For those who don't realise, Phil's using a Noble (he mis-spelled it). Back in the '80s my first guitar processor / modeller was a Nobels Sound Studio 1-X. The Nobels company's still-around, but yeah, different company.
Here's the ol' workhorse. I used the preamp for bass and guitar and the digital part for chorus and whatnot for vocals. Was the only FX unit I had for a long time, recording into a Tascam 244 cassette 4-track.
Massarea Whippins
Member
For those of us that eschew modernity (whenever possible) I like to roll with one of my rat-rodded bohemian hodgepodges:
Like this rescued original-issue (grey-cord) Gallien-Krueger 400RB which is attached (really) to a beat but fully functional USA dbx166 (there actually are reasons this is important), paired with an extensively internally-modified 1966 (or so) Bandmaster cabinet. The garage-door handle is sonically insignificant, but happily attached without modification where the original 400RB side-handle would have been. I love the sound (and shtick) of this thing.
Like this rescued original-issue (grey-cord) Gallien-Krueger 400RB which is attached (really) to a beat but fully functional USA dbx166 (there actually are reasons this is important), paired with an extensively internally-modified 1966 (or so) Bandmaster cabinet. The garage-door handle is sonically insignificant, but happily attached without modification where the original 400RB side-handle would have been. I love the sound (and shtick) of this thing.
