'Gig and Rigs' Thread

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Bass gig tonight. That’s where the “thump” originally came from in my username.

Love this rig!

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Nice! That Tone King is a killer amp. Curious, what's your set list look like ?
I love this Tone King Imperial. I was able to compare this one to a used v2 side-by-side in the store. I couldn't believe how much better this early version sounds. Maybe I could've gotten the v2 to sound as good with more time. But wow. I was blown away by this amp. And it's light weight. The cabinet is so resonant that things will fall off the amp in seconds. It's really something else.

We play stuff like...

Cheap Sunglasses
Margaritaville
Rock Candy
Folsom Prison
Boot Scootin' Boogie
All Right Now
Brown Eye Girl
Family Tradition - Hank Williams Jr.
I Love This Bar - Tobie Keith
Lay Down Sally
Skynyrd
Chris Stapleton
etc...

All stuff that people will make fun of online. LOL

And believe it or not, we end with War Pigs. We did it once and everyone loved it. We've done it every show since, even when it doesn't seem appropriate! ha ha ha

What type of stuff do you guys play? I was recently doing '90s hard rock stuff, but I do love what I'm doing now too.
 
Last Friday nights rig, nothing different really other than just a Creamback loaded 1x12 cab, but thinking it’s time to go back to the Wizard MC25 with this band…

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I see bass players with huge pedalboards and I’m like “it’s bass.” I dont even get that.

How many possible different bass sounds do you need? Lol
Bass is my main gig. Every single time I add more I wind up taking it out, in favor of just a compressor and if it’s going to the house both my heads have DI out now so my SANSAMPS weeps in the corner.

For a slap solo and various parts a delay is awesome on bass.
There is a lot that can be done with an onboard 3 band EQ on the bass itself, and for boost it’s all in the volume knob. I have all my basses wired with treble bleeds just for this.
It’s nice to have some fuzz too but if you know how to cook already it’s a matter of seasoning.
 
I play bass in a cover band as well.. my board has a wah (For Whom the Bell Tolls), a Keeley Compressor, a tuner, a Damnation Audio Mosfet Bass Distortion (for some extra dirt), and my Steve Harris Tech21 Sansamp. The Sansamp does all the heavy lifting as I'm running IEMs usually, and my amp is set pretty flat just to move some air on stage. I occasionally throw a chorus on as well, but it comes and goes. Simple is better for sure on bass, I normally run the same base tone the entire time.
 
Bass is my main gig. Every single time I add more I wind up taking it out, in favor of just a compressor and if it’s going to the house both my heads have DI out now so my SANSAMPS weeps in the corner.

For a slap solo and various parts a delay is awesome on bass.
There is a lot that can be done with an onboard 3 band EQ on the bass itself, and for boost it’s all in the volume knob. I have all my basses wired with treble bleeds just for this.
It’s nice to have some fuzz too but if you know how to cook already it’s a matter of seasoning.
I keep my compressor and RC Booster on 99% of the time. I’ll switch them off and my BB Preamp on for dirt on 1 or 2 songs. That’s it!

I mostly vary the tone with my plucking hand (soft, hard, towards the bridge, towards the neck, pick, etc…)

Sansamp BDDI in the bag for backup.
 
I keep my compressor and RC Booster on 99% of the time. I’ll switch them off and my BB Preamp on for dirt on 1 or 2 songs. That’s it!

I mostly vary the tone with my plucking hand (soft, hard, towards the bridge, towards the neck, pick, etc…)

Sansamp BDDI in the bag for backup.
That’s the cool thing about bass. It’s really that easy.
 
this is a great thread. Please keep it alive. It is cool seeing different gear setups and rigtalkers out there making it happen. :cheers:
 
I play bass in a cover band as well.. my board has a wah (For Whom the Bell Tolls), a Keeley Compressor, a tuner, a Damnation Audio Mosfet Bass Distortion (for some extra dirt), and my Steve Harris Tech21 Sansamp. The Sansamp does all the heavy lifting as I'm running IEMs usually, and my amp is set pretty flat just to move some air on stage. I occasionally throw a chorus on as well, but it comes and goes. Simple is better for sure on bass, I normally run the same base tone the entire time.
I dabbled with playing bass in a band format for about a minute, have an Aguilar Tone Hammer 350 head and a super sweet Ernie Ball Caprice bass I scored cheap on a GC blowout. I still end up sounding like a guitar player playing bass haha
 
I dabbled with playing bass in a band format for about a minute, have an Aguilar Tone Hammer 350 head and a super sweet Ernie Ball Caprice bass I scored cheap on a GC blowout. I still end up sounding like a guitar player playing bass haha

I started on guitar 28 years ago… but up until January of 2020 I played primarily bass for the previous 13-14ish years. It took a long time to finally have bass click for me and not just be a low tuned guitar. Thankfully I can go back and forth pretty good now without too many issues, but my callouses on my plucking hand are not what they used to be haha…
 

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