Sterling_Bass
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Ampeg V4BH (100 watts of tube sweetness) and a Sadowsky SA410. KILLER setup.
I have heard so many great things about the Sadowsky head and cabs. It's a shame they stopped producing them.
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I have heard so many great things about the Sadowsky head and cabs. It's a shame they stopped producing them.
MingusBASS
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Mogee
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I know when i playes the skinny string, i ran a Mesa Dual Rectifier through a mesa 4x12 cab. those Mesa cabs are solid and sound great. My bass player at the time used an SVT something or other through a mesa 2x10 and a mesa 1x15, and it sounded great. Too bad the cabs are so heavy and expensive! I am pretty much sold on getting an Avatar 212 for my Genz, but until then I'll have to suffer through with the Ampeg 8x10 
. Great on the ears, rough on the back.
. Great on the ears, rough on the back.
superdick2112
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I play a Phil Jones M-500 head through Phil Jones 16-B bottom and 8-T top cabs. Its a killer rig, but I sometimes wish I had bought the smaller cabs. I love the sound, & have enough volume for any club in town (Denver). My basses include a red sparkle Stingray, a white Spector Euro-4, a black Ric 4003, a natural Ric 4004Cii, a black Fender Geddy Lee Jazz, a black Hamer 12-string Chaparral bass, and a few cheapos as well. I think I'm going to order a Dargie-2 Sterling 4-string with the piezo bridge & matching headstock for my next bass. Effects are all Boss, and include a tuner, a noise gate, and the double-wide chorus & programmable EQ pedals, all connected with Monster cables. I have a set of Moog Taurus-3 bass pedals on order, and I will sell my Roland PK-5/JP-8000 "digi-Taurus" setup when they arrive.
My main large stage setup is old SWR Goliath III cabinets with a vintage Demeter VTBP-201 with Mullard tubes through a DBX 160A compressor finally powered by a Crown K2.
However, lugging this around is a real pain in the back so my new light rig is a Markbass LMKII with varoius Markbass cabinets.
However, lugging this around is a real pain in the back so my new light rig is a Markbass LMKII with varoius Markbass cabinets.
HornetAMX
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Tomorrow's gig (Friday) I'll be taking the Goliath cab and using an old Seymour Duncan 300x2 bass head. I used the SD800 2 weeks ago at Cool River and it is a wonderful head.
Caca de Kick
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My stage rig since 1991.
Road Pop
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I gotta get my pics loaded. This is a GREAT thread.
Kruse
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FunkyPunky
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Basscake, did you tape over the "S" of SHURE on purpose?
LOL
Let me take a gues... YES, he did I should do the same....
mfallmann
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LOL
I should do the same....
*LOL* ... tooo funny ... that reminds me of someone in school who applied a "Porsche" sticker to his bench ... and afterwards removing the "P" and"E" ...
FunkyPunky
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*LOL* ... tooo funny ... that reminds me of someone in school who applied a "Porsche" sticker to his bench ... and afterwards removing the "P" and"E" ...
That's a nice one, too... Especially as you're AT, this one makes perfekt sense!
But back to topic: I'll take a pic of my stack at the weekend and post it so you can see...
TSanders
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Thanks, Ive never tried the Sadowsky amp, the SA200. The SA410 however, is a great cab. One of the smoothest, but most authoratative cabs Ive ever heard.
You can still get the cab, it's now called the Bergantino HS410.
Andrew is right. There are subtle differences between the SA410 and current Bergantino HS410, but since Jim Bergantino designed the HS series of the Sadowsky SA series, they are very much alike.
Id say give one a try. Jims work has NEVER disapointed me.
Lonnystingray
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My stage rig since 1991.
Wow! Classic Wall of Deaf.. A bit of a Cliff Burton fan perhaps?
with that:
I don't believe it. Its an Alfred...
I've got one too...
Where the heck did you get it from? From Kai directly. I know him from a different forum...
In a way I'm partly responsible for that silly name.
He asked for name suggestions for a overdrive pedal and Alfred was the first thing that came in my manic mind. He liked it obviously...
oli@bass
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Basscake, did you tape over the "S" of SHURE on purpose?
Our singer (girl!) did that on her mic case... on purpose
oli@bass
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I don't believe it. Its an Alfred...
I've got one too...
Where the heck did you get it from? From Kai directly. I know him from a different forum...
In a way I'm partly responsible for that silly name.
He asked for name suggestions for a overdrive pedal and Alfred was the first thing that came in my manic mind. He liked it obviously...
Yeah. Bought it directly from him. A friend bass player who travels quite a bit fetched it from Kai and brought it back for me. Very nice.
Dig the name too!
ZiggyDude
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Here are mine for main gigs. For practice it ranges from an Ampeg BA112, or a vintage Acoustic 122 for louder practices.
The Ampeg 610HLF with the SVT4-Pro does small to medium gigs or places that is hard to move the amp into. Like last week was a second floor thing with a tiny elevator that broke a lot. But, the 610HLF needs to be on a hard floor to project. Elevated stages suck out the low end. The Acoustic 406W does most my jobs. It does not mind a mildly elevated stage and has clarity and impact beyond description. I did pop two modern Eminence 400 watt RMS speakers in it The Acoustic 371 does outdoors, high stages, large rooms. The bigger the room the louder it gets. Note - that is not the cheapie 8x10 that GC sells now - this is the old reflex 18. Sad I need tell people that nowadays. A story about that if anyone cares.
The Furman rack on top of the Ampeg is something I made where I wire up the EQs, the Line 6 XDR95, tuner, SANSAMP, drinkypoo, what ever else. So, it goes with the rig I use. Never get a hum in the power at least.
The new Acoustic USA 360 is due for release soon. That might appear, though I may need second mortgage the house first!
The Ampeg 610HLF with the SVT4-Pro does small to medium gigs or places that is hard to move the amp into. Like last week was a second floor thing with a tiny elevator that broke a lot. But, the 610HLF needs to be on a hard floor to project. Elevated stages suck out the low end. The Acoustic 406W does most my jobs. It does not mind a mildly elevated stage and has clarity and impact beyond description. I did pop two modern Eminence 400 watt RMS speakers in it
The Acoustic 371 does outdoors, high stages, large rooms. The bigger the room the louder it gets. Note - that is not the cheapie 8x10 that GC sells now - this is the old reflex 18. Sad I need tell people that nowadays. A story about that if anyone cares.The Furman rack on top of the Ampeg is something I made where I wire up the EQs, the Line 6 XDR95, tuner, SANSAMP, drinkypoo, what ever else. So, it goes with the rig I use. Never get a hum in the power at least.
The new Acoustic USA 360 is due for release soon. That might appear, though I may need second mortgage the house first!
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