Members Destructobot Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 Because it seems so much easier to figure out what equipment you'd need to get the sound you want. Stingray bass, SVT, a compressor, good bass fuzz, and a preamp/eq, a 4x10 and 1x15 cab. Not cheap, but so much simpler than the sifting and winnowing we guitar players go through year after year after year..... Well, that's the bass rig I would go with anyway. Maybe a J=bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members utterhack Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 Bass players are more secure and less fickle than guitar players, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slight-return Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 BEWARE! It only seems a simpler decison and you think that's the rig you'd go with b/c you aren't one as with so much else, 'off the rack' and "hey I copied so and so's rig" only gets you so far and doesn't tke into account the major variable...you! It has to fit you as a player, and that's a journey besides, electric bass 'guitar' is a dangerous gateway drug - next you'll find yourself playing doublebass then you move to mainlining the junk...ARCO doublebass before you know it, you are auditioning individual bows...not brands, not models...individual pieces save yourself now!!! play guitar with fuzz, wah, echo, and all that..in a way, it can be simpler!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Destructobot Posted November 25, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 I am now so afraid........Maybe just a bass synthesizer and a really big amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The*Ataris Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 P-Bass, tube SVT, 8x10, tuner, compressor, fuzz...yup, done. But guitar for me isn't that hard either. Yeah, I could get more complex, but I carry around a pretty basic setup and it does what I need it to do. I have six pedals on my board right now; that's the most I've ever had... Tele, tuner, fuzz, compressor, od, phaser, delay>>Marshall>>2x12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Destructobot Posted November 25, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 I think part of it is that with bass you aren't really concerned with a bunch of different flavors of overdrive. You basically want a good solid clean sound, and then maybe a slightly overdriven sound and that's it. With guitar there's so many choices of speakers and amps to get different OD sounds that it's tough to just settle on one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Man and Mer Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 My ideal bass rig is honestly about as complex as my guitar setup is at the moment. In fact, let's have a comparison. Guitar: Jazzmaster/Telecaster->Wah->Overdrive->Fuzz->Traynor with extension cab Bass: Active Jazz->Q Tron->Overdrive->Fuzz->Head with 4x10 cab, maybe a 1x15 Like Destructo said, there's two things I want out of my bass rig: hi-fi and lo-fi. Tight, aggressive high fidelity response, then a softer, slightly overdriven sound for that dub tone. Crazy bass fuzz and auto-wah'd slapping on the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Destructobot Posted November 25, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 Man I feel good right now, I just submitted the third and final memo of my first semester of legal analysis and writing class. I had been agonizing for several hours over one paragraph because I couldn't find a case to support my point of view. It turned out I could prove my point by focusing on one specific word in a case I already had. Crazy {censored}. My guitar rig is more complicated than that, mainly because I own a number of guitars and amps. If I played bass, I think one bass and one amp could very easily cover all genres, from 50's oldies all the way through insane metal. That's a tall order with guitar equipment short of SS modeling amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Man and Mer Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 Lucky for me, then, that I know what I like, and have no need to cover all genres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RUExp? Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 I think part of it is that with bass you aren't really concerned with a bunch of different flavors of overdrive. You basically want a good solid clean sound, and then maybe a slightly overdriven sound and that's it. With guitar there's so many choices of speakers and amps to get different OD sounds that it's tough to just settle on one. I think you're right about this. Part of the problem with guitar is so many of us want those classic sounds of cranked amps like we hear on all those classic albums but it just not practical for most of us so we try to substitute with other gear like stompboxes. Personally I play at home mostly and not do I not really have room for a big Marshall stack and I can't crank it to get the sound out of it anyway. Not to mention the hearing damage I would get even if I could crank it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mad Hatter Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 You get a load attenuator, so you can crank it but play at a reasonable level. They load attenuators generally sell for nearly as much as the head though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BloodTypeBlue Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 You're obviously not in Tool:p or Muse for that matter http://www.musewiki.org/Bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BTBAM Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 I used to play bass.....I think I like guitar better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mueller Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 yeah, i'd be a gearhead no matter what instrument. who's that one guy who plays his trumpet through a pedalboard here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Keith SIO Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 all you need for great bass IMO is Passive bass>Woolly Mammoth>Mojo Hand 442 (for bass)>Tube or good solid state head>4 x 10 or 8 x 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BTBAM Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 all you need for great bass IMO is Passive bass>Woolly Mammoth>Mojo Hand 442 (for bass)>Tube or good solid state head>4 x 10 or 8 x 10 True - my bass player was outstanding no doubt, but when we added that mammoth and 8x6 cab to his setup....he became a different player. Plus he has an autowah instead of a regular wah...and it does nearly the same sounds, and he doesn't have to think about it. Incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cdawzrd Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 yeah, i'd be a gearhead no matter what instrument. who's that one guy who plays his trumpet through a pedalboard here? I don't know but at one of the RHCP shows, Flea played his trumpet through Frusciante's pedalboard while JF did {censored} with the delay pedals and wah... it sounded pretty sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EvilSoup Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 yeah, i'd be a gearhead no matter what instrument. who's that one guy who plays his trumpet through a pedalboard here?That'd be Indofunk. He like's his Boss PS3s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 my bass pedalboard and gear is my guitar pedalboard + a behringer bass D.I. in front of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members #16 Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 Bass players are more secure and less fickle than guitar players, that's for sure. We are so much sexier too. 8] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RSD Posted November 25, 2007 Members Share Posted November 25, 2007 I think part of it is that with bass you aren't really concerned with a bunch of different flavors of overdrive. You basically want a good solid clean sound, and then maybe a slightly overdriven sound and that's it. With guitar there's so many choices of speakers and amps to get different OD sounds that it's tough to just settle on one. Totally agree. In my opinion, once bass has too many effects it sounds bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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