I just revamped my rig:
top 6U SKB (from top):
1. furman md-8 power conditioner
2. korg drt-2000 tuner
3. custom made mono signal volume control
5. demeter vtbp-201 tube pre-amp
6. qsc plx 2402 power amp
bottom 4U SKB (from top):
1-2. bass pod pro
3. open
4. furman ar-15 voltage regulator
The bottom SKB 4U is slated to become a 6U someday,
possibly soon. (To minimize noise, I think I need to move
the voltage regulator further away from the signal path.)
In one of the open slots I will put my RNC 1773
compressor and raven pha-1 microphone/spare pre-amp
on a flat 1U pan.
I also need to figure out if I can put my Sennheiser
wireless in there somehow.
guitars:
G&L 2500 fretted 5 string bass (thomastic enfield flatwounds)
G&L 2500 fretless 5 string bass (thomastic enfield flatwounds)
G&L 2000 fretted 4 string bass (thomastic enfield flatwounds)
fender USA strat (~2000)
fender MIM tele (2) (~2003)
Ovation deep dish acoustic electric (~1980)
Gibson C-1 classical (1950)
Martin D-1 (2005)
Martin B1 bass w/ highlander IP-2 pickup (2005)
(rotosound flatwound strings)
er-hu (well, it's a stringed instrument anyway ;-)
I have been trying the rig out in performances this month.
The korg tuner is popular with my band (as I had hoped).
I haven't patched in the bass pod pro yet but I am eagerly
anticipating also using the tap metronome feature for band
practicing.
I recently acquired a Pandora PX4 effects box and a Roland
micro-amp for practicing on the road in hotel rooms,
and they both work fine (the good Pandora effects
work well standalone , and I just refrain from
using the not-so-good Roland effects when I use it.)
Both of these help me with practicing bass very much,
and I am a bit sorry I held out for so long on getting
them (especially the Pandora).
Do you hear a big difference with the flatwound strings? I once tried them on a guitar, and they really didn't sound any different except during a chord change to a different fret, and then only on a clean setting. But I would think they would have some different properties on a bass.
I have heard that the microcube sounds suprisingly BIG?
any truth to that?
I forgot to list my cabs:
Eden 410 XLT
Eden 210 XLT
Fender BXR 60 [integrated-- workhorse for small gig / practice]
AER Basic Performer [integrated-- for the Martin B1 and erhu]