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Never had a full-on bass rig before, so when the need arose, I went to my good friend Pete Reid from Abominog and Tranquil Terror. Not only have Pete and I been friends for close to 35 years, he's been playing bass that entire time. So, no brainer to get his advice.
He told me to go find a Gallien-Kruger 700rb, a Hartke 410 and a GK 115. In researching, I figured I was going to have to spend between $1-2k, which would essentially wipe out my entire music budget and then some, but the show must go on.
After about .3 seconds of research, I found a local bass player selling the cabs on the cheap ($200 for both) and went to get them Thursday. The 115 had some weird paint job on the front grill and was missing the casters, but easy fix there.
About 5 minutes after finding the cabs another local player posted a 700rb-II for $300 and I grabbed that Friday.
After digging around trying to decide what preamp pedal to try (Pete recommended one that's out of my price range, so I went looking for something else thinking worst case I'd buy another CHUG pedal) and I stumbled onto the Joyo American. Amazon had it on sale for $39. Done.
Having the ability to adjust upper and lower mids on the head is huge and makes a major difference in the sound.
So, all in, $545 after tax on the Joyo. How'd I do?
He told me to go find a Gallien-Kruger 700rb, a Hartke 410 and a GK 115. In researching, I figured I was going to have to spend between $1-2k, which would essentially wipe out my entire music budget and then some, but the show must go on.
After about .3 seconds of research, I found a local bass player selling the cabs on the cheap ($200 for both) and went to get them Thursday. The 115 had some weird paint job on the front grill and was missing the casters, but easy fix there.
About 5 minutes after finding the cabs another local player posted a 700rb-II for $300 and I grabbed that Friday.
After digging around trying to decide what preamp pedal to try (Pete recommended one that's out of my price range, so I went looking for something else thinking worst case I'd buy another CHUG pedal) and I stumbled onto the Joyo American. Amazon had it on sale for $39. Done.
Having the ability to adjust upper and lower mids on the head is huge and makes a major difference in the sound.
So, all in, $545 after tax on the Joyo. How'd I do?
, but otherwise, it totally did what I needed.
