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Joe's
Stuff
I
have a lot of people asking me what I'm using for equipment, so here it
is. The first bass is a
Carvin LB75 5 string fretless
Solid Walnut with a maple neck through body and ebony fingerboard.
the second is a
Dean Edge 5 string fretless
which was actually a gift from my friend Shelby. It's a great bass, and
I'm frankly amazed at the quality of it, as Dean's aren't exactly considered
super duper top of the line. I would recommend them to anyone though.
They make a 6 string fretless too, and someday I may just have to get
one.
I currently have 7 basses, but these is the only ones I use in this band.
I sometimes take the Fender with me as a back-up, but I find it a pain
to switch back and forth between 4 and 5 strings. Along with the Carvin,
Dean and the Fender, I also have a Gibson Victory Artist, a Washburn AB-20
Acoustic fretless, an Ibanez SR-506 6-string, and a Peavey T-40, which
was my very first "real" bass when I was starting out.
The amp is a Hartke 5000
bi-amped into an Ampeg 1528HE
cabinet which has 1 15" that fires downwards and 2 8" mid drivers
and an HF horn slanted upwards. The low side and high side are completely
seperate so I can bi-amp without using 2 cabinets. To give an idea of
the level of power this system puts out, the master volume on the Hartke
goes to 10 or so, but it has literally never been higher than .5 (yes,
point five). I also have an Ampeg 4-12 cabinet and an old Peavey Mark
III that I've had for well over 20 years.
I'm also using a Zoom B2.1u multi effects pedal and a Korg DTR-2000 rack
tuner that are not shown in this photo.
Lately I've also been using Carvin BR610
amp, which is a small cambo with 2 10" speakers but with a 600 watt
power amp. It's very versatile and the 2 10s make it cut through cleanly
so I can hear myself on stage, but it's small enough to fit into some
of the tighter places we play, and it tilts back so it's not firing directly
into the crowd all night. |