BOTR 2020: Best Bass Rig
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BOTR 2020: Best Bass Rig
Post them up! Let the games begin!
"I understand the science behind it. But you know what I trust more than science? Tony Iommi."
GuitarBilly wrote:Anyone who played an 800 "model" in a Kemper/Fractal/Helix and think they know what a raging 2203 sounds like is pretty much the guitar equivalent of a virgin nerd that thinks watching porn counts as sex experience.
NinjaRaf wrote:6505 is 100% balls to the fucking walls low end and aggression. It is FUCKING PISSED. Like an 18 year old angry at the world.
+ is a bit less angry, like maybe a 35 year old man angry.
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Re: BOTR 2020: Best Bass Rig
Maybe I'll win this category, so far I'm in the lead 
Balaguer 35" Scale Goliath tuned to BEAD
Ashdown MAG420
Eden 410
Way huge Pork Loin



I need more bass pedals

Balaguer 35" Scale Goliath tuned to BEAD
Ashdown MAG420
Eden 410
Way huge Pork Loin



I need more bass pedals

Colonel, Fryette Deathsquad
Guitars:
Endres Offset
Endres Offset Les Paul
Endres Telebird
2005 Gibson Les Paul Standard Faded
1978 Greco ES335
Balaguer Goliath Bass
Amplification:
VHT/Fryette Pittbull 50/CL
Marshall JCM900 2500
Vox AC30
Ashdown MAG420
Guitars:
Endres Offset
Endres Offset Les Paul
Endres Telebird
2005 Gibson Les Paul Standard Faded
1978 Greco ES335
Balaguer Goliath Bass
Amplification:
VHT/Fryette Pittbull 50/CL
Marshall JCM900 2500
Vox AC30
Ashdown MAG420
Re: BOTR 2020: Best Bass Rig
Cort Jeff Berlin Rhithmitik bass
TC Electronics BQ250
Ashdown 212
Zoom B3

TC Electronics BQ250
Ashdown 212
Zoom B3

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Re: BOTR 2020: Best Bass Rig
oh you're going down EJ...... feast your eyes on the bass rigs to end all bass rigs....
Bad Ass Itchy Jazz Bass..... 1969 Fender Telecaster Bass...... EHX Battalion preamp pedal........ and the cherry on top.... 90s... possibly 80s.... Roland Cube 40 Bass Amp....

Don't worry EJ... when I win I'll have them send the prize to you

Bad Ass Itchy Jazz Bass..... 1969 Fender Telecaster Bass...... EHX Battalion preamp pedal........ and the cherry on top.... 90s... possibly 80s.... Roland Cube 40 Bass Amp....

Don't worry EJ... when I win I'll have them send the prize to you





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Re: BOTR 2020: Best Bass Rig
Hi-Tone HT103 with 115 cab. I gigged this rig a few times and it sounds fantastic!
1980's Gibson RD
1977 Gibson EB-3


1980's Gibson RD
1977 Gibson EB-3

1969 Sunn Solarus ● 2x 1980's Randall RG-80 ● 2013 Hi-Tone HT103-DG (Best Rig 2014) ● 2015 Mortatone 12/15 Cab w/EV SRO's ● 2017 Jubilee ● 2019 Ceriatone Model Tee ● 2019 Randall Diavlo ● 2020 VHT D50 Dumble Clone
Walt wrote:But when the hour is nigh, and the lights are low, and I got a little toothpick of a shwag joint in my teeth, and my friends want to hear me play "Into the Void", or "TNT", "or "Cemetery Gates"...I plug my 600 dollar guitar into my 150 dollar amp, and I am a Rawk gawd.
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Ashdown Little Bastard in a Mortatone Bubinga shell . Into a Mortatone Walnut 1x10 " w/ Basslite .
Endres Walnut tele bass w/ Lowe 32" Mahogany neck .
Top bass is a Warmoth Sugar Pine 32" w/ Ziricote neck . P bass . Finish in Aged Surf by Pittman \m/
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Re: BOTR 2020: Best Bass Rig

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I only play bass to record demos in my basement, hence the iRig.
I used to play guitar.
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Re: BOTR 2020: Best Bass Rig
Congrats again to Ajax with the Hi-Tone rig!
"I understand the science behind it. But you know what I trust more than science? Tony Iommi."
GuitarBilly wrote:Anyone who played an 800 "model" in a Kemper/Fractal/Helix and think they know what a raging 2203 sounds like is pretty much the guitar equivalent of a virgin nerd that thinks watching porn counts as sex experience.
NinjaRaf wrote:6505 is 100% balls to the fucking walls low end and aggression. It is FUCKING PISSED. Like an 18 year old angry at the world.
+ is a bit less angry, like maybe a 35 year old man angry.
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Egnater Seminar Boutikit 50 Watt Head
Orange Rockerverb 50 MK III
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Re: BOTR 2020: Best Bass Rig
This win was a huge surprise!
There were so many great, amazing bass rigs this year. I am flattered and overjoyed to have won the Best Bass Rig of 2020!!!
Thanks guys!!!
WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

There were so many great, amazing bass rigs this year. I am flattered and overjoyed to have won the Best Bass Rig of 2020!!!
Thanks guys!!!
WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!





1969 Sunn Solarus ● 2x 1980's Randall RG-80 ● 2013 Hi-Tone HT103-DG (Best Rig 2014) ● 2015 Mortatone 12/15 Cab w/EV SRO's ● 2017 Jubilee ● 2019 Ceriatone Model Tee ● 2019 Randall Diavlo ● 2020 VHT D50 Dumble Clone
Walt wrote:But when the hour is nigh, and the lights are low, and I got a little toothpick of a shwag joint in my teeth, and my friends want to hear me play "Into the Void", or "TNT", "or "Cemetery Gates"...I plug my 600 dollar guitar into my 150 dollar amp, and I am a Rawk gawd.
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Re: BOTR 2020: Best Bass Rig
Well deserved . That is a killer rig that could be used in many different situations .
“Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more”
― Nikola Tesla
“I cannot be arsed with this right now”
― MISTER NOBODY™
"Stand up for what you believe in even if you are standing alone"
― Sophie Scholl
― Nikola Tesla
“I cannot be arsed with this right now”
― MISTER NOBODY™
"Stand up for what you believe in even if you are standing alone"
― Sophie Scholl
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Re: BOTR 2020: Best Bass Rig
It's actually a solid amp for that purpose. Considering how strident and clean a Hiwatt amp is, especially with their headroom, I'm not surprised they make a great bass amp.
"I understand the science behind it. But you know what I trust more than science? Tony Iommi."
GuitarBilly wrote:Anyone who played an 800 "model" in a Kemper/Fractal/Helix and think they know what a raging 2203 sounds like is pretty much the guitar equivalent of a virgin nerd that thinks watching porn counts as sex experience.
NinjaRaf wrote:6505 is 100% balls to the fucking walls low end and aggression. It is FUCKING PISSED. Like an 18 year old angry at the world.
+ is a bit less angry, like maybe a 35 year old man angry.
Metropoulos Metro-Plex
Egnater Seminar Boutikit 50 Watt Head
Orange Rockerverb 50 MK III
Fender '76 Vibrolux Reverb
Metropoulos Slant 2x12 w/ Creamback H75s
Marshall 1960A w/ Greenbacks
https://www.reverbnation.com/zerobelowphoenix
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Re: BOTR 2020: Best Bass Rig
Thanks again guys!!!
Although, I've gigged this rig plugged straight in, I forgot to include the Okko MotorBass pedal in the pic.
If you don't crank the pedal to full Lemmy, it makes an excellent preamp/compressor.


Although, I've gigged this rig plugged straight in, I forgot to include the Okko MotorBass pedal in the pic.
If you don't crank the pedal to full Lemmy, it makes an excellent preamp/compressor.

1969 Sunn Solarus ● 2x 1980's Randall RG-80 ● 2013 Hi-Tone HT103-DG (Best Rig 2014) ● 2015 Mortatone 12/15 Cab w/EV SRO's ● 2017 Jubilee ● 2019 Ceriatone Model Tee ● 2019 Randall Diavlo ● 2020 VHT D50 Dumble Clone
Walt wrote:But when the hour is nigh, and the lights are low, and I got a little toothpick of a shwag joint in my teeth, and my friends want to hear me play "Into the Void", or "TNT", "or "Cemetery Gates"...I plug my 600 dollar guitar into my 150 dollar amp, and I am a Rawk gawd.