RIGBUILDING101
YOUTH BASS RIG
like tap tempo and delay on / off for the DD-500 with the push of a button!
11 PLANET WAVES 25’ BALANCED ¼” CABLE $ 29.99 As you can see in the photo, the cables utilize tip ring sleeve connectors, which differ from the tip sleeve connectors found on traditional guitar cables like the Planet Waves 30’ Circuit Breaker Cable.
BASS RIG
The signal chain for this rig is as follows:
12 SQUIRE VINTAGE MODIFIED PRECISION BASS
PJ $ 299.00 A friend recently asked me what I thought about the instruments being manufactured in Indonesia, and having just received this bass I told him how impressed I was with the craftsmanship. This bass sounds and plays
great. It has the classic sound and feel of a P Bass with the added ability to blend in a Jazz Bass pickup. I wish this was my first bass!
13 AUDIO-TECHNICA SYSTEM 10 STOMBOX
WIRELESS $ 349.95 I’ ve also used this wireless on bass with the same outstanding results I got on guitar. The A / B function on the stompbox can also be used to mute your signal with push of a button.
14 PETERSON STROBOSTOMP CLASSIC $ 199.00
While some tuners get finicky on bass( especially 5 strings), the StoboStomp Classic is just as good on bass as it
is on guitar – yet another reason you’ ll find it on tech benches the world over. It can also function as a DI( direct injection) box for getting your bass directly in the P. A. via an XLR cable.
15 PLANET WAVES 30’ CIRCUIT BREAKER CABLE $ 39.99
16 ORANGE CRUSH BASS 50 $ 299.00 A big part of what makes this amp so cool is the EQ section. It has bass and treble controls as well as a parametric mid band EQ which allows you cut or boost from 300Hz all the way up to 2.7kHz. In combination with the“ Jazz” pickup on the bass, this allows you to really dial in your EQ. The blend and foot switchable gain controls allow you to blend in the exact amount of distortion you want. As you can hear in the video demo, putting an MXR Reverb in the FX Loop makes for some seriously lush lead tones, and like the CR35, the headphone out jack doubles as a direct out with cabinet simulation for silent stages.
17 ORANGE FS-1 FOOTSWITCH $ 35.99 Also like the Crush 35RT, the Crush Bass 50 does not ship with a footswitch. While this amp doesn’ t offer traditional channel switching, being able to turn the blend / gain functions on and off your feet is well worth the investment in an FS-1.
18 PLANET WAVES 25’ CLASSIC SERIES SPEAKER CABLE $ 21.99( FOR ORANGE FS-1) As previously noted, since footswitch cables aren’ t part of your signal chain, using a high
12 quality speaker cable to connect your FS-1 will save you some money without sacrificing reliability. Once again, in virtually every other instance, instrument and speaker cables are not interchangeable.
19 MXR REVERB $ 199.99 But seriously, why should the guitar players get to have all the fun? Reverb can produce brilliant ambience on bass chords and solos, and the MXR Reverb sounds great in this rig. The decay, tone, and mix controls allow you to really fine tune each of the reverb types enabling you to add just the right amount of ambience. This thing sounds amazing, and if by chance you haven’ t heard reverb on bass, check the demo video!
20 PLANET WAVES PEDALBOARD CABLE KIT $ 69.99 Noting that we’ re going to be adding a bunch more pedals to this rig, picking up one of these solderless cables kits to connect the MXR Reverb would not be a bad idea. Ditto on connecting the System 10 Wireless to the StroboStomp Classic tuner.
21 PLANET WAVES ELASTIC CABLE TIES 10- PACK $ 8.99 For cable runs to amps.
NEXT ISSUE: RIG BUILDING 201 I invite you join me in the next issue where we’ ll be taking these“ basic rigs” to a whole different level. Thanks for reading and God Bless!
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