Okay, I shopped for two rigs: one at Sweetwater, the other at Musician's Friend.
Sweetwater
- Trace Eliot AH-600 head ($1,099)
- 2 Trace Eliot 1518 1x15 cabs ($1,119)
- Fender American Vintage '62 Re-Issue Jazz Bass ($1,959)*
- TOTAL PRICE: $4,179.96
Musician's Friend
- Ampeg SVT 400w head ($749)
- Ampeg SVT 6x10 cab ($999)
- Music Man Stingray 4-string ($1,365)
- TOTAL PRICE: $3,114
Commentary:
The Fender/Trace Eliot rig is comfortable territory. You need the 2 15" cabs to compensate for the J-Bass. The Music Man / Ampeg rig is going to be bright and loud! The humbucker will be low, but the maple neck will be super bright. With either of these rigs, you'd better hope there's a P-Bass around. These are both GIANT rigs.
In the "Get Real" department, I was able to put together a great rig for under $1,500:
- Fender Deluxe P-Bass Special (P/J setup with Jazz Bass neck): $649
- Gallien-Kruger Backline 600 head: $299
- Gallien-Kruger 2x10 cabinet: $199
- Gallien-Kruger 1x15 cabinet: $299
- TOTAL: $1,373.98
2 comments:
Sweetwater is awesome--and I'm not just saying that because I grew up 15 miles from them...
I remember when they were run out of a medium sized house (friend of mine interned with them designing their website back in 1995 or so).
Their new facility is huge.
I bought a small digital recorder from Sweetwater and was blown away by the service. I've gotten two follow-up calls from sales to see how I like the item.
Great mail order music place, and I used to work at one!
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