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so i was thinking about starting this thread a few days ago, as we all know theres plenty of youtube vids but i was just curious if that was your budget what would you get, and it can be bass or guitar rig or both(but no used gear) i just like seeing the diversity in everyones preferences
my rigs would be Guitar rig: Vintage Modified Mustang, Vox AC10, TS9, Mooer Shimverb Digi Reverb, Mooer Ana Echo Analog Delay
bass rig: Vintage Modified Jazz Bazz, Fender Rumble 200, XO Micro Pog
edit: if i would of done the soul pog for bass but it would of been about 30 over
I just wouldn't do this anymore. The bass is going to be the most important part and I can't name a bass for $1000< that I would feel comfortable with. I could get away with just have a a SansAmp Bass Fly for DI and tweaking and not having an amp at all if I'm going through PA's, but I would want a really comfortable bass that has a lot of low end growl, active preamp and pups, and a good string spacing on it. You just don't get that when you hold back and budget it.
Well, if I were to go the sub 1K Route, not all the gear would be new...I'd just basically copy what I already have, and I kind of plan to do this sort of thing eventually anyway (except the guitars will be reproductions of my favorites built by me).
But my 1K Rig?
I'd start with a Squier VM Jaguar, most likely a used one, and in Surf Green. String er' up with Ernie Ball Paradigm .009's, and set the tremolo to "dive bomb" (I have a trick for that that costs me nothing). that combo with the 11.8K Ohm stock bridge pickup is exactly what I like, I like my Jags with a lot of hair and teeth. I think I could get one as low as $250ish, maybe even $150 if I get one that's been beat up and modded a little bit.
For amps, probably a used 1st gen Bugera 333XL, the notoriously bad ones with the melting-clip problem (just like what I have) - about $300ish, then solder the leads to the board if not already done, and modify the footswitch jack into another DB-9 setup along with the footswitch, it's about $0.99 for the footswitch cables then (old Serial cables), and the footswitch jacks would be just $1.99 at Vetco. Then an old Peavey 412M with K85s speakers in it (Celestions), I Paid $114 for the one I currently have, they have gone up, but I'm sure I could dig one up for around $200. Those 412M's are diamonds in the rough.
Okay, so now I have about $700-ish spent....the rest is for pedals. That leaves me circa $300 wiggle room. So I'd go get an old Digitech WH-4 Whammy (my favorite) - about $50, EHX Small Clone, seek one out beat up, that would be around $50-80, Behinger PH-9 Phaser, $20, Digitech Turbo Flange $20, then build my own Fuzz for $20.00, and another BYO for a basic delay for around $20.00 using cast off parts from VCRs and whatnot. The rest of the money saved would go to the straplocks, strap, strings, and a few cosmetic tweaks for the Jaguar. If I play my cards right with the pedals though, might have enough for a EHX Synth9 to throw at the front so I can do some synthy goodness as well.
Cheapest rig I coudl do though would be this...
Basically put, Memphis would be the Korean plywood version with that really awesome generic Super Distortion clone in the bridge. I'd have to rewire the neck and bridge pickups in reverse (as usual for those guitars, the phase of hte pickups is all wrong on them stock) and relocate the bridge, that would cost me nothing. String it up with .008's, new tuners (Kluson Revolutions that cost as much as the guitar), and Strap Locks. No need to wax pot surprisingly. How do I know all this - I own one. Shockingly good guitar for a Korean made 80's budget model.
Digitech RP-200 or 250 would be used as my clean/distortion switch, and probably have a thick chorus over it most of the time. Just use different patches to add in/remove what is used.
Amp would be one of those silly hobbyist homebrew kits I could easily obtain a schematic for online. Looks like a dorky amp for the bespectacled nerd kid with an accordion - which by default makes it awesome to make some mean sounding noises come out of it.
