Touch Bass

Equipment

Bass

I'd prefer to show up to every gig with just an instrument and a cable.  However, venues rarely have good enough (or sometimes ANY) equipment to make every instrument that comes along sound good.  I tend to use as little as possible in my signal chain:
  • 60-100 year old (two luthiers' guesses) carved-top German upright or my Warwick FNA 5;
  • Markbass Micromark combo amp is my basic setup for small gigs;
  • Avalon U5 Class A Direct Box, but it's really big, so I usually will only take it along for louder gigs;
  • Euphonic Audio iAMP 350 and 2 CXL-112 cabinets (with the EQ switched off!); and
  • Headway EDB-1.

Guitar

  • Borrowed mid-90s Fender American Strat (Thanks, Jevon!); and
  • Line 6 X3 Live.

Miscellaneous

Other Gear

At my day job I use:
  • Modulus Quantum 5;
  • Phil Jones Bass Super Flightcase;
  • Visual Volume;
  • Peterson StroboStomp 2;
  • SWR Baby Blue II;
  • Radial Bassbone;
  • David Gage Metropolitan Carbon-Fibre Bass Bow; and
  • Meinl BBb Tuba.