What kind of amp do you guys play out of?

[Keith Copeland]

My rig consists of an EA Micro 300 amp (2 lbs) and either Schroeder Mini 10+ L (17 lbs) or an EA Wizzy 10 (17 lbs) all connected to Furman PL-Plus Series II power conditioner. Our church's Music Ministry include a 30 member (and growing) gospel choir, drums, electric guitar, percussion and electric bass (yours truly) with a Leslie organ added to the mix. Even with no PA support, my bass cuts through the mix like a blow torch!!! People cannot believe the soundstage that my tiny setup projects-myself included! My current bass is a Peavey Cirrus 5 Bubinga/Walnut (considered by many to be a poor man's Smith. But as nice as it is-IT IS NOT A SMITH!). As soon as I am blessed with the resources, I will add a BSR5GN to my weapons of praise.


A Groove is a Terrible Thing to Waste!

[ramon ramos]

hi keith, this is ramon i just want to continue this thread by saying that wow! 30+ choir group! that's great and those leslie speaker's must be awsome. but when you show up with your new smith bsr5gn! your fellow band mate's better look out. that unique smith sound is gonna bring down the house. as a fellow smith owner i can first hand tell you that your church worship will never be the same!. i'm a fellow church bassist here in so. calif. refuge temple. it took me probably close to 7 year's to get my hand's on a smith bass and the sound a smith put's out is definately in a class of it's own. i hope that your wait will be a short one and that you let us know about your new smith bass

[Keith Copeland]

Originally Posted by ramon ramos

hi keith, this is ramon i just want to continue this thread by saying that wow! 30+ choir group! that's great and those leslie speaker's must be awsome. but when you show up with your new smith bsr5gn! your fellow band mate's better look out. that unique smith sound is gonna bring down the house. as a fellow smith owner i can first hand tell you that your church worship will never be the same!. i'm a fellow church bassist here in so. calif. refuge temple. it took me probably close to 7 year's to get my hand's on a smith bass and the sound a smith put's out is definately in a class of it's own. i hope that your wait will be a short one and that you let us know about your new smith bass

Thanks, Ramon!!!! I am looking forward to getting a Smith and will definitely share my experience!!!

[ramon ramos]

hello keith, just want to add that i hope you get the best smith possible you can get.

[Michael Harrison Jr.]

Much like an earlier poster, I barely rely on much amp use anymore and also have grown very use to in ear monitoring. I do a lot of musical theater work, and most of the time due to mics on the piano, strings, horns, etc, it became much easier to just run a GK 250 head as a DI, post EQ, and no amp. Even for more traditional gigs, I'm quite happy running off the house system and having the mix in my ears tailored to the way I want it. For anything without a house system, I have a GK 210 cab that I use for DB and electric. It gets the job done.