Speakers/Amps
I spent the whole year of 2007 trying out different gear. We took out 25 different speaker cabinets on one tour. Our crew set up a different bass rig each night for Anthony and me. It was awesome. I was also surprised at the advancement of each company over the years. Everything sounded good.
I was totally surprised and blown away by the new Hartke HyDrive cabinets. I choose to endorse this company and have been using them now since the beginning of 2008. I usually use two 4x10 and two 1x15 speaker cabinets. I’m using two LH 1000 heads for preamps and power. (One stack is really enough but why use one when you can use two?) The sound is amazing and I have tons of headroom. The Hartke gear is also lightweight and inexpensive. You can’t beat that!
I’d like to also send a big THANK YOU!!! to these companies for providing gear for us to use on tour in 2007: Hartke, Bergantino, SWR, Epifani, Ampeg, Bag End, Aguilar, Gallien Krueger, Peavey, Trace Elliot, Eden, AccuGroove, and EBS.
Pedals
Boss GT6B http://www.bossus.com
While on tour, I use a Boss GT6B for most of my effects. I also use a Boss RC 20XL or a Boss RC50 Loop pedal when I’m touring or doing clinics.
Source Audio http://www.sourceaudio.net
Source Audio just provided me with a new Distortion pedal – the Soundblox Pro Multiwave Bass Distortion. This thing is amazing. It can store 6 presets (including EQ) and has many different types of distortion. It’ll allow you to choose the frequencies to get effected as well as give you distortion up an octave. (I have no idea how it does that.) You can also use an expression pedal to fade between presets. It’s way cool.
Rodenburg http://www.rodenberg-amplification.com/
The Rodenburg Pedal is incredible! It’s a simple pedal that boost your volume up to 15db. It also has a low-end boost. This pedal is so clean. The builder showed up at a SMV gig last year and presented Stanley, Marcus, and me with a pedal each. Each one is a different color and has our own serial number on the back. I think he only made three of them. I hope he makes more. This pedal is too good.
Peterson
On tour, in the studio, and in my iPhone, I use Peterson Strobe Tuners. They work great. U can set them for different types of tunings and it also works for piano. I have many different types of Peterson tuners. Stomp box, rack mount, and iPhone models.
