Re: Show your Mando "Gig Rig"!
My current rig isn't too interesting. I've simplified greatly from a few years ago. These days it's just a Baggs Venue. It has five EQ knobs and a built-in tuner. The XLR output provides a cleaner, stronger signal than the 1/4". I had a Fishman 100 bridge installed, with the wires attached to a 1/4 " end pin jack. Easy connection. I still use Old Blue, my fabric-covered Whirlwind cable from my first band. It's nearly forty years old, so that lifetime guarantee is working out just fine.
But I used to use a bit more equipment. I was in an Americana band, and used an electric as well as the acoustic. The MandoBird was OK for a while, but I upgraded to a Ryder 44. I had an old Arion pedal board for the pedals - mostly EQ/gain and tuner - plus a Morley volume-wah that let me do cool things, like sound like a pedal steel. There was a Yamaha REX50 multi-effects unit, with a distortion+reverb setting I liked, but it became unreliable. I picked up a Fender Super Champ tube amp with a bunch of built-in solid-state effects.
This all fit onto my bike, as seen here. Modeling is my neighbor's sister, who is much better-lookimg than me. The amp would go on top of the back milk crate horizontally, bungied down, with the pedal board lying down atop it. And the mike stand shaft went along the horizontal frame, and the base in the bottom of the crate. Cables, mike, etc went in the green tote bag.
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
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