Saturday, November 9, 2024
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Rig Rundown – Mr. Big&’s Billy Sheehan


http://www.premierguitar.com PG’s Jason Shadrick is On Location in Chicago, IL, at the House of Blues where he catches up with Mr. Big’s bassist Billy Sheehan who walks us through his current live touring rig and setup including his Yamaha signature bass and his arsenal of Hartke bass amps and cabs.

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29 thoughts on “Rig Rundown – Mr. Big&’s Billy Sheehan

  • I see he connected the pre amp to the passive input. Is it ok to connect your active bass and/or with a pre amp to the passive input?, I just feel there is too much volume lost when you connect it to the active input.

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  • Billy Sheehan, Steve Vai, Michael Angelo Batio and some others are walking advertisements. If you pay attention, you will notice the absurd amount of names they like to drop. They are known primeraly for their out-of-this-world skill and lack of any listenable, relateable music. If you put Malmsteen next to these guys, with all his ego, he's easily the one that has made the most songs that you can just listen to and relax to.

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  • It's clear Billy is a "student of the sport" so to speak. He knows his chain inside and out and can articulate it perfectly. Many of these rig rundowns you get a sense they have no idea, and have been influenced by, or relinquished their chain over to a Tech.

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  • That man's a professor of bass in my opinion and a monster on it as well; seems like a nice guy too…….saw him back around '94 when Mr. Big opened for Rush, it was an awesome performance; I can still remember him using the drill too LOL

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  • Every time someone uses something else than a mono rig, people go: “wow, that looks complicated”
    It’s not complicated it’s just different and a bit more complex because of some extra parts. JEEZ!!!

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  • i saw a Hartke head there. I got one (400B) from the last order made in canada. In 30yrs, not
    a single problem. Sold it to a girl whose Peavey blew up. Her mom texted me to say thx. good karma

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  • Got to meet Billy here in the Philippines 2017 during their defying gravity tour, he's a very humble and friendly fellow who plays great music. Through him I learned that music isnt just technique, the bass has to complement the drummer all the time

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  • "…so whenever the shenanigans are going on we're doing ok…" Love Billy, everything he plays, his sound, and his Western NY accent.

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  • I admit to never really liking Billy Sheehan going way back to the 80s because of the misconception that I had about him. Thankfully now with Youtube, we get to see more of the person than MTV used to show us and I owe him a personal apology and a virtual bro hug because he seems like THE absolute nicest guy. he seems like he's a pleasure to know and work with.

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