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09-14-2011, 06:46 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Brooklyn,NY | | | GK neo or Hartke hydrive??
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what do you think is better in GK neo or Hartke hydrive
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09-14-2011, 07:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Fredericia, Denmark | | I use a GK head, with a hartke cab..
i think they are both better..  |
09-14-2011, 07:06 AM
| | Old enough to know better.....too young to care! | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ellenboro, NC | | | "Better" for what? I've owned and used both brands over the years and for me, Hartke was always better at the slap/funk style stuff I was doing in the '80s. But, for everything else, GK has always been my go-to gear. From pop/country, blues or bluegrass with URB I can get any sound I need from an 800RB and either a 210 or 410 NEO cab.
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09-14-2011, 07:06 AM
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09-14-2011, 07:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Brooklyn,NY | | | i have a GK 800rb head and i've tried it with hartke hydrive 410 and it doesnt really sound to good |
09-14-2011, 07:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Tampa, FL | | | My makeshift rig (after blowing an SRW full stack)
GK 4x10
Hartke HyDrive 1x15
Mesa M6
I loved my Hartke HA4000 head and it took a ton of abuse over the course of a decade, but just didn't have the power I needed.
EDIT: The thread title changed!! Started as just "GK or Hartke"...and I didn't realize this was in the amp forum. Yes, fail.
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09-14-2011, 07:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Massachusetts USofA | | | To paraphrase Big Duke Wayne in "Rio Bravo," one's good, the other's better, but I wouldn't want to live on the difference. |
09-14-2011, 07:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Leeds, England | | | I'm biased for GK, as I own the 1001RB-II. But Hartke has a lot of good stuff said about them too. Can't go wrong either way I wouldn't think.
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09-14-2011, 07:17 AM
| | Old enough to know better.....too young to care! | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ellenboro, NC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by BLDavis  "Better" for what? I've owned and used both brands over the years and for me, Hartke was always better at the slap/funk style stuff I was doing in the '80s. But, for everything else, GK has always been my go-to gear. From pop/country, blues or bluegrass with URB I can get any sound I need from an 800RB and either a 210 or 410 NEO cab.
B. | Well, since you changed the question AFTER I gave my reply, I'll have to change my answer.
I've never used Hartke Hydrives since they were not around in the '80s so I no longer have a dog in this fight.
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09-14-2011, 07:17 AM
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09-14-2011, 07:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Brooklyn,NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by BLDavis Well, since you changed the question AFTER I gave my reply, I'll have to change my answer.
I've never used Hartke Hydrives since they were not around in the '80s so I no longer have a dog in this fight.
B. | lol sorry, i had to be specific! |
09-14-2011, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by FunkyMan Hydrive! all the way! | i was looking into the 112 and they are Switchable between 4 and 8 ohms
which is pretty cool! |
09-14-2011, 07:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Outside Providence | | | Went from a Hartke HyDrive 115c to a GK MB115.
For me, the Hartke just didn't give me the bottom I wanted.
The best way I can describe it.....when I stand in front of my GK at normal playing levels while wearing shorts, I can see the hair on my legs move........couldn't seem to dial that in with the Hartke.
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09-14-2011, 11:07 AM
| | | | I had an experience with a borrowed Hydrive 4x10 cabinet. I must say I didn't like it at all! The cabinet seemed dull and lifeless, not much bass, not much treble, but not really punchy either. I was only using 300 watts from a Mesa M-2000, but it wasn't like it wasn't loud enough, it was just lifeless.
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