I am just a little upset with G-K...

[madmatt]

So I own a 700RB/115 Combo, since 1999. Great amp by the way.
Well today I saw a 115RBH Cab for sale on the Craig List and I went, checked it out, and bought it. I have always wanted another, but they are a little expensive brand new, and I rarely see them for sale, until now.
So now I have a 2x15RBH rig, which really cuts. This rig is more than enough for most any stage easily.
But...
The 115 Cab is about an half inch taller than my combo, which means they do not interlock correctly. So now I can not lay them both on their side and stack them like I would have thought I should have been able to. If you were to look at them individually they appear to be the same, but they will not couple like my OCD ass would have preferred, and it really bums me out, but I guess I will live with it.

Why oh why would you do this to us G-K?


But I got it for $200.00 and it came with a 6' Monster speaker cable, so it was a helluva deal.

[elgecko]

Stack them vertically?

[madmatt]

Originally Posted by elgecko

Stack them vertically?

Nope, the cab is about 2 inches wider, and the combo on top wants to fall backwards. Not good, LOL.
I just lay the cab on it's side and the combo sits upright on top. Not what I wanted, but it will do fine.
Like I said, I am just a little upset, but It should have never happened like this.

[pacojas]

[GrowlerBox]

Could the combo go on the bottom? A little unorthodox, but no reason why it shouldn't work.

[Daniel Piper]

RBH cabs are loud and tuff aye.

[JimmyM]

two words: do some research. the dimensions for their stuff is posted online at their website or on every music store website out there. can't blame this one on gk. you'll just have to live with the horrible looks and laughter everyone will give you for not having a perfect looking rig.

[craig.p]

For the stability problem, you could run a tie-down strap around the perimeter of both cabs. You can shove split radiator hose or folded shop rags under the strapping at the four corners if you're worried about the straps digging into the cabs. It ain't pretty, but it works.

[allexcosta]

Has GK ever advertised them as being a perfect match for stacking?

These are two different products and have different specs and dimensions. Not GK's fault... Put them side by side and enjoy a powerful, reliable rig...

[Hutzbordello]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

two words: do some research. the dimensions for their stuff is posted online at their website or on every music store website out there. can't blame this one on gk. you'll just have to live with the horrible looks and laughter everyone will give you for not having a perfect looking rig.

i think that was three words

and this happened with me and my mb210 and mbe410 but they lock in just good enough where it wont fall over, not a HUGE problem

[madmatt]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

two words: do some research. the dimensions for their stuff is posted online at their website or on every music store website out there. can't blame this one on gk. you'll just have to live with the horrible looks and laughter everyone will give you for not having a perfect looking rig.

It's not that bad! lol!
I don't know why I assumed they would be the same though, I should know better by now. I guess it was the fact that they are both "RBH" type cabs. Still I feel it would not have been too hard to make them the same height maybe, all they had to do is make the combo half an inch taller, or the cab shorter.
But it's all good, I said I was only a "little" upset. I think most anybody would be more than happy to have this rig. The laughing and ridicule thing might turn some off tho'...
"...oh the pain, the pain..." - Dr. Zachary Smith.

[madmatt]

Originally Posted by Hutzbordello

i think that was three words

and this happened with me and my mb210 and mbe410 but they lock in just good enough where it wont fall over, not a HUGE problem

Yeah, I just looked at the Owners Manual for those MB combo's and the MBE cabs and they did the same thing: made the combo a half an inch shorter.
Are they trying to save money, or what?

[christw]

Originally Posted by madmatt

Yeah, I just looked at the Owners Manual for those MB combo's and the MBE cabs and they did the same thing: made the combo a half an inch shorter.
Are they trying to save money, or what?

Or decrease size and weight and increase portability at the cost of breathing room for the speaker. Combos need to be portable, extension cabs need to sound good.

[madmatt]

Originally Posted by christw

Or decrease size and weight and increase portability at the cost of breathing room for the speaker. Combos need to be portable, extension cabs need to sound good.

I would have to disagree on the point of combo's needing to be portable. They really do need to sound good too, or nobody is going to buy them.

[christw]

Originally Posted by madmatt

I would have to disagree on the point of combo's needing to be portable. They really do need to sound good too, or nobody is going to buy them.

There are compromises to be made in any design. Some combos do sacrifice low end capability for size.

[JimmyM]

Originally Posted by christw

There are compromises to be made in any design. Some combos do sacrifice low end capability for size.

agreed. not familiar with the gk combo, but combos have to sound good AND come in at a smaller weight point than their standalone counterparts, especially now with neo speakers and micro heads accounting for so much of the combo market.

[impactwrench]

Can you just get a piece of dense foam, maybe 2 inches thick and cut it to size so that the cabs can stack without touching corners? Either that or engineer a safe way to stack them the tall way on the short edge?

[rovito]

LARGE rubber feet.