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Old 08-16-2011, 09:30 PM
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Sold my Ampeg 4x10 svt cab, now what?

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After a year of rehab for some blown discs, I finally decided that if I want to continue gigging, I need to lighten my load. First to go was the switch to a Fender Mustang RI. It gave me the light weight, thin short scale neck for my smaller hands and a sound that a really like. This week I got $225 at guitar center for my SVT cab -- what I paid for it two years ago out of rental from my regular music shop. I really liked that cab, but frankly, with the addition of some heavy duty 4-inch casters, it's tipping the scales at nearly 100 lbs. So I'm thinking about the 800 watt GK 410mbe 4 ohm at $449 and 41 lbs. I'd like to consider some other cabs, however, I'm not seeing much in that price/weight category. FWIW, my amp rack is fitted with an ART tubepac drive/compression unit into a Sansamp RBI into a Carvin DCM1015 power amp, which puts out 700w bridged at 8 ohms and 1k at 4 ohms. Any thoughts?
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Old 08-16-2011, 09:48 PM
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I had to do the same, due to back probs too. Sux!
A Berg AE212 is my main squeeze & an AE410 for bigger gigs, both great cabs & light too, but I'm REALLY gonna miss my bigger NV215 :-(
THE GK cabs seem to be great cabs & @ great prices too.
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Old 08-16-2011, 09:55 PM
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Cost wise, how do the Berg cabs you mentioned compare to the GK?
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Old 08-17-2011, 10:14 AM
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If you like Carvin how about one of their light series amps. I just picked up a DCM1000L to replace a Mackie FR1400 that was hurting my arm every time I moved it. The new amp will get christened Thursday night. BTW it's about ten pounds.
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