|  | | 
11-26-2012, 10:42 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bobcruz  | Yea, I saw that. $1200 a pair is not much of a savings over the direct price of $690. We're talking used gear, here. The discount should be at least 30%!  |
11-26-2012, 10:50 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | 'Go with the used bergs.
__________________
*'12 Lakland DJ5*'11 GBSN LP GLDTP*'74 BLK/MPL FNDR JAZZ*CSTM "PEARL" FNDR/WRMTH JAZZ*'09 FNDR SB '70s JAZZ*'10 SQR STND P SPCL ASB*SVT4PRO/SVT810E*CRVN BX500/BERG AE112(x2)*PVY FRBSS 700/TVX412
|
11-26-2012, 10:50 AM
|  | Registered User
Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs, Jule Amps | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | Well, I took the plunge for a pair from Roger. Should be here end of the week. I'm hoping the freq profile fits my ears - time will tell. I seem to be on an amp/cab buying spree at the moment. Time to sell some more stuff 
__________________ music | light | gear Quote:
Originally Posted by R Baer Regardless of what you see in the magazines, you just can't argue toast physics. | |
11-26-2012, 09:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ USA | | | Surprised the Berg HD112's aren't getting more love here. Interesting. The size and performance is soooo appealing but admittedly, I have not heard or played them however. so not sure how much definition, growl and grind there is. Are they all lows and highs?
__________________
MarkBass Club #59, Nordstrand Club #2, Bergantino, In Loving Memory of Adrian Garcia. 5-String Bass Member #459
|
11-26-2012, 09:04 PM
|  | Registered User
President, Baer Amplification | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SpinyNorman Yea, I saw that. $1200 a pair is not much of a savings over the direct price of $690. We're talking used gear, here. The discount should be at least 30%! | A pair of new ML112's would run you $1380. Shipping to the midwest area is likely to be in the $60 to $70 range for the pair. $1,200 shipped for a pair with barely any use isn't too bad. |
11-27-2012, 08:12 AM
| | Registered User | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by R Baer A pair of new ML112's would run you $1380. Shipping to the midwest area is likely to be in the $60 to $70 range for the pair. $1,200 shipped for a pair with barely any use isn't too bad. | Thanks for the link, Roger. I think the cabs are a bit out of my price range for now, but I'm sure I'll convince myself that I should simply go ahead and spend the dough at some point. 
Important question: Can the logo on the grill be easily rotated? I would probably want to stack the cabs vertically, and having your logo readable would be a must! |
11-27-2012, 08:16 AM
|  | Smile more, ok?
Staff Reviewer; Bass Gear Magazine Moderator | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Columbia MO | | | The logos are big, and readable either way, IMO...I dunno if they can be moved.
Somewhere in the Baer megathread, I posted a pic of my two ML112 stacked horizontal, with an "ampwedge" in between.
This sorta splits the diff b/t stacked one way or the other, in therms of "personal monitoring.''
__________________
"Boy, that makes about as much sense as putting a milk bucket under a bull-cow and expecting to come home with breakfast."
|
11-27-2012, 08:38 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO | | The GK Neo 112's are a great bang for the buck cab IMO. I just picked up a second one a couple weeks ago. My rig now consists of two Neo 112 cabinets (series 1) and a Genz Benz Shuttle head. Light weight, modular and easy to move around. I bought both of my cabinets used from other TB members for a total of $425! 
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by chuck norriss Anyone doesn't like Geddy Lee? Automatic punch in the face. | SX Club Member in Good Standing/Geddy Lee Club #17/Lefties Who Play Right #4/GK Club #840/Ampeg Club #816
|
11-27-2012, 08:41 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Cleveland, OH | | | Aguilar DB112s are the way to go with the TH500. Looked for one or two used ones or coupon code for Musicians Friend.
__________________
"It helps when your werewolf doesn't look like a llama."
|
11-27-2012, 08:58 AM
| | Registered User
Endorsing Artist: Pyramid Strings & Dr. No Effects | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: the Netherlands | | | Yesterday I played a jazz gig using my Phil Jones Briefcase for upright, and my G.K. MB 150 combo for electric. Didn't need to use a second 12" MBX & the soundengineer even pulled me out of the mains for the electric tunes!
Sometimes I use 2 MBX's stacked & run it with a Phil Jones D200 head, not as much power as the G.K.MB150 though, but if I need a smaller footprint (well, with 2 instruments that one can only play one at a time...) it's got enough low end & push to suffice too. |
11-27-2012, 08:59 AM
| | Registered User | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by gjbassist The GK Neo 112's are a great bang for the buck cab IMO. I just picked up a second one a couple weeks ago. My rig now consists of two Neo 112 cabinets (series 1) and a Genz Benz Shuttle head. Light weight, modular and easy to move around. I bought both of my cabinets used from other TB members for a total of $425! | Nice! Did you paint the grills black, did the original owner, or did the Series I have black grills? I gotta say I like the black grills better than the silver ones. |
11-27-2012, 09:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SpinyNorman Nice! Did you paint the grills black, did the original owner, or did the Series I have black grills? I gotta say I like the black grills better than the silver ones. | + 1 Million! Not sure what it is, but I do not like those Silver/chrome grills at all.
__________________
MarkBass Club #59, Nordstrand Club #2, Bergantino, In Loving Memory of Adrian Garcia. 5-String Bass Member #459
|
11-27-2012, 09:04 AM
| | Registered User | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RS Aguilar DB112s are the way to go with the TH500. Looked for one or two used ones or coupon code for Musicians Friend. | The cab would be $540 with a standard 15% off coupon, which wouldn't be too bad I guess. I would probably pair it up with a DB112NT ($492 w/ discount). Is there are reason to have two DB112s with 2 horns?
Also, there's an Aguilar GS112 for sale in the TB classified. What's the major difference between the DB112 and the GS112? There doesn't appear to be a lot of love for the GS112. |
11-27-2012, 09:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SpinyNorman The cab would be $540 with a standard 15% off coupon, which wouldn't be too bad I guess. I would probably pair it up with a DB112NT ($492 w/ discount). Is there are reason to have two DB112s with 2 horns?
Also, there's an Aguilar GS112 for sale in the TB classified. What's the major difference between the DB112 and the GS112? There doesn't appear to be a lot of love for the GS112. | GS112's are very nice, but very scooped in the mids in my experience.
__________________
MarkBass Club #59, Nordstrand Club #2, Bergantino, In Loving Memory of Adrian Garcia. 5-String Bass Member #459
|
11-27-2012, 09:07 AM
| | Registered User
Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs, Jule Amps | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | | To me the DB is a mid-forward cab (I prefer that), the GS is more mid scooped. The biggest issue for me with the DB112 is size and portability - it is an awkward shape/handle config and I find it hard to carry.
__________________ music | light | gear Quote:
Originally Posted by R Baer Regardless of what you see in the magazines, you just can't argue toast physics. | |
11-27-2012, 09:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mentone Beach | | | I'd jump all over the used Genz Benz Focus pair. I've read nice things about the warm tones in that particular series, and if they don't work for you, you'd probably get back more than what you paid for them here in classifieds.
__________________
"I don't know karate, but I know ka-razor" - James Brown, The Payback |
11-27-2012, 09:23 AM
| | Registered User | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by GRoberts GS112's are very nice, but very scooped in the mids in my experience. | Wouldn't scooped mids be a good thing if you're trying to get that vintage P-bass (Motown) tone? Can boosting the mids on the TH500 overcome the scoop?
Yea, I'm a bit worried about the schlep factor, too. The Baer and Berg appear to be a bit smaller with a recessed handles. |
11-27-2012, 09:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SpinyNorman Wouldn't scooped mids be a good thing if you're trying to get that vintage P-bass (Motown) tone? Can boosting the mids on the TH500 overcome the scoop?
Yea, I'm a bit worried about the schlep factor, too. The Baer and Berg appear to be a bit smaller with a recessed handles. | I have never reallly found Mid Scooped tone to be good unless I'm playing alone. Mids, and complex mids seem to be where a lot of sonic magic lives "in the band mix" in my experience. and in boomy rooms, mid scoop tone is the kiss of death. i.e. no definition, cut, growl or bite.
I've only demo'd the TH500 briefly and it does seem to offer a very complex midrange (a very nice, very good midrange). So maybe that head is a good match for the GS112. But I would honestly move past the GS112 to the DB112 or something else personally.
__________________
MarkBass Club #59, Nordstrand Club #2, Bergantino, In Loving Memory of Adrian Garcia. 5-String Bass Member #459
|
11-27-2012, 09:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SpinyNorman Nice! Did you paint the grills black, did the original owner, or did the Series I have black grills? I gotta say I like the black grills better than the silver ones. | I painted them. It's the Krylon hammered finish. I prefer it greatly over the original silver grills.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by chuck norriss Anyone doesn't like Geddy Lee? Automatic punch in the face. | SX Club Member in Good Standing/Geddy Lee Club #17/Lefties Who Play Right #4/GK Club #840/Ampeg Club #816
|
11-27-2012, 09:50 AM
| | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SpinyNorman The cab would be $540 with a standard 15% off coupon, which wouldn't be too bad I guess. I would probably pair it up with a DB112NT ($492 w/ discount). Is there are reason to have two DB112s with 2 horns?
Also, there's an Aguilar GS112 for sale in the TB classified. What's the major difference between the DB112 and the GS112? There doesn't appear to be a lot of love for the GS112. | GS is scooped as has been said. I play a "P" also and prefer the mids to be somewhat boosted. Another problem I've heard from multiple reviews is that lows tend to "fart" out with the GS. The DB's are a perfect voicing for a "P". Most agree that, if your buying a pair, to have one be the NT. No need for two tweeters. That pairing gives the same overall experience as the DB212 - Two 12" speakers and one tweeter. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | |
