Has anyone used an 810 bass cab like ampeg or Hartke or acoustic on guitar? I want to get an810 and a 100w Marshall head and just use it as my everything rig.
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810 cab for guitar?
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I used a Laney AOR 50 with a Ampeg 810 for a longtime. The Top half of the 810 loaded with Jensen Mod 50's. Wish I still had the setup. I felt it was perfect at the time.
You'd be better off with something that has a mid speaker and a tweeter if you're going to use it for a guitar, if not you'll just sound bad.
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Overdriven guitar + tweeter = yuck. You'd be better off with something that rolled off by 6khz or so with a paper cone.*
* -- I can only assume someone considering an 810 for guitar won't be playing clean all the time.
The 810SVT with 2 or 4 Mod50's loaded in the top would make a good doubler.
* -- I can only assume someone considering an 810 for guitar won't be playing clean all the time.
The 810SVT with 2 or 4 Mod50's loaded in the top would make a good doubler.
Perish the thought of a Fridge with a guitar going through it. Your bass player will go insane trying to keep a good mix.
My flatback SVT cab sounds great with guitar. A little inefficient, but get a loud enough head and it's a killer guitar rig. That is, of course, with the original speakers. I've tried guitar through an Eminence loaded Dually and it sounded like doodoo, though I've tried guitar through old Sunn 2x15 and it sounded great. Just depends on the speakers. Old speakers usually work out well since some/most were "all purpose"
While it's definite overkill for anything except stoner/doom or arena rock bands, it sounds pretty darn good to run guitar through my 810's, although I find the volume too offensive to turn a guitar amp up to its sweet spot.
Pretty sure Keith Richards & Mick Taylor played through Ampeg SVT 8x10s during early 1970s Rolling Stones gigs. I used to have a poster of the Stones on my wall when I was a teenager, and the backline was this unending sea of SVT cabs!
edit: Something like these (though admittedly these cabs look shorter than SVTs)
edit: Something like these (though admittedly these cabs look shorter than SVTs)
There are 4X10 guitar cabinets (admittedly not that common), so wouldn't an 8X10 just be like a full stack of that?
Of course whether it sounded good would probably be down to the cab/amp combo.
Of course whether it sounded good would probably be down to the cab/amp combo.
Why on earth would you go to the trouble of schlepping an 8x10 cabinet just to run a 15W amp through it?
Wasn't going to bring that upbut it does beg that question.
Hey, if it sounds good, why not? I'll probably end up with like a 50 watt Marshall though.
