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8x10 + 2x15???

#62
I'll just leave this here:

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- georgestrings
 
#63
Everything in this thread has made me giggle.

I would love to learn more about about tuning box frequancys, and why if you put 2 810's side by side they sound lumpy, but if you lay them on their side and stack them they sound fine blah blah blah blah. .


I'm just here with muh 2x12 getting yelled at to turn down because my guitar players halfstack cant keep up. LIKE HOW IS THAT MY FAULT??


Op, Grow a pair and just build your own 815 cab. Yes. 8 15 inch drivers. TO HELL WITH SCIENCE IDGAF :ninja:
 
#64
callofcthulhu said:
That's really on them, isn't it? Almost every venue I've been to, even some of the seediest bars, sell earplugs, some even give them out for a suggested donation.

Of course, some people wear their hearing loss as a badge of honor. "Yeah, man, my ears were ringing for weeks after that show!" I can only hope those people come around before it's too late. But if they go to shows infrequently enough it may never be too late, and if they're there to see me, I feel obliged to give them a show worth bragging about.

Those who really care will be putting them in before the set even starts.
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Yep. As an audience member, it's on you to protect your ears. There are some genres where if you go to a show without earplugs, you're just being stupid. I bring 'em to every show. Don't always need them, but with the stuff I listen to, often do. And it's pretty easy. I don't understand people who don't.
 
#65
brenner182 said:
Everything in this thread has made me giggle.

I would love to learn more about about tuning box frequancys, and why if you put 2 810's side by side they sound lumpy, but if you lay them on their side and stack them they sound fine blah blah blah blah. .


I'm just here with muh 2x12 getting yelled at to turn down because my guitar players halfstack cant keep up. LIKE HOW IS THAT MY FAULT??


Op, Grow a pair and just build your own 815 cab. Yes. 8 15 inch drivers. TO HELL WITH SCIENCE IDGAF :ninja:
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Op, Grow a pair and just build your own 815 cab. Yes. 8 15 inch drivers. TO HELL WITH SCIENCE IDGAF :ninja:
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...just build your own 815 cab...
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...815 cab...
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815
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/drool

In all seriousness though, I think there's some good advice for the OP to be found in this thread: Tube stack for arena rock band!
 
#70
DethByDoom said:
+100% of what sartori & death from below said.

Do what works and sounds good to you. Plenty of bassist mixing 810s and 215s.

I'm considering swapping my 610 for a 215. Note the Peavey VB2 head.
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I would prefer two 810s or two 215s, myself. More the latter, actually. My main irritation is all the grumpy old folks who can't believe that it would even be possible to have a use for two big cabs.
 
#71
JellinWellen said:
2x15 cabs have less lows than 8x10s FYI.

It's about TOTAL speaker area, not individual sizes. Hence why 2x10s go lower and handle more power then a 1x15.

Honestly if you need more than 1 8x10 you are

A
Too loud

B
Not EQd right

C
Not utilizing the PA
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I agree with everything here.
 
#72
Sartori said:
I would prefer two 810s or two 215s, myself. More the latter, actually. My main irritation is all the grumpy old folks who can't believe that it would even be possible to have a use for two big cabs.
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And that use would be?

If it's simply to be a loud person then you're actually just being a bit of a jerk, for no reason. If your stage volume is higher than your soundguy needs you're making him work overtime to compensate and that's not going to make you any friends.

I hit a warehouse party on the new year, which had 1000+ peeps in a massive room. The bass rig was a tube Music Man 50w on a bog-standard 300w Sovtek 410. Due to a PA short the bands played off the riser, un-miced and the bass guitar was still the loudest amped instrument in the room by a lot.

There is absolutely no reason to have more than a 810 unless you're planning on playing outside, un-miced, to an audience that's going to extend back more than 100 metres.

Then again if you're just keen to make a silly amount of noise in your rehearsal space though then you could have 6 2x15s for all I care. As a metal guy in his late 20s with a lot of shows under my belt I can happily say I've never needed more than a 410.
 
#73
IPYF said:
And that use would be?

If it's simply to be a loud person then you're actually just being a bit of a jerk, for no reason. If your stage volume is higher than your soundguy needs you're making him work overtime to compensate and that's not going to make you any friends.

I hit a warehouse party on the new year, which had 1000+ peeps in a massive room. The bass rig was a tube Music Man 50w on a bog-standard 300w Sovtek 410. Due to a PA short the bands played off the riser, un-miced and the bass guitar was still the loudest amped instrument in the room by a lot.

There is absolutely no reason to have more than a 810 unless you're planning on playing outside, un-miced, to an audience that's going to extend back more than 100 metres.

Then again if you're just keen to make a silly amount of noise in your rehearsal space though then you could have 6 2x15s for all I care. As a metal guy in his late 20s with a lot of shows under my belt I can happily say I've never needed more than a 410.
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In underground doom shows, seeing two big cabs is common. They are often carrying the room.

Your musical situation is not everyone's. There is way too much of people thinking that what works for them must work for everyone, on TB.
 
#75
But you know, if you use a smaller stage rig and let the PA do the work, and even worse, position the cabs as sidefills (which we do, to great effect for everyones' monitoring and the sound guys love it), then you don't look right. ;)

I'm actually kind of serious now, believe it or not. Image matters.
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#78
IPYF said:
And that use would be?

If it's simply to be a loud person then you're actually just being a bit of a jerk, for no reason. If your stage volume is higher than your soundguy needs you're making him work overtime to compensate and that's not going to make you any friends.

I hit a warehouse party on the new year, which had 1000+ peeps in a massive room. The bass rig was a tube Music Man 50w on a bog-standard 300w Sovtek 410. Due to a PA short the bands played off the riser, un-miced and the bass guitar was still the loudest amped instrument in the room by a lot.

There is absolutely no reason to have more than a 810 unless you're planning on playing outside, un-miced, to an audience that's going to extend back more than 100 metres.

Then again if you're just keen to make a silly amount of noise in your rehearsal space though then you could have 6 2x15s for all I care. As a metal guy in his late 20s with a lot of shows under my belt I can happily say I've never needed more than a 410.
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You need to get out and check out some shows-
but I do understand that you still might not get it.
Too bad for you.
 
#80
I can't imagine ever needing more power than an 8x10 in a small to medium venue with PA support. Even in the large festivals I have played in I really only hear the PA monitors and side fills, not the bass amp.

But if it works for you, go for it!
 

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