A pair of smallish cabs?

[Mastiff_5]

Concerning your GK NeoIV cab questions: the other fella is using a Mesa 350. I’m using a Mesa D800, so I’m pushing 500 watts into one GK NeoIV 1x12, and 800 watts into 2 of them. I find one cabe to be an excellent performer, and two is just the bees knees, as they say. Yes, lots of low end, my Maruszczyk Frog 5 growls and thumps, shakes the room. And yes, the NeoIV is a considerable upgrade from the second series of GK Neos, as popular as those were. These are a whole new beast.
I would not bother running 800watts worth of cabinets with less than half that wattage. I like plenty of power on tap. 800 Watts and a pair of these cabs has me feeling beastly. I’m about to sit in in the next couple of weeks with a loud jam band, message me and I’ll let you know how it goes!
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[Pocket Dave]

This was my thinking. I was recently dragging a 410 around, using a 210 for smaller or well-FOH-supported rooms. Then I bought a second 210, a 23 lb Markbass, for one of our regular gigs up a long, narrow, steep flight of stairs.

I found using both worked better than the single 410:

• Modular - two lighter loads rather than one heavy, bulky one.
• The two stack vertically, putting the top one up closer to my ear.
• Small footprint on smaller stages
• Combining the two has been a happy accident - the first one sounds tight, a 14-year-old, 600w Acoustic BN210, the Markbass sounds fuller; They play together well.

For the past four months, the 410's been stored in the basement.

Current rig:

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Adding to my earlier post, the Markbass cab I'm using in the bottom on these pics is an MB58R 102 Pure. It's 400 watts, 8 ohms and weighs 23 lbs. Punchy, high frequency tweeter works well with 3-switch control for slap, though 95% of my playing is more OG thumping.

You can see in the pics how it leans back slightly, like Genzler Array, only vertically. Two MB58R's would give the full array effect, though you'd probably want a piece of 1/2" foam mat on top under the head.

Even for large, cavernous venues with no FOH support, this rig seems to fill well. Someone's camera video from such a room recently - admittedly not a super-loud gig; The audio-taper amp volume control is set at less-than-half:

 

[pb9717]

+1 on the “any 112, 2 or 3 way cab of your choice”. Lotsa great ones, Aguilar, Bergantino, Genzler, Markbass. Euphonic…too many to list. If you can get a Greenboy, barefaced, or Acme those are excellent too.

Used class D’s to consider….Genz Benz Streamliner 900, or Shuttlemax 9.2, Im also a big fan of the Eden WTX-500, and WT-550 if you dont mind a few extra lbs.

 

[DWA2469]

I just realized: I don't use any 12s at all at the moment! (Not too long ago all I had was 12s...)
Nowadays I have a tweeter-less 1x15 and a modern neodymium 2x10.
If you can get both of the same brand & series, that would of course be great.
But if the local used market offers you a mismatched solution, with a little luck that can work, too.
My FrankenStack has been serving me quite well.View attachment 7210155

Man, that Blue Jazz Bass is absolutely Stunning!

 

[DWA2469]

How about the Fender Rumble 800. It weighs 28lbs and has 400 watts RMS out of two tens, and you can add a matching 210 cab for a full 800 watts if needed. Worth a look.View attachment 7210187

I have a 500 and so wish I had gotten the 800!!!!

 

[Timmah]

For my own future reference (and for anyone who might be curious as to the outcome of this thread), I found a very reasonably priced Genz Benz NeoX112 for sale locally and jumped on it. I figure it's a good mate for my existing Genz Benz NeoX212T, and gives me the option to run 1, 2, or 3 relatively efficient 12" speakers depending on my volume needs. The small cab is a slightly newer revision than the big one, so the finishes mismatch but if you squint it's a pretty pleasing stack. They're also both a bit big for their speaker formats- the 112 enclosure is larger than a lot of more modern 15s- but I'm

As for the sound; it's also very solid- similar to the 212 but with a surprising amount of additional brightness at low and medium volumes. That's a big plus for me, as my gripe with the 212 is that it likes to be pushed and sounds a bit dark at low volumes. I've run the full stack with my 800RB but haven't dared with my Mesa Walkabout yet- though they're allegedly 2.67ohm capable, Mesa supposedly doesn't recommend it, so I'll be using it with just one cab at a time for now. Maybe down the road I'll replace both of those heads with a powerful Class D that'll handle both, but it's not a priority yet.