Alright. I've made up my mind.....

[4001]

Well, maybe you're right...two SVT's for an experimental rig may not be the way to go. It'd be close to $5000 new by the time you're done. But no way that Acoustic will do for you what the SVT rig will. It's a good intermediate 810 rig and it will have enough power for most anything you'd want to do. But accept no substitutes for the mighty SVT!

I'm going to GC to try them all out.
The Ampeg SVT VR with the 8X10 and possibly a 4X10 and 1X15

and the Acoustic B600H with a 4x10 and 1x15.

I'll let you know what I think.
Yes the Acoustic rig won't be like the Ampeg but it will be lighter on the back and wallet. Like $4,000.00 cheaper.

And, would the audience really know the difference anyway? They just want a good performance, and two bass signals DI'd out the backs of the amps won't be the sound of the amps anyway. That is the sound engineer's job to make it sound sweet.

We'll see. I'm just in the planning stage anyway.


Thanks EVERYONE for your replies!

 

[dmrogers]

I wish she went in depth a bit more about her amps.

Sorry. I should have added this link as well. I figured you would see it on Youtube.

For some reason, I think Amy Humphrey is great. She is very talented and seems very humble and comfortable with her position.

In the above video, she goes into great detail about her entire rig.

Oh, she doesn't tour with the Peavey anymore.

 

[anderbass]

Instead of matching rigs, how about going for a bit of variety with 1 VR and meyby a freshened 70's SVT or SVT-II. And then for cabs a Berg NV610 and your choice of either a NV215 or NV412.

 

[4001]

Sorry. I should have added this link as well. I figured you would see it on Youtube.

For some reason, I think Amy Humphrey is great. She is very talented and seems very humble and comfortable with her position.

In the above video, she goes into great detail about her entire rig.

Oh, she doesn't tour with the Peavey anymore.

She's cool. I like her sound all distorted and wha'd out like that. And, of course, even cooler because of the Rick.

Thanks for the link.

 

[premiumplus]

Well, a $2500 rig and a $1000 rig is an unfair comparison. If money's no object, go for the SVT. On the other hand, I own an Acoustic rig; one B600H with two B410 cabs, and it sounds mighty fine. The gigs I've played with it sure didn't suffer for clean, powerful, great sounding bass. I always get complements on my tone, and I usually only need one 4x10 to get the job done. But I love the punch of both cabs and given the choice that's what I take.

 

[4001]

Now, I'm thinking about the Eden 2X12 cab.
I'm not sure about the amp part yet.
Maybe a WT-550?

Heck, I'm not sure about anything yet.
So many variables!

And those Acoustic amps don't really sound too bad at all.
And that is a big step from Eden. Or is it?

 

[edbass]

Because all of the stereo information is above 100 Hz. This is a case where tri-amping would make the most sense, one mono amp into a 2x15 to handle the lows, or a stereo amp into a pair of 2x15 if you really need that much output, and one stereo amp into a pair of 2x10s for the mids and highs. You'd get the best results using cabs specifically designed to operate this way, but within the electric bass genre there aren't any.

Because... in the majority of applications an electric bass and it's rig act in concert as a musical instrument, and in most circumstances the tonal goal is the sum total rather than the most efficient and accurate method of amplifying the sound of just the bass itself. Stereo imaging doesn't usually come into play with a "stereo" bass guitar; it's generally more of a blending of different tones produced by two pickups. In the Rickenbacker (and most other "stereo" basses) example I think "stereo" is more of a convenient way of describing dual monaural.
For what it's worth, I think you are spot on about how to amplify the rig after the desired tone is obtained.
There are myriad equipment choices available to accomplish what you describe, but it isn't generally marketed as instrument amplification, it's usually more accurately sold as sound reinforcement gear.