Ampeg 8x10: should I buy it?

If all the speakers are good it is a heck of a deal. Even if it was from the dark (sounding) years and you don't like that, you could sell the speakers to help fund the newer speakers. Strip the cab and sand it, either stain if it is a plywood cab or %50 worth of DuraTex painted on to look like Tolex (but more durable).

 

If your Civic is a hatch back. .. These cabs are very easy to load. .. (If it actually FITS in the car). I started a thread exactly same title a while ago.
I've found its actually EASIER to load etc than I thought it would be.
Just tilt and slide.
For that money, if it's all original and functioning properly, I'd grab it.
I love mine.

 

yes is always the correct answer to an 810e under 4 that works

 

Agreed!

 

Since the tolex is off in places, note if the wood is plywood or particle board. The particle board cabinets are heavier. Either way, great deal and fixing it up will be a fun project.

 

http://www.talkbass.com/threads/ampeg-810-200.1121838/

 

I must be getting old. The days of fantasizing about a 150 pound cabinet and 75 pound head are looooong gone. I can get excellent stage volume with a 2x10 and a 4 pound Shuttle that goes through the house mains, and carry it all in one trip. And it would fit in a Mini Cooper!

 

^^haha me too man. I keep it simple with the 1x15 combo. but just in case I keep a 4x10 in the practice spaces.

 

Yea....keep the smaller cabs for different situations. You will find that the 810 is great, as long as it stays in one place. I rarely use mine, since I cant move it out from the house by myself. As for loading it into a small vehicle that isn't designed for heavy cargo, you can expect some damage to your car interior eventually. But hey, it has been done.

 

At 2am, the last thing you will want to be doing is jamming that thing into your Honda - IMO.

Check it out and see how it sounds. If it sounds good, and the speakers are in good shape, offer $200 and see where it gets you. Make sure it fits easily into your car. As others have said, if you fix it up (new tolex or paint/stain, and new grill cloth if necessary), you can probably flip it.

 

If I could set it in my man cave, and never move it, my answer is YES!

If I have to gig with it, then no...

YMMV.

 

If the speakers all work, that's a great deal.
If you have to buy a van to move it to and from gigs,
that'll cancel out the deal part.

Personally, I have a van and a station wagon for those kinda things.
I own an Acoustic 361 cab, but never, ever move it.

 

Ampeg 8x10: should I buy it?

How's your back?

 

An 810 is actually easy on the back, it's its own built in handtruck, just tilt and roll.

 

Yeah and if you gig with it the tolex gets ruined anyway. The tolex on my Heritage 810 is especially soft and tears if you look at it funny. Just part of what happens in the load/unload process. But you can always re-tolex it if you want.

 

... then it JUMPS up into the truck by means of its built-in launching springs in the bottom ...

 

Not just yes, HELL YES!

I'm 57 and when we don't have a road crew, I carry mine up and down the basement steps to rehearsal with one of the other band members on the other end. They aren't nearly as heavy as I remember.