Anybody using lightweight class D heads with big, heavy, old school(ish) cabs?

[Watchootognbout]

I have a TC Electronics Thrust BQ500 Class D head that I use with my old Carvin 212 cab.
It replaced the old Carvin Class A head.
I just haven't gotten around to look for a smaller cab yet.

 

[Brich]

Markbass LM II on top of a ampeg 410hlf classic. Love it

 

[NathOBX]

Rumble 500 head into an Ampeg SVT410HE. Kicks Ass.

 

[FatherTrucker]

TC Electronics Thrust BQ500 into an Ampeg 6x10. It's my best sounding cab and I'm glad I get to use it again. (New band, guitarists use bigger rigs)

 

[juancaminos]

Just experimented with a Rumble 500 combo on top of an Eden 210 cab. It sounded pretty good. better than the Rumble alone. I never liked the Rumble or the Eden 210 alone but together dey ain't too bad.

 

[N4860]

Not yet for me but planning on trying it soon. I am looking to get one of the Mesa Subway amps (leaning towards the WD800 but might go for the D-800+) and I'll be using it with my Mesa 6x10 cab. Depending on how it sounds, I'll either just keep it the way it is but I've also considered going with a 2x15 and 1x15 stack instead.

 

[ComeHomeShane]

My cover band plays a lot of private parties in big backyards where we don't have a PA. Whenever I need to fill up a big outdoor space with sound I use an Orange Terror 1000 with my Orange 410 cab.

That combo is L.O.U.D.

it tends to get boomy above 5 o'clock on the volume and/or gain, but I've never had to turn it that high.

 

[DogsNbeer]

I would rather save 60 pounds on a cab than 10 on a head, but yeah, I've tossed a class D head on a big cab.

For me the weight savings around head choice is a little more substantial. In addition to the Class D Traynor, I have three other non Class D heads, a Music Man HD-130, a Traynor Mono Block ii and my behemoth Peavey classic 400. The hd-130 weighs 36lbs , the Mono Block ii weighs 41lbs...both not too bad. But the Classic 400 weighs a monstrous 97lbs.

Before I decided on the Tone Hammer I was looking at getting either a 51lb Traynor YBA-300 or a 62lb Super Bassman as a more reasonable stand in for the big Peavey
But after fiddling with little Traynor and pairing it w a comp and a One Control Blackberry OD pedal I was getting real close to the vintagey tone I wanted. I figured the Tone Hammer might get me even closer with that terrific weight savings (and lower maintenance cost). And it's probably more flippable these days than a tube head.

Re lighter weight cabs:If they ever come out with some vintage voiced, sealed cabs with neos that's something I might be interested in to take advantage of the bigger weight savings
But I'm probably done buying gear for quite a while as I shot my wad of $ from the sale of my 2 mountain bikes (all but quit MTBing because of lots of injuries and crashes).
The Bergs are serving me very well in the interim

 

[buldog5151bass]

Obviously going full tube head to class D will be a bigger difference.

 

[OogieWaWa]

Another kinda, sorta, somewhat. I've been using multiple older, small 'heavy' cabs vs single large 'light' ones. The lightweight amp is an Acoustic Image Clarus SL 4plus (600W) at three pounds, but I'm using combinations of two Eden 112s (27#ea, the little twins!), a 210 (45#) and a 115 (67#).

Depending on the venue, I take a permutation thereof. It's one 12 for rehearsal, two of them stacked for small places, add the 210 on top of the twins for larger places, or rarely all four if need be since the amp handles two Ohms just fine. The larger cabs being more efficient, it actually balances out well. All together it can be very loud, and the rig taken is only heavy if it needs to be!

 

[1stchopper]

Aguilar TH500 into Bergantino NV610 here.

 

[Hypocrite]

I've got my GK MB800 on top of my GK 8x10. Love it

 

[CGramazio]

Genzler MG800 on top of a SWR Goliath Sr 6x10. Love it!

Right there with ya! Ric-O-Sound for the win.

 

[DogsNbeer]

Aguilar TH500 into Bergantino NV610 here.

Oh yea! I bet that sounds good. There was a NV610 for sale in Manhattan on Craigslist for only $400 just this past week. I was tempted but broke (because of the TH purchase)and i have zero space left for it

 

[flyingfinbar]

Right there with ya! Ric-O-Sound for the win.

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DANG! Gotta put an NSFW warning on that shot!

 

[ItsmeSantiago]

GK MB Fusion with a Mesa Diesel 115. It's heavy and a bit annoying after using neo cabs, but the tone is there and it's worth the extra effort.

 

[CGramazio]

DANG! Gotta put an NSFW warning on that shot!

HA! I'll raise it one and throw in a Gretsch.

 

[2F/2F]

I have used my PF-800 through a fridge several times, and through my JBL-loaded B-25B cab (2x15 Ampeg cab from the '70s). Sounds fine. But I have no desire (or vehicle) to haul either of these cabs.

 

[ad9000]

I sometimes put my Mesa Subway D-800+ through a Bergantino NV215, which I guess qualifies as a heavy, old-school(ish) cab. That combination sounds monstrous!

 

[DogsNbeer]

I sometimes put my Mesa Subway D-800+ through a Bergantino NV215, which I guess qualifies as a heavy, old-school(ish) cab. That combination sounds monstrous!

I've got an NV215. It's around 95 -105 lbs. portable enough especially with the addition of skateboard rails I've got attachhed to the back. Makes sliding up and down on to a stage easy without screwing up the tolex
Cant wait to hear it with the TH700