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I think the key is "if used in a reasonable manner..." That's an statement for a different discussion. I get your point though, and I'll reiterate my original statement that it boils down to personal preference and/or experience. Need? Well, that's definitely open to discussion.
After returning from a gig where I used an SVT and 810, even if what you say is true, here's me not caring.
After returning from a gig where I used an SVT and 810, even if what you say is true, here's me not caring.
Seriously... across half a century and every genre of music there's a reason so many have used them.
Which is where the opening of my original statement came from: "it boils down to preference..."After returning from a gig where I used an SVT and 810, even if what you say is true, here's me not caring.
After returning from a gig where I used an SVT and 810, even if what you say is true, here's me not caring.
Some real truth right there. If my vehicle/back situation were different I'd definitely have grabbed some neo cabs and a micro head by now. In fact.... i might do that soon anyways since I might start up with a small group for bar/tavern/coffee shop gigs. hahahahha could you imagine rolling up to a small bar gig with stacks? hahahahahah i almost want to do it now
Im currently using a 6 space rack with an ampeg svp pro, avalon U5, power conditioner, and crest ca9.... I mounted the crest in the bottom and labelled it on the outside so I crouch, lift the rack, and turn it towards me so the crest is against my chest and my grip on the handles is vertical. For cabs i run either one or two swr 8x8's which have a kickback style of handle/wheels like the ampeg 810. I just grab one side while my drummer grabs the other and we toss em on stage. Yea... its not as easy but it also doesnt take much more than a minute extra and my drummer is a huge dude so no worries on his end. It helps that we're all close friends and cruise to and from shows together.
I'm merely suggesting it isn't really necessary.
It has been more the 15 years, but I have indeed showed up to a bar gig and set up a pair of 410 cabs; the reaction from the staff of those smaller venues, before the first note was played, wasn't pretty. I would do that back in the day as a way of getting one cab closer to my ears; the bottom cab wasn't even plugged in. It looked cool to musicians, but to others it looked loud. Like it or not, a fair number of people will hear you with their eyes. With advances in technology, I can remove the "loud looking" rig altogether. I still get positive feedback about tone, but no longer receive negative feedback about volume. As I mentioned at the beginning: it boils down to preference and experience.
some really solid points there... for us being a 3 piece black metal band, the image plays a role. hard to be visual impacting when theres that few of us on the stage with tiny amps. we did a show at a smallish venue last year that held probably 200 people and I put an 8x8 on each side of the drum riser while my singer/guitarist put a full stack on each side. We promised the sound guy that we unload super fast and that we only need vocals in the front monitors since we use each others extra rigs as a monitor on each end. It sounded and looked amazing and we were off the stage in no time after finishing.
totally. theyre nice and warm but punch hard. I have one of them loaded with dayton pa200's... gonna get around to doing the other at some point. I run an mxr m80 distorted into the ampeg and then parallel out to the avalon... so wet and dry each get their own channel of the amp and cab. this way the venue can just take my di's and im free to use the level controls on the power amp for my stage volume without impacting what the foh gets.
