Anyone else NOT into lightweight mini rigs?

[Plastalmonus]

I use an old school heavy rig (Orange AD200B and OBC810) and a lightweight rig (Darkglass MT900 and Bergantino CN212). Options are a beautiful thing.

There is one thing that bugs me though. All you guys saying that your back hates heavy rigs or your back hurts just looking at it really need to learn how to lift heavy objects properly. It's all from the legs guys; lift from the legs!

 

[InnerBass]

I still like big.
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That double bass would look rad with tort

Seriously - that just looks cool

 

[MordBass]

I don't like mini rigs. I don't like rigs at all. I take my VT: DI I to gigs and run directly into the board, with whatever crapola combo amp the venue supplies as my monitor.

Anyway, OP isn't going to get very far with this one, between the unconscious misogyny-as-wit style of humour and the 'leightweight' (sic) grasp of both grammar and forming a cogent argument.

I'll watch this one sail into murky waters...

Just out of curiosity, where was the "misogyny-as-wit"?

 

[Plastalmonus]

Just out of curiosity, where was the "misogyny-as-wit"?

Reference to amps small enough to fit in your handbag.

 

[shadven]

I like real bass rigs. This past weekend it was Ampeg 810 with a V4B head. I also have a V4B (2x15) folded horn cab. In the arsenal is a SVT VR, 3 Kustom 2x15 cabs, an SB-12, B-15, B-18, B100R, SWR Bass 350, and an Ampeg 212 AV.

 

[MordBass]

I'm amazed how quickly people get personal here. So I'm a regressive mysoginist with basic opinions, bad grammar and nobody listens to my music because I posted about not liking class d amps? Wow. Some people take it all too serious...

Ok, forget it. I intended to make a fun little thread so people can join in and say "Yeah, big rigs are cool, man!" but it seems to be a very sensible and emotional topic so we can as well close the thread. I'm sorry to have hurt so many feelings.

Unfortunately some drones get lost on their way to gawker media and wind up here still looking for any excuse to raise a pitchfork. Just rest assured that the people they encounter in real life dislike them just as much as the comment sections of the digital realm.

 

[Bourbongangster]

This is a picture my wife took of me last week. I'm a huge fan of lightweight rigs

 

[SactoBass]

I like real bass rigs. This past weekend it was Ampeg 810 with a V4B head. I also have a V4B (2x15) folded horn cab. In the arsenal is a SVT VR, 3 Kustom 2x15 cabs, an SB-12, B-15, B-18, B100R, SWR Bass 350, and an Ampeg 212 AV.

Shadven: I like the way you roll!

 

[stingray78]

I love certain tube amps, I love certain ceramic speakers, I love certain Neo Speakers and I love certain Class D amps.
I like large rigs on large stages in large venues, I like small rigs on small stages in small venues. I used to think that I don't like Class D amps and I used to think that I would never let go of my SVT II (granted, that one I do regret). I am careful with broad statements about what I like or dislike, I had to correct myself too often. Luckily there is something out there for every taste and occasion. I own a modular lightweight and a conventional "large" rig. 95% of the time I could use the large rig, a SVT or GK backline is provided and I gladly accept it. Makes you think ...

 

[MordBass]

I also go both ways.... my main show rig is huge but for smaller gigs like coffee shops, small bar, I LOVE a nice little class D. Currently debating which way to go on that.

 

[Mr.Ace]

I hate sushi and coffee. Someone else likes sushi and coffee. Big deal.

Two of my favorite things in the universe

 

[Element Zero]

Out of morbid curiosity, why don’t you like them?

 

[DigitalMan]

The false premise of this thread is that people choose newer lightweight gear because of the form-factor, while accepting some form of compromise in the sound and performance.

 

[mesaplayer83]

Don’t give a hoot n hell what others use or if they approve (or disapprove) of mine. To each their own.

Nailed it!!!

 

[mesaplayer83]

How about "Get Both"???

 

[StatesideRambler]

Everywhere I look people praise the tiny class D gear, leightweight neo speakers, their rigs that fit into a handbag. Some old rockers stand strong to their SVT with their 8x10 for rocker reasons.

After all, who could justify liking something you don't like?

But honestly - isn't there anyone around who just likes a big fat iron transformer and a big bad speaker in a massive cabinet that reeeeally moves some air, that you can physically feel when you play it and handles all the heavy low-end you could ever possibly want?

I loved my 50-lb-plus Traynor YBA-1A and 70-lb-plus JBL K-140 loaded cabs but these days, and for bass, the new mini poopie gear does everything it did. A couple of my class D small rigs provide plenty enough of the requisite pant leg fluttering and low end mojo. And, being an out of shape retiree, I don't need to hire a roadie to schlep my rig.

I mean, come on! Who needs that tiny little mini poopie anyway when you can really rattle some bones instead? Just saying...

I've never played stadiums so I'll put my class D mini poopie up against your fridge in a 200-capacity club anytime. I get told to turn it down, just like you. Had I ever played enormous spaces you can bet I'd have wanted fridges back there, and roadies to deal with them. I lacked opportunity, talent and interest. To me, nothing beats a small club gig and a rig that suits the gig.

 

[seansbrew]

I absolutely love an SVT atop an 8x10 box, but I have no desire or ability to lug such gear.

 

[AcridSaint]

 

[mesaplayer83]

I hate sushi and coffee. Someone else likes sushi and coffee. Big deal.

Also nailed it!!!

 

[Pedulla-Player]

I've had 2 surgeries due to schleping around heavy bass rigs over the years. 1st surgery (2010) was an umbilical Hernia - not exactly sure when it happened, but I can guarantee it was due to lifting heavy bass cabs. (I've had 810 cabs and 610 cabs as well as some very heavy 410 cabs that I would stack). The 2nd surgery (2012) was 2 ruptured / bulging discs in my lower back that were causing my sciatic nerve to be pinched off (Sciatica). That one happened when I improperly lifted my old Uber 410 cab when I jerked it with my back instead of lifting with my legs to get it up a small flight of three stairs to the gig area.
That said. I am willing to give up a little tone over a lot of weight. Especially when 97% of the crowd could care less what your bass tone sounds like (IMHO). I actually the sound like my small GB Shuttle 6.0 210T combo. Sure not quite as much as some of my old monster rigs, but the trade off is worth it to me at this point in my gigging career and 47 years of age. I am currently seeking a band to join after retiring about 2 1/2 years ago due to too much band drama. If the right band situation would arise to get me gigging again I would probably try to find another GB 210T to match my other cab to use for bigger venues and more than likely just use the single cab at smaller gigs.