You're a Big Cabs guy, you don't need one!
In all seriousness, I believe the price is $700+shipping. If you are in the demographic that can benefit from this cab's feature set and size/weight, it is my humble opinion that it is very much worth it.
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AudioKinesis 112 Cab
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You're a Big Cabs guy, you don't need one!
In all seriousness, I believe the price is $700+shipping. If you are in the demographic that can benefit from this cab's feature set and size/weight, it is my humble opinion that it is very much worth it.
Wait, you're right. I was confused since I was in on the first run. Edited my post above for clarity.
I am [DEL]trying to[/DEL] have become an old fat little cab guyYou're a Big Cabs guy, you don't need one!
In all seriousness, I believe the price is $700+shipping. If you are in the demographic that can benefit from this cab's feature set and size/weight, it is my humble opinion that it is very much worth it.
How do you all think the sound compares to an Aguilar GS112? I have that.
I am [DEL]trying to[/DEL] have become an old fat little cab guy
Being familiar with the GS112, this will be like a bulldozer crushing a Pinto!
Seriously, it will take more power to get there (hence the 4ohm rating), but will have a meatier, fuller low end and MUCH more present mids, with less of the 'click and clack' up top with the particular crossover and tweeter used by the GS112.
It will sound different, and get MUCH louder with 400 or so watts going into it... maybe not the absolute deep bass extension, but much more real bass when you crank it up.
The GS112 is pretty impressive down low, but has quite a dip in the mid mids and upper mids prior to that tweeter kicking in... more 'deep' than even versus the TC.
Again, it will sound quite different... not just a 'louder GS112', so if you really love the GS tone profile, it would be just a guess about how you would feel regarding the tone profile of the TC. However, it would be a much louder, more forceful single cab solution... that is for sure.
Thank you very much for your observation. That's what I was looking for. I just read your post on DB vs the GS 112. I have never tried the DB. The GS was an impulse buy. I mean that I tried at a jam session and fell in love. I was on the hunt for one after that. I had the view that my tone from my fingers, style was too out front and the tone from the GS helped to mellow my sound, and I liked that. But I find the in some situations read LOUD that it doesn't punch through. I'm running a carvin r1000 bridged @ 700w at 8 ohms in to it. I can dial out some low bass and dial in some mids, but I was thinking that I was asking too much from a single 12. This cab maybe the answer for me.
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At the risk of sounding neaner neaner nearnerish, I got mine!
I've played only a handful of notes through it, but the low end definition was neck snapping. Whoa!
I'm not sure when I'll get much time with it in the near future. Its first venture out won't be a gig, it will be a Talkbass GTG in Underwood, Washington at the venerable 4Mal's place on Sunday next. There will be some focused A-Bing going on I expect!
I've played only a handful of notes through it, but the low end definition was neck snapping. Whoa!
I'm not sure when I'll get much time with it in the near future. Its first venture out won't be a gig, it will be a Talkbass GTG in Underwood, Washington at the venerable 4Mal's place on Sunday next. There will be some focused A-Bing going on I expect!
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Cool. Get those port plugs out of there and break 'er in. It will sound even better after a few hours!
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You can count on that Lee. Lookin' forward to hearing any differences between the prototype cab I tried and yours.
Hey guys,
I put the Thunder Child through its paces this weekend with my LM2 and my Alleva-Coppolo LM5 (ash/maple 70's style J bass). Seven piece band, large room, moderate volume gig (loud, but not stupid... no PA support... mix of pop, light rock, pop funk and some swing.. typical casual gig).
The cab performed beyond my expectations... full, deep low end, nicely articulate, no compression (even when slapped at moderately high volume), REAL bass response. The top end is a bit more organic than the two way cabs I typically use, so not as much aggressive sizzle, but for most, that isn't a big deal.
This cab will EASILY keep up with even the best 210 cab, with more real, full low end, smaller, size and lighter weight, and will come close to the performace level of many 2 x 112 stacks.
It's the first time in many, many years I didn't even use a cart.... bass on my back, LMII and all cables in the little amp bag across my shoulder, cab in one hand, bass stand in the other. NICE! I beat both singers out of the venue
Very impressive. It does take some power... I had the LMII cranked higher than I've ever run it, even on hugely, massively loud gigs with a 410. However, neither the cab nor the head flinched...full, deep, open, even bass.
On Saturday afternoon, I met with a DBer buddy of mine, and it sounded GREAT with that also (he uses a fancy clip on mic and a Walter Woods). Extremely transparent. Nice!
This one is a massive keeper!
Edit: The F500/F1 will even be louder and punchier, and the slightly brighter response of those amps will be great for the pop stuff. I ran the LMII pretty much flat, but with a slight boost to the upper mids to bring out a little more of that gank and brightness of that 70's style instrument. However, this cab screams for a P Bass or a nice alder/RW J with nickels!
I put the Thunder Child through its paces this weekend with my LM2 and my Alleva-Coppolo LM5 (ash/maple 70's style J bass). Seven piece band, large room, moderate volume gig (loud, but not stupid... no PA support... mix of pop, light rock, pop funk and some swing.. typical casual gig).
The cab performed beyond my expectations... full, deep low end, nicely articulate, no compression (even when slapped at moderately high volume), REAL bass response. The top end is a bit more organic than the two way cabs I typically use, so not as much aggressive sizzle, but for most, that isn't a big deal.
This cab will EASILY keep up with even the best 210 cab, with more real, full low end, smaller, size and lighter weight, and will come close to the performace level of many 2 x 112 stacks.
It's the first time in many, many years I didn't even use a cart.... bass on my back, LMII and all cables in the little amp bag across my shoulder, cab in one hand, bass stand in the other. NICE! I beat both singers out of the venue
Very impressive. It does take some power... I had the LMII cranked higher than I've ever run it, even on hugely, massively loud gigs with a 410. However, neither the cab nor the head flinched...full, deep, open, even bass.
On Saturday afternoon, I met with a DBer buddy of mine, and it sounded GREAT with that also (he uses a fancy clip on mic and a Walter Woods). Extremely transparent. Nice!
This one is a massive keeper!
Edit: The F500/F1 will even be louder and punchier, and the slightly brighter response of those amps will be great for the pop stuff. I ran the LMII pretty much flat, but with a slight boost to the upper mids to bring out a little more of that gank and brightness of that 70's style instrument. However, this cab screams for a P Bass or a nice alder/RW J with nickels!
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ahhhh...now that paints a picture I like!
bass on my back, LMII and all cables in the little amp back across my shoulder, cab in one hand, bass stand in the other. NICE! I beat both singers out of the venue
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Pretty amazing that you can have all that low end and volume in a one hander. Of course, at 34 pounds, I would never carry it more than a few hundred feet, but it is nice to know you can do it easily.
VERY impressive little box.
ya, no way i could ever go back to a tweetered cab after hearing that. not that i'm a fan of tweeters, but it's so much smoother than a piezo that i just couldn't deal with a piezo anymore.
Just FYI, I would in NO way use those horrible sounding piezo tweeters as representative of what a good two way system sounds like. The tweeter in the Epi, the Berg, and other cabs are just beautiful sounding.
I would also not own a cab with those horrible piezo tweeters.
However, Duke's crossover does go for the more paper cone organic tone versus a high quality compression driver tweeter in a more 'traditionally' voiced two way cab. Nice... very warm and organic with plenty of extension for most up there!
I'm curious at to how you positioned the cab. Do you normally set up close to the drummer? How tight, typically are your setups ? Other members hear you ok ?
Yes, always pretty close to the drummer. I've never had any complaints about the rest of the band hearing me in 30 years with many different cabs (except of course with cabs that can't do the job at all... i.e., too small for the gig... then nobody hears it!. Zero issue for me in general.
Stage width varies from 30 to 100 feet, depending on the gig. Pretty standard stuff.
Wow, that cab can't be much higher than the kick drum, and if everyone on far ends of the stage can hear you, I'm dumbfounded. I'm in a similar situation , as you know, and am always getting asked to turn up !
It is an impressive box. However, to be fair, I am lucky enough to play mostly with full time professional players. No idiot guitarists with Marshalls, no bad drummers, etc. So, volume, while often loud, is mostly balanced and even (i.e., no one playing louder on stage than the volume of an un mic'd drummer.
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