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AudioKinesis Cabs Part VI...

#5,341
TrentB said:
I have used the SVT with the Hathor 212 at a rehearsal. I didn't plug any ports though. It sounded really really good. So far I've never plugged the ports. It never gets boomy at all. Maybe if we play a boomy room but so far I haven't needed to.
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I have yet to find a need to plug the ports. But it's nice that it's an option.
 
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#5,346
3rdcurve said:
I am surprised that no one has doubled down on the 15" Hathors. That would be a brutal stack! Then again, a pair is totally unnecesary.......but that has never stopped the Talkbass crowd.
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I'm considering a pair, as my favorite amp is my V-4B reissue. I'd probably get just one first and decide if a second is needed for rock-band volume with a 100-watt amp.
 
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adam montminy said:
Right, of course no one wants their bass to sound like a messy blob. I find the challenge is to get a balance between "messy blob" and "Marcus Miller." I absolutely hate bright bass tones, slapping (sorry guys), and bass tones that "cut through the mix." In my opinion, the bass supports the music, not cuts through it.
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Adam, I just did a test with you in mind. It was an outgrowth of the bass I happened to pick up this evening, and it lead to a ferocious Head Hunters-esque groove (if I may say so).

In summary, my elevated, sideways Hathor 1203 with both switches down, driven by my Kern/Blue Rock rack let my 1969 Fender Precision Bass with Curt Mangan flats sound like a night club.

Not a messy blob, but a tight, thick, edge-less, just punchy, glowing bass frequency blob, with a little sweet midrange atop it, and a hint of distant sibilance trying to escape the density. What a sound. Mind you, this was at spirited "workday night apartment, but I have no qualms doing it because my upstairs neighbor talks on the phone with his baritone voice for several hours a day and night" levels.

So, my brother, I respectfully submit that you should be able to get deeper into that territory and more easily with your 1533 than I did with my 1203. You can do it!

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Snaxster said:
Adam, I just did a test with you in mind. It was an outgrowth of the bass I happened to pick up this evening, and it lead to a ferocious Head Hunters-esque groove (if I may say so).

In summary, my elevated, sideways Hathor 1203 with both switches down, driven by my Kern/Blue Rock rack let my 1969 Fender Precision Bass with Curt Mangan flats sound like a night club.

Not a messy blob, but a tight, thick, edge-less, just punchy, glowing bass frequency blob, with a little sweet midrange atop it, and a hint of distant sibilance trying to escape the density. What a sound. Mind you, this was at spirited "workday night apartment, but I have no qualms doing it because my upstairs neighbor talks on the phone with his baritone voice for several hours a day and night" levels.

So, my brother, I respectfully submit that you should be able to get deeper into that territory and more easily with your 1533 than I did with my 1203. You can do it!

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How do you like the Valkyrie?
 
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Snaxster said:
Adam, I just did a test with you in mind. It was an outgrowth of the bass I happened to pick up this evening, and it lead to a ferocious Head Hunters-esque groove (if I may say so).

In summary, my elevated, sideways Hathor 1203 with both switches down, driven by my Kern/Blue Rock rack let my 1969 Fender Precision Bass with Curt Mangan flats sound like a night club.

Not a messy blob, but a tight, thick, edge-less, just punchy, glowing bass frequency blob, with a little sweet midrange atop it, and a hint of distant sibilance trying to escape the density. What a sound. Mind you, this was at spirited "workday night apartment, but I have no qualms doing it because my upstairs neighbor talks on the phone with his baritone voice for several hours a day and night" levels.

So, my brother, I respectfully submit that you should be able to get deeper into that territory and more easily with your 1533 than I did with my 1203. You can do it!

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Cool, thanks. I love the sound of my Hathor too. I'd really like to try the Kern sometime, and the Blue Rock, and the Valkyrie haha.
 
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Did my second gig last night with the Hathor/Tc112 stack with my quilter. I have to say this combination keeps delivering the goods for me. This time I got my pedalboard out and used my Empress compressor and Darkglass. Having just a touch of overdrive with the darkglass brought the whole tone into vintage territory. It was ALSO the first gig with my new Bluesman Vintage 5 string, which was amazing as well. I didn't even get the master volume on the Quilter past 11 oclock and was already as loud as I needed to be, with guitar, keys, and drums to compete with. As usual, its the low end presence and clarity that blows me away. This is somewhat the bass, which has the best B string ever, and it's somewhat the Quilter, which has a very musical low end eq, but its really all about the AK cabs, which simply let the low freq breath. I don't know how, or why this is the case, but the low end just breathes, is fatter yet not bommy, with AK gear than anything else I have ever used. There is just a low end clarity that I am totally digging. And notes below E are simply God like. The voice of Thor. Oh, and here is some bass porn for you. I am in love with this bass. It just feels so right to play, and with the P bass pickup soloed its the best P tone I have ever had. Nitro finish, chambered body, weighs 8.1 lbs, all passive, aggie pickups. On par with Sadowsky and Lakland but a lot less expensive (for now) and made right here in Nashville. Check em out if you wish you could get an Alleva without spending $6000.
 

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engedi1 said:
Oh, and here is some bass porn for you. I am in love with this bass. It just feels so right to play, and with the P bass pickup soloed its the best P tone I have ever had. Nitro finish, chambered body, weighs 8.1 lbs, all passive, aggie pickups. On par with Sadowsky and Lakland but a lot less expensive (for now) and made right here in Nashville. Check em out if you wish you could get an Alleva without spending $6000.
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That bass is spicy like Bolton's chicken grease, I'll tell you what.
 
#5,360
dinoadventures said:
That bass is spicy like Bolton's chicken grease, I'll tell you what.
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It is the down home fried chicken of bass that's for sure. They do an amazing job of relicing too. Bass looks and feels like it was built in the '60's, and I can't wait to see how the Oly white nitro mellows over time. Alright, enough gushing....
 
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