AudioKinesis Cabs Part VI...

[steubig]

i've been playing what might be considered to be a contra-baritone guitars through the hathors. i think they sound fabulous.

(the instruments are 6-string basses tuned up a minor third, so they're D to Eb)

i've also played iPad synths through and felt like they didn't lose anything.

 

[emjazz]

Has anyone tried guitar (and a guitar head) through a Hathor cab?
I am currently eyeballing a baritone and considering what else I might need (want) if playing it goes farther than expected. I thought it might be neat to have a 20-30W tube head with a decent reverb channel (or pedal) running through the 1203.

My most relevant experience was trying the bottom four bari. string gauges using D'Addario XL nickels on a bass. It sounded surprisingly great through my Ashdown ABM500 and a Baer ML112 (before I had the 1203).

My imagination pictures a small tube guitar amp atop a 1203 and my ABM500 atop a 1533 for doubling (if necessary, keys could cover bass when I am on baritone).

Baritone would sound great through Duke's cab! (Great idea)

 

[Marial]

Haven't tried a guitar amp, but my Strat sounds fabulous through the TH500/TC112v3.

 

[mysteryclock]

That sounds perfect - Thanks!!

However even switching to a hand saw is no guarantee... when I was a kid, I sawed a notch into my knee with a handsaw... (anyone seeing a pattern here??)

Yes, and the pattern is "Duke needs body armor."

 

[Type-55]

You need a saw with Saw Stop Technology.

 

[TomB]

As a lifelong table saw user I have to comment that I consider a router table an even more risky tool. As for a chop saw (not a sliding bevel saw), I use it most days and have yet to find the risk if you keep your distance and support your work. Hold that pipe tight and get an 80- tooth blade! Well, ok, back to bass cabs - and be careful, Bud!

 

[kittywithabanjo]

As a lifelong table saw user I have to comment that I consider a router table an even more risky tool. As for a chop saw (not a sliding bevel saw), I use it most days and have yet to find the risk if you keep your distance and support your work. Hold that pipe tight and get an 80- tooth blade! Well, ok, back to bass cabs - and be careful, Bud!

Router table is more dangerous for sure there is some great safety tech going into saws these days.

 

[nostatic]

Last night's hit - this is about as close I'll ever get to the "sound in my head" (as opposed to the voices in my head). Plus I could life the cab in my post-surgery state

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[mngnt]

Anyone played bass through a dumble clone?

 

[bonin in the boneyard]

Anyone played bass through a dumble clone? View attachment 1119762

I don't know what that is, but I want to buy it a nice dinner and bring it home to meet my parents.

 

[Selta]

Ha! I thought you were referring to where the Seattle get-together is happening, and hence where the cab is making its debut: At the "Odin Brewing Company"!
No way the Duratex would be dry in time, so the Hathor 1863 will be the only new AudioKinesis cab at the Emerald City Bass Convention this year.

*ahem*
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On the left, my own Thunderchild 118. On the right, the to-be-debuted-tomorrow Hathor 1863. If you're in the greater Seattle area, come on down to see these and A/B these two (and more)!

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[steubig]

that 1863(tm)

makes one think of other possibilities

full report needed.

 

[Passinwind]

that 1863(tm)

makes one think of other possibilities

full report needed.

Yep, that'll happen for sure. I really like the look of that form factor.

 

[Selta]

that 1863(tm)

makes one think of other possibilities

full report needed.

I'll certainly post my thoughts. I won't have time to play it tonight or tomorrow before BassCon, but I think Duke is allowing me a couple of days with it after that, so I'll make sure to play them and give a bit of a report

 

[Snaxster]

About to get on the road now, to visit a very old friend for talk, food, and music making, I consider my gear for the trip:

Lightweight PJ bass in a Glenn Cronkhite case, 800 watt micro amp, daily laptop bag carrying cables and high-end bass guitar specific pedals instead, and Hathor 1203 in a Tuki cover.

It has been said many times in recent years, but the state of the art for bass guitar equipment is in full bloom now.

 

[steubig]

Lightweight PJ bass in a Glenn Cronkhite case,

It has been said many times in recent years, but the state of the art for bass guitar equipment is in full bloom now.

it's great to know that glenn is still making stuff. as a side note, i was reading some history stuff and he was playing with some heavy people back in the day.

true dat about the era.

 

[Snaxster]

it's great to know that glenn is still making stuff. as a side note, i was reading some history stuff and he was playing with some heavy people back in the day.

true dat about the era.

And I'm back.

Right on about Glenn. That is a case I bought from him directly almost ten years ago. I picked it up from him at his house/shop. I met his cats. The thing I think most players don't know about Glenn Cronkhite is what a cool guy he is. Just a lovely person. Though I don't know much detail about his history as a musician, I associate Glenn with the early ECM Records and with Bill Connors.

Here is my H1203 in action and my friend's main axe without its metal rattler mounted. He was processing the **** out of that thing, with multiple realtime controllers and all. Luckily I'm an old texturalist; with my mere overdrive, compressor/limiter and looper, I had to dig deep to complete the arrangements tastefully amid his massively variegated and spatial sonic onslaught. The H1203 sounded beautiful. Its high and mid switches were quite useful used singly.

 

[nostatic]

From live indoor restaurant to outdoor farmers market. H1203 doesn't care (maybe a little honey badger in it)

 

[Kirk Bryant]

Glenn is a great human being. I've had the pleasure of playing with him more than once. Just a joy to both play with and hang with.

 

[MarkA]

What instrument is that? Looks kinda like an erhu, but I don't see a bow or tuning pegs... Is it bowed? Plucked? Inquiring minds want to know.

I was asked to play an erhu - a souvenir a teacher had - for a class of little kids. I'd never played one before, but the teacher knew I played bowed strings, so she asked me to give it a shot. I tuned the strings to what seemed reasonable pitch, channeled what I could of the movie soundtracks and YouTube recordings I'd heard, and did my best. The kids dug it -- they were taken with the sound -- but I felt compelled to apologize to the instrument and to all real erhu players, past and present, afterward.

And I'm back.

Right on about Glenn. That is a case I bought from him directly almost ten years ago. I picked it up from him at his house/shop. I met his cats. The thing I think most players don't know about Glenn Cronkhite is what a cool guy he is. Just a lovely person. Though I don't know much detail about his history as a musician, I associate Glenn with the early ECM Records and with Bill Connors.

Here is my H1203 in action and my friend's main axe without its metal rattler mounted. He was processing the **** out of that thing, with multiple realtime controllers and all. Luckily I'm an old texturalist; with my mere overdrive, compressor/limiter and looper, I had to dig deep to complete the arrangements tastefully amid his massively variegated and spatial sonic onslaught. The H1203 sounded beautiful. Its high and mid switches were quite useful used singly.

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