Best Portable Rig?

[Brubass]

A GK MB2-500 and an Avatar SB112 does me well.

 

[ozacrot]

I absolutely love my Shuttle 6, and would definitely recommend that or a 9 for a portable head. They've got XLR direct outs on the back for when you find yourself on a bigger stage, too.

As far as portable cabs, the new SWR golights seem shockingly small. The 410 is 38 pounds. The 210 is also listed at 38 pounds, but that's the shipping weight. The actual weight is probably significantly less. I haven't seen one of them in person. Ampeg's new PRO NEO stuff seems pretty lightweight too, but a little pricier. I do know that Orange is making some extremely compact, powerful yet lightweight cabinets now too, but as you said, those would be a bit more expensive.

 

[faulknersj]

Do yourself a huge favor and buy a Genz Benz head and cab. People come up to me almost every night and ask me what I am playing thru and why it sounds so good. They have the best products and best customer service in the lightweight rig game hands down. Markbass gear sounds great, but if something goes wrong, it has to be shipped to Italy or accross the country to a 'certified' facility. I have both heads and GB wins hands down, especially on customer service and ease of repair. Best Wishes!

 

[philtoler]

I have used Markbass heads and cabs and they are very good but I now use the Orange compact range as it gives me the best combination of price, power, performance and flexibility. The tiny little Terror Bass head has switchable speaker impedance so it can deliver the full 500W into one tiny little SP210 2x10" isobaric cab (600W power handling) which is more than enough for most small and medium size gigs. They are so small and light - I carry them around in my tiny little Honda 1.3. The sound is amazing for such a tiny rig. If you need more you can double up on cabs or go for the isobaric 2x12" or 4x10".

 

[::::BASSIST::::]

I absolutely love my Shuttle 6, and would definitely recommend that or a 9 for a portable head. They've got XLR direct outs on the back for when you find yourself on a bigger stage, too.

As far as portable cabs, the new SWR golights seem shockingly small. The 410 is 38 pounds. The 210 is also listed at 38 pounds, but that's the shipping weight. The actual weight is probably significantly less. I haven't seen one of them in person. Ampeg's new PRO NEO stuff seems pretty lightweight too, but a little pricier. I do know that Orange is making some extremely compact, powerful yet lightweight cabinets now too, but as you said, those would be a bit more expensive.

The swr go-lite 410 is not 38LBS, its a bit over 50. Still light, but if it were 38LBS it would be missing the drivers.

 

[gafbass02]

Shuttle 9 and barefaced midget T. Very loud, very light! Something like 4lbs for the head and 22lbs for the cab. And 500 watts.

I carry it 20 mins into town every Thursday and then play a large pub with it drink a fair bit of Guinness (and black) and carry the sucker home at 1-3am (guinness depending no worries