carvin R1000 into a mesa 4x10 road ready cab

The Carvin produces 700W at 8ohms bridged mono. Your Mesa Road Ready 4x10 is a 600W 8ohm cabinet right? If so, the two are an almost perfect match. I'm not a huge fan of the Carvin stuff, but I have played through an R1000 into a redline 4x10, and I have to say it sounded pretty damn good. Rock on brother

 

I had a Mesa rig and thought it sucked for a five string but then again I thought the Mesa rigged sucked all teh way around. THe b string on your bass is 30 hertz unless you drop tune, it will handle fine you may like it I just think Mesa is crap, at least mine was (M-bassist2000 6X10 powerhouse)
but teh carvin is powerful enough just try to find a shop in teh area that will work on it if not you have to send it back to carvin any time yo have a problem
well good luck

 

If you're thinking Carvin for the amp, I'd recommend the B1500 instead of the R1000.

 

I was checking into the r1000 a couple of years back.

The reviews don't look very good for it...if you haven't had the chance to play one, I would be wary of it.

 

The cab will most likely be pretty awesome regardless. Is it the black faced Powerhouse, or the newer silver faced Powerhouse?

I'd think twice about the head. I played through a Carvin setup and thought it was pretty bland.

Kustom Groove Bass might be a better choice (for about $5-600).

 

Greetings from the North,
I'd say go for the B1500 if you are going to go Carvin. I had a R1000 seriesII with the tube pre. It was pretty good but it sometimes would do odd things like shut down on one side and then come back on later. Didn't like that. And also didn't like the idea of having to ship it to California for anything major. The 'Soft Knee' compression wasn't all that good either. I got a pretty good sound out of it but there is better out there. The B1500 has a better rep,even Jorg Schroeder has been known to use one, and the R1000 is a crap shoot.
Rezdog

 

Well what is yoru price range if it like 500 to 600 go with Kustom or Peavey, if yo go with Carvin I know guys who love it , I have ran through many Carvin P.A. all yo need to do is find a shop that is smart enough to fix it, most people thikn that yo need to send it to Carvin , that is not true once the warranty is up you can take it any place you want and have them fix it they call Carvin carvin sends them the parts and the prints and they fix it, Carvin just wants their stuff back during warranty. Which is funny cause HArtke is deemed ok but Carvin is not, and Hartke the cabinet could be 18 years old they still want you to the cabint back to them cause htey are afraid you will put an aluminum driver in another cab. The Carvins are not bad I personally like Peavey, but Ihave used Carvins alot they are ok, if you get one just make sure the local shop knows they can repair it once the warranty is up or else yes you will be stuck sending off all teh time for little piddling stuff, awe screw it just buy a Max 700

 

If the B1500 is out of your price range get the B500, which is also plenty loud.

 

IMO neither the Behringer nor the Laney will be as good.