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Everyone's downsizing these days..

#225
shoot-r said:
The phenomena of equipment down-sizing "usually" happens around the 40th birthday!!! :) :smug: :)
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I guess I'm 10 years early. :)

My stage rig has turned into a Pod X3 Live, a single Warwick with a passive mode, and a backpack that carries a little fold-up stand and my cables. Monitoring is all in-ear, sound comes from the PA. It's nice making one trip to the car.

When I need an on-stage monitor, I've got a Markbass CMD-102P that I bring along since it's light and powerful. I've got a 1x15 Markbass cab as well for when I actually need my stage rig to hold down FOH bass duty. That's a total weight of about 90lbs for both pieces, which is nothing really.

Yeah, I'm all about the small and light. I'm sick to death of dragging full stacks into bars.
 
#226
Deluge Of Sound said:
Hear the low end?

What about feel the low end?
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Oh for those decibel gigs? I would just pump the bass through the PA so there's plenty of wattage for all, not just on-stage.

Not that I don't have a 2x10 Avatar cab for those middle-between cases where there's need for more volume but the PA is not there. Fortunately a lot of my recent gigs have been of the level so the audience is actually hearing what we are playing, not feeling a sine pulse through their bodies and nothing else.
 
#227
Tajue17 said:
nice big rig I like all the plugs in the wall socket including the space heater--> reminds me of when I was younger we kept blowing fuses and then the plug fixture arc'd out when we where jamming and the kids parents told us we had to leave :bassist:.
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:D

I use to get yelled at back in the day for that type of stuff..... years later.... I still do :bassist: except now I have more amps that are more loud with more lows then you really need...... from a being reasonable stand point, but "reasonable", that's no fun:p
 
#228
georgestrings said:
+1... I remember someone posting something to the effect that if you're playing through a 110, 210, or 112, and *think* you're playing in a loud band - you're mistaken... that definitely applies here... I'm sure it works for him, and is a very nice combo - but to call it "loud" is a bit laughable...


- georgestrings
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Our band is loud enough with our setup. We're loud enough to fill most venues, and if the venue's any bigger we can use the PA to be truly "loud".

At one gig, in which we used the PA, one fan said it was the loudest gig he'd ever been to, so I wouldn't say we are a completey quiet band.

Anyone would think that some people on here feel threatened by people who can get by with smaller rigs, probably because it devalues their decisions to buy stupidly big and expensive rigs, so they can be "loud" enough for situations that will never occur. If anything, these people are "laughable"
 
#229
I play metal said:
Atually I assumed that and I appologize!!

Not trying to be a dick but I just cant see that man.What are your guitarists playing through?Anything more tham 212's and there's no way you'd be heard with just a single 10,with a metal drummer added to the mix especially...IMO and in my experience ,that is.

Man if your pulling it off then good on ya!!That's a trace elliot your using?Sounds like ya gota noice rig!!:cool:
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At the last gig the one guitarist was playing a 210 and the other was playing a 110.

Yeah, my rigs a Trace Elliot GP7SM 130. The cabinet design is like a subwoofer, gives the 110 the power and feel of a much bigger speaker configuration.
 
#232
metdistortion said:
At the last gig the one guitarist was playing a 210 and the other was playing a 110.

Yeah, my rigs a Trace Elliot GP7SM 130. The cabinet design is like a subwoofer, gives the 110 the power and feel of a much bigger speaker configuration.
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Ahhhh cool.Not to be a jack@$$ but no wonder you doing alright with that rig.Your guitarists play pretty small rigs-for metal anyway IMO.Good on ya though!!Yeah your trace is a nice unit.Played one back when.wooo:cool:
 
#233
It's all relative to the size venues you play. Most of my gigs are bars & clubs with an average capacity of between 100 to 200 people. My 500 watt micro head and neoX 212 cab are plenty loud enough (hard classic & southern rock). Anything bigger I run a line to the PA.
 
#234
metdistortion said:
Anyone would think that some people on here feel threatened by people who can get by with smaller rigs, probably because it devalues their decisions to buy stupidly big and expensive rigs, so they can be "loud" enough for situations that will never occur. If anything, these people are "laughable"
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Or maybe I gig an 8x10 because I haven't found another cab that sounds as good in my given situation?
 
#235
I'm with you there coreyfyfe.

Almost all of my gigs have PA support, and I still bring my SVT. I just love the sound of it. I don't find it to be terribly onerous to move around either. It seems that if a room has PA support, they usually have a pretty easy load-in situation too. Would I be able to "get by" with a smaller rig when I have PA support? Of course I could "get by." I've had to get by two instances with nothing but a bit of bass in the vocal monitors. It sounded fine out front, but I hated every minute of it on stage.

I do play small rooms where I have to drag my gear up or down a flight of stairs. In those cases, sure, I bring the B200R instead of the pig. I also do a supper-club gig and of course I bring the combo instead of the pig in that situation. But most of my gigs are with dynamic bands playing music with more intensity than a supper club.

I'm sure that I'll eventually I'll get tired of dragging around a big amp, but I tried downsizing for a while and didn't like it. For me it's not about being loud (there is a volume control on it, after all). It's just that I'm used to a certain kind of sound and I like it.
 

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