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Everyone's downsizing these days..
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I understand...sheesh...the old bass player complaint...weight...I am interested in the TC electronic 450 rig for the lightest weight as I getting overuse problems in my shoulders, elbows and ligaments (30+ years playing)...but I still have my monster Mesa M2000 with several cabs including a road ready 18...at the big gigs much can be backlined...but I am playing small gigs now through my old SWR combos...15" and 10"...I guess..."don't sell your old gear" makes much sense....BTW...I relate to hauling my gear around in a dually pick-up...it's gone now and I have a small sporty car and need to pack it oh so carefully...enjoying the thread...gp
It came with the amp, which can be slid out and used seperately. Apparently you can buy the cab seperately but it would be very hard to find
Here it is:
The speaker is a 10" Celestion, I'm not sure what wattage. However, the cabinet design has the effect of a subwoofer, giving the amp a louder, bigger, and deeper sound, as if there are far more speakers.
...ah...u still stack em pretty high...I think you just downsized the weight!
I don't think there is such a thing as a "one size fits all" rig to suit all jobs.
I do jobs where a B-15 is all I need. Then there are outdoor ones that a full SVT is a must.
There are others when space is at a premium and a tiny amp is called for.
It makes much more sense to me, that is if you're working enough, to have mulitipal rigs to fit whatever venue you need it to.
I do jobs where a B-15 is all I need. Then there are outdoor ones that a full SVT is a must.
There are others when space is at a premium and a tiny amp is called for.
It makes much more sense to me, that is if you're working enough, to have mulitipal rigs to fit whatever venue you need it to.
Spot on.
And ya gotta wonder why the guys who tell you they play so many more gigs than anyone else here don't seem to have any help from bandmates or a crew?
im not into big bass amps if i may be honist
most times i think there penis extentions
for example i was playing a small gig in dunoon and we were playing on borrowed and own gear and i was using a 30 watt bass combo going into the p.a and i think i sounded pretty good and considering we were playing on combos and it still managed to fill the venue i think that was pretty good but the other band we were playing with rolled in with a 1x15 and a 4x10 and it was too loud for the venue
no i have to admit i am buying a new amp (a fender bassman from 1972) its 50 watts and it goes louder in a 1x15 than any ampeg ive ever played and i think it sounds better
so to the guy who is saying he would rather have a 8x10 just remeber this
you dont need 1000 watts to be heavy
most times i think there penis extentions
for example i was playing a small gig in dunoon and we were playing on borrowed and own gear and i was using a 30 watt bass combo going into the p.a and i think i sounded pretty good and considering we were playing on combos and it still managed to fill the venue i think that was pretty good but the other band we were playing with rolled in with a 1x15 and a 4x10 and it was too loud for the venue
no i have to admit i am buying a new amp (a fender bassman from 1972) its 50 watts and it goes louder in a 1x15 than any ampeg ive ever played and i think it sounds better
so to the guy who is saying he would rather have a 8x10 just remeber this
you dont need 1000 watts to be heavy
I cant stand micro rigs. Micro heads, okay, but then you can't have an awesome rackmount tuner and preamp that lights up and just adds so much to your stage presence.
Stage presence, IMO, is an important part of a show. If the bassist has no rig and just PA, Guitarist's 412 is in the back, I probably won't like it if they're the cliche presence.
I use a 2x12" as it was all I could afford at the time, but a 112 is the only item on my xmas list (and two games.) so 3 12s will be all I need. It's not too mini.
Stage presence, IMO, is an important part of a show. If the bassist has no rig and just PA, Guitarist's 412 is in the back, I probably won't like it if they're the cliche presence.
I use a 2x12" as it was all I could afford at the time, but a 112 is the only item on my xmas list (and two games.) so 3 12s will be all I need. It's not too mini.
Im actually doing the opposite. Im going bigger. I have a current Hartke 4.5xl which is a 4x10 with a little mark 800 tube. I play in a death/black metal band. This entails a loud drummer, two 7-string guitarists often playing In drop A, Keyboards and vocals. I would agree with the OP on this one. For some genres of music, downsizing works quite well im sure. Death metal perhaps isn't one of them. I however will probably end up with a cab bigger and more powerful than my 4x10 but lighter as the Hartke XL series are awful heavy.
Yeah? So?
That was just a joke, BTW. In all honesty, I don't need an extension of my penis. I use big cabs because they sound bigger. Period. This is what happens when people project their own likes and dislikes onto others...all of a sudden they have a tiny unit because they don't agree with you. Nice.
No, you just need a big cab. Mine sounds perfectly heavy with a B-15 driving it.
That's very true.
When we unload the trailer , everyone unloads the trailer.
All the stuff, not just their own.
We load it the same way. One guy in the trailer. "Tell me what you want next". I'm 53 now ,so I've been at it for a while, and I've noticed that I've always have had help moveing my crap.
Yeah? So?
That was just a joke, BTW. In all honesty, I don't need an extension of my penis. I use big cabs because they sound bigger. Period. This is what happens when people project their own likes and dislikes onto others...all of a sudden they have a tiny unit because they don't agree with you. Nice.
No, you just need a big cab. Mine sounds perfectly heavy with a B-15 driving it.
well maby for your sound but mine is a little more sweet than strong
i think for my style of music smaller is bigger
plus when i say the vaselines and mudhoney in edsbra i thought they had a big sound and all of them were using smaller amps
but thats just me
guess its all about prefrence
with my amps i can project the sound i like while some people may need more power to do there thing
You got to love someone who just joined the forum, and all three of their posts is about putting down other members
How about a little more info about yourself (how many tours, how many national acts you have opened for, how many arena gigs, etc.). Afterall, you seemed well versed and experienced, and maybe can show some of us how it should be done.
I've probably been doing all wrong these last 30+ years
It came with the amp, which can be slid out and used seperately. Apparently you can buy the cab seperately but it would be very hard to find
Here it is:
The speaker is a 10" Celestion, I'm not sure what wattage. However, the cabinet design has the effect of a subwoofer, giving the amp a louder, bigger, and deeper sound, as if there are far more speakers.
I had one of those for a while way back. The sound was very boxy (no pun intended) .
