• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

fEARful part 13: the bad luck's done, son

Status
Not open for further replies.
#861
::::BASSIST:::: said:
On a day to day basis, though, the portability of the 15/6 versus the 1212/6 makes it much more appealing to me.
Click to expand...

I think my 1212/6/1 is easier to move around on it's tilt back wheels than carrying my 12/6. Lifting them is another story, the 1212 is 30lbs heavier, but it's still a pretty easy one person lift. If there's stairs involved the 12/6 wins though.
 
#865
I'm just starting a 15/6 build to replace a pair of Genz 12t's. I wrestled with the decision to build it over 12/6's. I love the concept of a pair of 12's, but in practice, not so much. I'll share an example I posted on the GB forum....

Oh one other observation about the 12t's (and any pair of small cube shaped cabs in general)- they aren't that convenient.

My last gig was on the second floor of an old building down town (so long flight of stairs, 20' ceilings). There was no parking in that block, so I just stacked my two 12t's on the little folding hand truck and bungied them in place. With my bass on my back and my laptop / gig bag in hand, it looked like an easy one trip load in. No issues until I got to the bottom of the stairs. I realized that the stairs would take two trips no matter what. That meant deciding which valuable item to leave sitting on the side walk while I made the first trip. At 30'bs each, the stack of 12t's wouldn't have been that difficult to lift, but there's no handles except on the top of each one. Sure I could have tossed my laptop bag strap around my neck and carry a 12t in each hand, but I'd still have to come back and get the hand truck and bungee. Not only that, I absolutely hate carrying the 12t single handed- it's cube shaped and digs into your leg, and despite its light weight, is just downright awkward to move any distance without wheels (I contend the ideal one hand carry cabinet is no deeper than 10" perpendicular to the axis of the handle).

I realized then that a single 15/6 with side handles would have been way easier to get up the stairs (with the cart still bungied on), and NO more difficult to get from the car to the stairs.
Click to expand...

Sure i could just add strap handles to the sides of my 12t's, but that wouldn't have kept them on the cart when i tried to roll over a section of uneven pavement badly cracked be tree roots. Sure a 15/6 is probably overkill for rehearsals and the smaller gigs, but not as much as a 1212/6 would be.
 
#866
Rick Blanc said:
What kind of car do you have? I can easily fit my NV215 in the back of my 02 Jetta.
Click to expand...

::::BASSIST:::: said:
97 Civic Sedan with two child seats in the back seat. So yeah, not much room back there. I usually put my 112 PA monitors back there.
Click to expand...

As a 96 Civic driver myself, I can attest to this. The Jetta's trunk is about 1.5x the Civic's. Jetta is biggest in class, Civic is smallest in class.
 
#871
Rick Blanc said:
Pic? I gotta see that
Click to expand...

I don't have a pic of the 810 in there, but here's a pic of the load that just came out of it. My 410HLN, a pair of 15"JBL EONS, 3-10" EONS, an AH MixWiz, my Bass and Gigbag, as well as all stands and cables for a 3 piece band. Admittedly, I did have stuff in the front passenger seat, but it was a perfectly manageable load. The 810 and my bass stuff without the PA fits effortlessly. Of course that's now a moot point, now that I have my fEARfuls my Ampeg cabs have been enjoying their retirement, and haven't ventured out since my 1212/6/1 was finished.

Prius.jpg
 
#873
I put these questions on Greenboy's forum, but I thought I would throw it out here too since there is a bit more traffic here.

I'm pretty much done with wiring my 15/6/1 together with stranded 16-gauge speaker wire (this stuff - Walmart.com: RCA 50' 16-Gauge Speaker Wire for RCA Audio Hookup: Auto Electronics). I just realized that the recommendation was for 14 gauge. Do I need to remove the wiring and redo it using 14-gauge? I don't want to loose power or overheat.

Also my mid-chamber damping is quite full, there is room for the driver, but the magnet pushes the damping out of the way when I mount it. Is that OK, or should the damping be loose and not right up against the magnet and back of the driver? It's not packed hard, but it's not totally fluffy either.
 
#877
smeet said:
I put these questions on Greenboy's forum, but I thought I would throw it out here too since there is a bit more traffic here.

I'm pretty much done with wiring my 15/6/1 together with stranded 16-gauge speaker wire (this stuff - Walmart.com: RCA 50' 16-Gauge Speaker Wire for RCA Audio Hookup: Auto Electronics). I just realized that the recommendation was for 14 gauge. Do I need to remove the wiring and redo it using 14-gauge? I don't want to loose power or overheat.

Also my mid-chamber damping is quite full, there is room for the driver, but the magnet pushes the damping out of the way when I mount it. Is that OK, or should the damping be loose and not right up against the magnet and back of the driver? It's not packed hard, but it's not totally fluffy either.
Click to expand...

220, 221...whatever it takes.

mr-mom-movie-michael-keaton-chainsaw.jpg
 
#878
I just finished a 12/6/1 stack and wanted to show it off. Tell me what you think. I think the customer is really going to love them. I did a few unique things with them:

  • Foam core composite construction
    Suitcase style handles for one handed carry
    Custom tinted blue Duratex - the paint code is Valspar EE2117 Lapis Stone
    Black Duratex baffle
    2" Baffles with recessed drivers
    Emerald green round waffle grilles
    Dual Speakon and Dual 1/4" jacks on each cabinet
    Variable l-pad for tweeter level
    Stepped l-pad for midrange level - off, 0 dB, -3 dB, -6 dB

Link Removed

Link Removed

Link Removed

Link Removed

Link Removed

Youtube video:

fEARful


Robby
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back