First Gig, what gear should I take?

Hi Everyone, like the title says I've got my first gig coming up with my new band. The band is a power trio. The drummer plays on an old set of clear blue ludwigs and he does hit hard. The guitarist has a fender tube amp with 2x12's, I forget which model but its about 50 watts. At practice I'm using a Trace Elliot head model RAH-130sm with the 7 band eq and a Trace Elliot single 15 cab (all early 80's made in the UK) and I can hear myself fine with the volume only at about 2, eq very close to flat. I have plenty of volume left on the TE head as its only on 2.

We play classic rock (stuff bars will pay you to play) some blues and a few newer tunes that fit. Even with the drummer really banging I hear myself fine and don't see any need to turn up past 2. The first gig is an outdoor party we are playing to get our first crowd exposure and a chance to play through our three sets.

The gear I have to choose from is this:

early 80's Trace Elliot
1x15
4x10 + horn

Ampeg
SVT 210HE (made in usa)
SVT18 (made in USA)

Ashdown
Electric Blue 180 head

I'll be taking two basses with me, a MIM Fender P bass with D'a Chromes flatwounds (medium gage) and an early 80's Guild SB-602 (shaped like a pilot bass with active electronics and EMG's) with D'a round wounds, also medium gage.

The only things going through the PA will be vocals and its not a large PA, just the one we use for practice. I prefer a nice deep bass tone and can get it from pretty much any head/cab combo I own. Being a 3 peice band and my tone set for deep bass with just a touch of mid punch I cut through the mix with ease.

(sorry if this reads like a lot of random thoughts, my grandson is here and he is 3 years old, need I say more?)

Anyhow, which cabs and head would you use for this type of a gig?

 

I'm thinking of using both TE cabs and bring both heads. I can start with the TE head and the two cabs and if its not loud enough I'll try switching to the ashdown to see how much more volume I get, if thats not enough I'll run both heads, one into each cab. I am tempted to take it all just so I can get a pic of all my cabs in one place.

 

interesting that people are saying use the TE head with the ampeg cabs instead of the TE cabs.

 

The party is outdoors, but our "stage" will be right inside the garage. When we jam there even with the door shut (not our normal practice space but handy for quick jams) people cooking out in their yards can hear us and often shout out requests.

 

Thats why I didn't understand what you meant - one head is the TE the other head is an Ashdown. The cabs are TE and Ampeg.

 

Its not all there, the garage is only a jam spot, practice is at the gui****'s house and some of the gear is here at my house. It is spread over three locations so I don't need to carry anything for practice aside from my bass.

I haven't played a gig since the 80's. I have been gathering this gear over the last few months. I go such a sweet deal on the two ampeg cabs that I couldn't pass it up - $200 for the SVT 2100HE and the SVT18, both in great shape, how could I pass that up?