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Gallien Krueger 210T Thread.

Standalone

Standalone

Jan 17, 2005
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#1
I've not found another thread on this cab, which came with my GK 800RB in a trade at Sam Ash. I really dig it on all small to medium size bar gigs. It does pretty well with my upright, too.

I've pushed the cab-- within reason-- a few times (it's 4 ohms) and it's given me confidence. It's way deep and pretty heavy.

I love the 10's onstage, and only play it on its side. I thought I'd start a thread on it as none came up in any searches and I've never seen one otherwise.

Despite its name, it has no tweeter (that I can see or hear at least!)

The tone is even, with what I percieve to be a straightforward rolloff in the highs, which is nonetheless suitable to my modern clean jazz bass tone on gigs. It likes a little bass boost in big rooms, but does take it well and sounds like a bigger cab set flat when boosted.

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Anyone else have this cab? Links / info / etc?
 
#2
I have the 210T, but I have not used it very much since the 115T I bought it with had sufficient volume. When I did plug it in, I put it into the 100W amp of the 800RB, but I'm thinking it may be better to couple it with the 115T.

Do you know the anything about the limits of the drivers of the 210T? The magnets look pretty huge? How high in volume do you go with it?
 
#3
It's a 4 ohm cab-- at least mine is, and should NOT be hooked up to the 100Watt section lest it melt your amp...

As for power handling, I have nothing to go by but my bassist's "sixth sense" in that regard. It's a solid cab and built heavily for its size. I hadn't looked at the inside yet, but the vintage-y way it responds jibes with big magnets.

I wouldn't be afraid to throw 5 or 600 clean watts at it with reasonable EQ. I think it's well built enough to give you some hints to chill out before you kill it. I've never had it anywhere near where I felt I was testing its limits, but I don't currently play in a very loud band.

Do you have a pic of your 110T?

I've seen them with like a blue and purple name plate, I think.
 
#4
my input fell into the cabinet. took off the corners, but cant' get the back panel off. any suggestions? is it just stuck from humidity? the cabinet has been unused, in a basement for 4 years now...
 
#7
banikek said:
I have two of the 410T cabinets. They sound very good and in my opinion the tolex covering and no tweeter is a big plus.
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I bet that is a great sound.

My 210 has a pretty deep (hi bass and low mids, that is) and even sound. So very different from say an eden 210xlt.

A wall of 8 of those old GK tens would be heaven. I'd guess the larger cab would add deep bass extension to that even response curve.

+1 on the tolex and tweeter. But why the "t" designation if they lack a tweeter?
 
#8
There is a 210T for sale on CL just north of the twin cities here. I think he wants 180 for it. I am tempted to get it because the speakers in my 410T are just that nice. Would give me a smaller rig option. Especially if you are happy with yours!

Chris
 
#11
I just searched for the 210T as I picked one up today for a big whopping $75. I feel like I scored big time. I needed a small cab that is somewhat portable for jams and smallish shows. As a bonus...The cab sounds pretty damn good.

Honestly...It sounds better than my Ampeg 8x10. Not saying that it will rock harder than the 8x10...But it sure sounds better. I prefer the "size" of the sound of my Boogie 6x10...But this little 2x10 kills.

I'll be on the lookout for more of them.
 
#13
Wow, seeing this old thread reminds me of my old 210T8... Except I don't recall mine being heavy... I think it was less than 30 pounds.

It had a strap handle on the top and I used to lug it to university and some shows in Toronto in the late 90s... I got mine from Long and McQuade in Toronto used for about $175 in '96 or so... and I don't recall it being able to handle very much power either...

The picture by the OP looks remarkably like mine - all the way down to the purple-black faded woofers.

I used to use it with a speaker stand that would tilt it back 45 degrees - while my Hartke head sat in a roto-case on top... worked well!

I eventually traded it in for an SWR 2x10 to get a little more power.
 
#14
frankie5string said:
Wow, seeing this old thread reminds me of my old 210T8... Except I don't recall mine being heavy... I think it was less than 30 pounds.

It had a strap handle on the top and I used to lug it to university and some shows in Toronto in the late 90s... I got mine from Long and McQuade in Toronto used for about $175 in '96 or so... and I don't recall it being able to handle very much power either...

The picture by the OP looks remarkably like mine - all the way down to the purple-black faded woofers.

I used to use it with a speaker stand that would tilt it back 45 degrees - while my Hartke head sat in a roto-case on top... worked well!

I eventually traded it in for an SWR 2x10 to get a little more power.
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Cool.

A tilt back setup sounds good-- it would help the modest treble come through better.

You must have been young and strong... it's definitely in the 40lb range. :) I guess that this would be the 210T4 -- the last number must be the impedance.

I don't think of the cab as having low power handling-- it has been able to take whatever I've thrown at it without sounding like it's straining. Since power handling ratings aren't reliable across brand, I'd bet that the more "power" that you noticed with the SWR had to do with the sensitivity rather than total power handling.
 
#15
Standalone said:
I don't think of the cab as having low power handling-- it has been able to take whatever I've thrown at it without sounding like it's straining. Since power handling ratings aren't reliable across brand, I'd bet that the more "power" that you noticed with the SWR had to do with the sensitivity rather than total power handling.
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The tiltback really helped. I'm certain though that the cab was not 40lbs. Perhaps there were two versions. I also remember having to tighten the jack plug on every gig - it would work its way loose over time as it was just a jack, mounted right to the back-board with a washer behind it.

I remember carrying it up flights of stairs at what used to be known as the "Indian Motorcycle Club" in the club district of Toronto and not having much trouble - and I was quite sick back then. All the shows were held on the third floor.

Before I got the 210T8 I had an old Traynor 1x15 from the 70s that was only about 30lbs as well...

I don't remember ever pushing the cabinet hard enough to distort. According to my notes its power handling was about 160Watts and it had kind of a tubby sound to it. The cabinet had a lot of personality. The SWR was quite the opposite and sounded very sterile compared to it and was much heavier. I'm not sure why I traded the GK in for the SWR... maybe I was playing louder gigs by then and needed something with just a little more output?

From a performance perspective it was so long ago - but yeah, fond memories gigging with the 210T8...
 
#20
Alright, I know this is a dumb question, and I'm ready for the heckling. But I have a GK Backline 115, and it just doesn't have enough power to practice with the band. I found one of these for sale for 75$... can I plug my Backline into this, and use that as the amp?
 

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