As some of you may remember, I picked up a Peavey 2x15 and a GK 800RB on the cheap last summer... and promptly blew up the cabinet. Turns out the drivers were only worth about 80 watts apiece since they had been sitting for 40 years. Anyways, that cabinet is still sitting here unloaded and untouched, and so begins my predicament.
I've gotten by (barely) with my lil' 2x10 in practice (much quieter than stage volume), and have been lucky enough to have provided backline at most gigs. Now that spring is rolling around, though, I need the volume again. The issue is that this is a big cab, and a hassle to move around. The weight isn't a huge deal thanks to the casters, but getting it into my tiny sedan is quite a production. Add to that the fact that using this cab would mean that I need to choose between this monstrosity and a tiny rig for a gig (when most of my gigs are midsize bars/restaurants that require something in between), and the whole thing starts to seem a little impractical. I only need the extra volume that this provides a couple of times a year.
That being said, it would only cost $300 to put Black Widows in this cab, as opposed to a couple hundred more for new cabinets or building boxes. I'm thinking that smaller cabinets are the best way to go, but it opens up a whole new can of worms. 10s? 15s? I've heard great things about Bag End, but they're not cheap. I've also heard that 4x10 cabinets are pretty much the devil, and that vertical stacking is the only way to go, especially without PA support. How true is that?
So many questions. Thanks for reading.
I've gotten by (barely) with my lil' 2x10 in practice (much quieter than stage volume), and have been lucky enough to have provided backline at most gigs. Now that spring is rolling around, though, I need the volume again. The issue is that this is a big cab, and a hassle to move around. The weight isn't a huge deal thanks to the casters, but getting it into my tiny sedan is quite a production. Add to that the fact that using this cab would mean that I need to choose between this monstrosity and a tiny rig for a gig (when most of my gigs are midsize bars/restaurants that require something in between), and the whole thing starts to seem a little impractical. I only need the extra volume that this provides a couple of times a year.
That being said, it would only cost $300 to put Black Widows in this cab, as opposed to a couple hundred more for new cabinets or building boxes. I'm thinking that smaller cabinets are the best way to go, but it opens up a whole new can of worms. 10s? 15s? I've heard great things about Bag End, but they're not cheap. I've also heard that 4x10 cabinets are pretty much the devil, and that vertical stacking is the only way to go, especially without PA support. How true is that?
So many questions. Thanks for reading.
