Let me know what you think it adds over the 2 cabs. I have 2 and have been wanting the 3rd.
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Let me know what you think it adds over the 2 cabs. I have 2 and have been wanting the 3rd.
Honestly, I’m not opening them up enough to tell. I could have done this gig with two.
Right now I’d say going from one to two is a much bigger difference than two to three. Kind of like kids.
I actually did this on a 2 nighter in a theater down in Bastrop Texas a while back. For whatever reason the sound guy wanted to mic it instead of using the DI- I had the guitar player plays my bass a bit so I could go out front. I thought it sounded great.[/QUOTE]
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So.... Funny story- I subbed for a friend of mine last night to play bass for country artist Doug Stone who had 8 number one’s way back in the day. (Sorry, I was stoked to do it, Nevermind my shameless bragging! ) Decided to take 2 BA12-3’s and My Magellan 800- I’ve been running the Sans Amp BDDI in front of it to dirty it a little more. Set up, sound check- rig sounds great and nothing but nice comlpliments from the band guys.
Before the show, the bass player I’m subbing for calls me to see how things are going. He had been at the Dallas Guitar show and told me he heard this little bass rig that sounded incredible! He loved everything about it! It was 2 little cabs, had these 4 small speakers in the front. Great tone! Loud! A Genzer, Gezler.... something. I went on the stage and took a quic pic of my rig on his gig and sent it to him. I asked if it may look a little like the pic! Lol- now that’s funny!
Before the show, the bass player I’m subbing for calls me to see how things are going. He had been at the Dallas Guitar show and told me he heard this little bass rig that sounded incredible! He loved everything about it! It was 2 little cabs, had these 4 small speakers in the front. Great tone! Loud! A Genzer, Gezler.... something. I went on the stage and took a quic pic of my rig on his gig and sent it to him. I asked if it may look a little like the pic! Lol- now that’s funny!
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Found the group a little late and sure this topic has been discussed in the 160 pages or sooo. Was fortunate enough to pick up a Magellan for a good price with intentions of a good yet powerful light weight rig in my old age. Having a hard time deciding between a 112-3 or 210-3. Play from country to hard rock. Any input?
You will get varied opinions on this- But here’s one vote for the 112-3. Though I haven’t played the 210-3. In general, I prefer 12’s over 10’s.... A little rounder and I like the bottom end. But no bad choice in those two options.
If you're running a 5 string you may prefer the deeper response of the 12. If not - you may prefer the slightly punchier 210. Both are different flavours of great. I like the 12's
I play an active 5 and a single BA10 handled a jazz/funk quartet gig for me.
That is too funny. Can relate. Am Getty to add 12-3 slant to my new class D 800 head.
I've only played the 210-3 at the Music shop. I have gigged the BA12-3 extensively. I found as Loring has stated the 210 punchier but preferred the 12-3. To me its deeper and fuller. I was going to pick up the 210 to add to my 12 but Jeff Genzler and a bunch of folks here spoke very highly of adding the same cab. And they were right!
Cool- I’ve been very impressed with the 12-3 and have played several gigs with just one. I like having the second one, but so far I’ve never pushed it to where I felt like I was running out of headroom. And last night was a pretty big stage. I went with the slat as my second one- very happy with it
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Agree! And, I was going to add a third and still may. But I haven’t needed the extra horsepower yet. I like the 2 12-3 combo just like it is.
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Sorry if this topic was previously discussed.... But what settings are you currently using and for what style of music?
@campbems has owned a 12-3 stack, a 210-3 stack, AND a 10-2 stack... so he could give you a sense of how the three cabs are similar and how they differ. And he owns both the 800 and 350 heads...
FWIW, I own a single 12-3 and a single 10-2 and both heads. I haven’t played the 210-3. I play in a moderate volume church band, as a side player for a couple of singer/songwriters, and was playing in two guitar based original pop bands. The drummers I play with are all reasonable players - no gorillas. The largest venue that I’ve played without PA support was probably a club with about 200 or so in attendance. Almost all of my gigs have been with the 800 head and the single BA12-3. I did play the 350 head and 10-2 one Sunday with the church band and it didn’t break a sweat.
Personally, I prefer the form factor of the 12-3 over the 210-3. Word on the street is that the 12-3 goes lower and is a bit more round sounding. I am perfectly happy with the sound of mine.
For me, either as a single cab requires a stand with the slant 12-3 as the possible exception (I’ve not played one of the slant 12’s).
I expect the 210-3 moves more air than the 12-3, will take more power, and is probably a bit punchier.
While a stack of two of either cab increases everything, I have not been in a situation where the single 12-3 has not been adequate for my needs.
I probably preferred the overall stack of the 12-3 arrays as they seemed to be the most balanced tonally. If I was using just 1 cabinet I preferred the 210-3 as it offered a lot more volume, power, and punch. If you have medium sized gigs with PA support the 10-2 stack is the way to go as it gives me all the volume I could ever need with a super lightweight rig. It’s just according to what you need. I don’t find I lose anything using my Genzler 350 and 2 of the 10-2 arrays over my 210 or 12-3 stacks mainly because I never ever come close to maxing those stacks out. Honestly the 10-2 Array combo stack has never been pushed over 50% even in the really large venues I’ve played. Simply amazing gear no matter the rig you choose. I’m a Genzler man for sure.
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