Gig Tonight - Conflicted on which amp to use....Suggestions.

If your going into the PA with the bass, a single cab is more then enough. Remember, if you play too loud the singers can't hear the monitors.....YVMV

 

Hartke LH1000, 2 GK 212's stacked vertically. Set the Hartke for B M T: 2, 10, 2. It's the Fender tone stack and you need all the mids you can get. Make sure to mono bridge the setup (I assume you have two 8 ohm cabs). Depending on how large the area is and/or what kind of stage you are on, you might not be heard too well. Good luck and play well!

 

I try to fit my amp and bass with the room acoustics and/or band instrumentation. I have a gig tonight in an open/boomy room and a smaller stage, so the amp will to close. So I’ll go with a P bass and cab with 10’s, either on a stand or angled up so,I can hear.

 

Perfect opportunity to go full on SWR.

 

Bro, you have altogether too many amps and cabinets.

 

Use the PBJ. Not only is it beautiful, but the sandwiches are good, too!

 

You're outside. You don't have the benefit of walls or a ceiling to reinforce the low end like you do in a room. Take as much horsepower as you can - assuming you have a volume knob, you can make it fit.

 

Stacked gk212s should move a lot of air and project well. Give them as much as they'll take. Assuming cabs have similar power handling, efficiency should rule the day and I've got one of those and it's very efficient, so go with that

 

Updates, please.

 

For an outdoor gig, where the bass rig gets no FOH support, I'd take the most cabs with the most drivers, with the most powerful amp I own to drive them.

It's not about being loud it's about pushing a full bass sound out into the audience. About getting a sound that doesn't fade into an anaemic noise half-way through the audience. And it's about keeping a good tone to the back of the area.

 

I agree with this ^^^^