I really like the 215. Wish I had one.
I got an SVT/810 that I love taking out. I've got an old 360/361 I've been itching to take out. If it's a smaller venue I'll just take my GKMB212II. But I always bring my Bro-Ton P-15 for the house.
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Gigging Musicians: Cabinet Choice
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I got an SVT/810 that I love taking out. I've got an old 360/361 I've been itching to take out. If it's a smaller venue I'll just take my GKMB212II. But I always bring my Bro-Ton P-15 for the house.
I've owned the HT322... incredible sound, only carried it twice... I miss it, but it was really only ever used at home.
I love my Tank 1015. It goes to most of my shows. Plenty load for me to hear myself even with crazy powerful sound systems.
I recently played a gig where I took 900 watts of amplification (SWR Headlite & Amplite together) and a Schroeder 1210. The venue was pushing about 2,500 watts... I was pushing almost everything that I had because there was no way I could compete with the subs and I wanted a little more clarity on stage (we were about 4 songs into the set when the sound man crawled on stage to plug connect me to the mixer.)
I listened to the field recorder that we had set up and you could barely hear the bass!
I don't think I will ever carry enough to compete with a PA system like that... so I really just need enough to hear me on stage.
Contemplating adding a Phil Jones Loudbox and going smaller!
Make no mistake...if it were 20 years ago, I'd be hauling an 810 to every gig and loving it! I've tried hauling it to every gig as recently as a couple years ago, and it lasted about a month before I decided I simply can't do it anymore. And it's not because I like to play loud because I don't. I just think the bigger a cab is, the better it sounds, and physics bears it out. So I've gone progressively smaller and learned to live with it. I'll still trot out the SVT and 810 on special occasions, but at 55, my back will be happier with me if I bring the sub-30 lb. cabs.
Berg CN210+CN112 - one in each hand from the truck to the stage!
2 each Carvin BRX10.2 neos, stacked vertically for larger clubs. About 40 lbs each. Need a 2 ohm capable head though.
I still have my big Ampeg touring rig, and it is unmatched to my ears. But these days playing small clubs not only would it be overkill, it wouldn't fit on half the stages.
With the technology packed into the small rigs these days, coupled with iem being a mainstay in most every size band, it just makes sense to go the smaller route. Everything fits in my small car and I can hear what I need to for the gig.
I use 2-12 Mesa Radiator Scouts... the weigh around 35 lbs each.
Barefaced Super Compact at 23.5 lbs. I use two if I need to be ridiculously loud. I'm using a GB Streamliner 900 head.
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I use this bi-amped for larger shows. I just use the top (Peavey 210-TVX loaded with Eminence Betas) with an old 800RB for smaller (most) shows.
2 carvin 1x15 Pa. cabs with the horn disabled, light weight.
Behringer 3000 300w head, a bit heavy but worth it.
Behringer 3000 300w head, a bit heavy but worth it.
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Small: Barefaced Super Midget (21 pounds)
Medium-to-large: Barefaced Big Baby 2 (29 pounds)
Large: Big Baby 2 + Super Midget (50 lbs total) or Barefaced Four10 (49 pounds)
That's about 5-10 times/month.
Stellar cabs, so light.
Medium-to-large: Barefaced Big Baby 2 (29 pounds)
Large: Big Baby 2 + Super Midget (50 lbs total) or Barefaced Four10 (49 pounds)
That's about 5-10 times/month.
Stellar cabs, so light.
Ampeg 2x10 portaflex cab. Of course that's only when the place doesn't have a board I can DI into from my amp head by itself. Thank god for the guy who decided to put wheels on amp cabinets for the first time, because that thing is nearly 50 lbs without all the extra equipment I keep in there.
When I was playing out twice a month, I usually just took my 1x12 combo (< 50 lbs). These where quieter country gigs and I placed the combo on a chair or a milk crate to get it up higher. If it was the first time at a venue, I might bring the extension 1x12 cab (36 lbs) just to put the combo on 
I only gig about every two months now, but I still use the same rig. Now I always bring the extension cab because the rock band is loud and one 1x12 just wouldn't cut it.
I kinda miss the old gigs. When I could use the cart (and I usually could), it was one trip. Now I almost always have the full PA, almost never use the cart, and it is 12 trips
I only gig about every two months now, but I still use the same rig. Now I always bring the extension cab because the rock band is loud and one 1x12 just wouldn't cut it.
I kinda miss the old gigs. When I could use the cart (and I usually could), it was one trip. Now I almost always have the full PA, almost never use the cart, and it is 12 trips
My band brings PA and lights to pretty much every gig. Lately I've only spent money for two reasons; maintain gear or to make life easier. Latest way to make life easier.... Hathor 1203 replacing an 80 pound Bergantino HT310.
