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GK 112-II NEO

#41
mikecd1 said:
The only question I have is what exactly is the port design? Can't really tell from the photos but it kind of looks like its on the left and is a long rectangle. Anybody verify the design of the port???
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lowendblues said:
Yep, about a 2" side port on the left side if facing the cabinet.
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mikecd1 said:
Thanks, you mean two inches wide by the height of the cabinet right? NOT a 2 inch round port I hope.
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lowendblues said:
Yes a 2" or 2.5" side port running from the top to the bottom of the cab.
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This would be called a slot port (if vertical) or a shelf port (if horizontal). FYI... :hmm:

MM
 
#48
I have an LMIII sitting, awaiting a cabinet to work with. I am primarily practicing in a relatively small basement with my casual garage band, at the moment, so I don't need anything overwhelming. However, I would like a relatively punchy cab, but can provide some low end fill for smaller spaces, as well. My budget really constrains me to one cab, at this point. I do like the idea of some portability, too.

Do you think a Neo 112 (II) would work for me, until I get some more dough to grab another one?

Thanks!
 
#49
You should be fine.Unless you play super loud. Your Markbass should be putting out 300 watts into 8 ohms right? The only reason I'm getting a 2nd Neo112 is that I'm using a 400RBIV which is putting out only 180 watts into 8. With the second cab I will have the full 280 watts.
Hope this helps,
B
 
#51
I just picked up a Little Mark II and it sounds great with the GK 112-II NEO. Plenty loud by itself.

But since Im a bit of a gear whore, I'm going to pick up a second 112 to take advantage of the full 500 watts.

The single cab would perform wonderfully in a small club,, say VFW or Eagles.
 
#52
Can you daisy chain these cabs? I saw the 1/4" plug said full range, and it wasn't clear if that was just an input or it could also be an output to another cab. I might be interested in actually using up to 4 of them- one on top of the other, which would not stack ridiculously high, and help with the horizontal dispersion.

Also, would it be possible to rig four of these 8 ohm cabs such that the amp saw a 4 ohm load? Four of the cabs daisy chained would be fine for my Mesa 400+ which does 2 ohms, but not my 4 ohm minimum Walter Woods.
 
#53
CDweller said:
Can you daisy chain these cabs? I saw the 1/4" plug said full range, and it wasn't clear if that was just an input or it could also be an output to another cab. I might be interested in actually using up to 4 of them- one on top of the other, which would not stack ridiculously high, and help with the horizontal dispersion.

Also, would it be possible to rig four of these 8 ohm cabs such that the amp saw a 4 ohm load? Four of the cabs daisy chained would be fine for my Mesa 400+ which does 2 ohms, but not my 4 ohm minimum Walter Woods.
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Normally, extra sockets on the back of a cab can be used to connect another cab in addition to the first so the signal is shared between them ("daisy chaining" is used to describe this; in a way, that's a little misleading as the connection is parallel rather than series).

And no, I'm afraid you can't connect four 8 ohm speakers in a way that would give you 4 ohms overall load.
 
#54
I'm familar with daisy chaining. You usually see an input jack and a through jack on a cab. The GK 112 only has one input, labeled input. It also has a speakon connector, which allows one to bi-amp through the speakon connector or run a full range signal through the same speakon connector. There's a biamp/full range switch on the control panel that allows you to run either biamp or full range from that speakon connector.

There is no mention of daisy chaining in the cab's instruction manual available on GK's website. Without daisy chaining, I can only run two of the cabs at a time, using my amps' two speaker outputs. I was hoping to run four cabs on occasion using the Mesa 400+, which can do a two ohm load, but daisy chaining is necessary to do this. With daisy chaining, I can also run four cabs with my two WWUltras- two cabs per amp, with the effects send of one amp sending a signal to the input of the other amp, and thus keeping a four ohm load on each amp. Again, daisy chaining is key.

I'm particularly interested in this design because the cab's width is 23.5", which means that the Mesa can sit on top of it nicely (it's 20.5" wide sitting in its road case), and the cabs can be stacked four high without the stack getting ridiculously high, and the speakers maintain vertical alignment for optimal lateral dispersion. The cabs will be great when only using two as well. Stacking them with the 23.5" width vertical will yield a 47" vertically aligned 2x12 stack, which will work well, I'd think.
 
#56
I'm also tempted to just buy them and mod them. I don't need the biamp function, and it shouldn't be too difficult to change the 1/4" input jack into a throughput jack, and daisy chain off of that. Again, the cab's dimensions really work for me, more so than any of the other 12's available.

Any chance RAG has his ears on and can comment ?
 
#57
If you're not using the biamp function of a gk head my guess is that you won't have a problem. With both cabs set to 'full range' I would expect that both the 1/4in and the speakon would be available to use for daisy chaining.

So for example if you're using the speakon from your amp to the 1st cab you can use the 1/4in jacks to connect the 2nd cab to the 1st. Likewise if you use the 1/4in from your amp you can connect the cabs together with the speakon jacks. I haven't tried this but that's what I would expect.

I think it's only an issue if you wanted to use the gk biamp feature, then you would need a pair of 4 wire speakons on each cab to daisy chain them and run both tweets from a gk's tweeter amp.
 
#58
I Forget said:
If you're not using the biamp function of a gk head my guess is that you won't have a problem. With both cabs set to 'full range' I would expect that both the 1/4in and the speakon would be available to use for daisy chaining.

So for example if you're using the speakon from your amp to the 1st cab you can use the 1/4in jacks to connect the 2nd cab to the 1st. Likewise if you use the 1/4in from your amp you can connect the cabs together with the speakon jacks. I haven't tried this but that's what I would expect.

I think it's only an issue if you wanted to use the gk biamp feature, then you would need a pair of 4 wire speakons on each cab to daisy chain them.
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That would be cool if that was so- didn't see it mentioned in the instruction manuals, but that doesn't mean it's not so. My amps just have 1/4" outputs, so I'd prolly get 4 high quality 1/4" to speakons (Fat Maxx 8 gauge comes to mind) and use those. It would be nice to not have a project on my hands to get these cabs to daisy chain.
 
#60
pasta4lnch said:
Wow! I was actually going to get one of these and opted for the GS112 instead (saw a used one on MF and couldn't beat the $$) ... I am WAY thrilled w/ the way the Aggie sounds - if this is "better" it must be amazing. I'd like to try one now . . . just to see for my self.
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The GS112 isn't better unless you like a deep warm scooped sound, which can by nice. It has a ceramic driver and you can't get that same sound from a Neo driver.

The GK is much more in your face, the upper mids are more present and a vintage vibe is altogether possible if you use the HMS on the GK heads. The neo drivers in the GK like many other neos, in my opinion have a trade off, less weight but somewhat less authority and muscle in the lows mids. The GS112 can get pretty low and deep, but the GK Neo 112 is more versatile and balanced overall IMHO and YMMV.

Like Nedmundo I have the series I GK Neo 112 and I think it's a keeper.
 

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