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GK Backline Cab Quality?

Plectrum72

Plectrum72

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Jun 15, 2013
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#1
I did a search and found a bunch of threads about the Backline 600 Amp, but not a whole lot about the cabs. What little info I found was from 2006/2007 saying the amps were pretty good, but the cabs were garbage. I usually see a bunch of them going for $100 or less on GC's used site, which leads me to believe a lot of people who bought them don't care for them; however, the price is very tempting to throw together a cheap full stack, 3/4 stack, or half stack.

So I guess my question is are they really bad sounding cabs or did they just get a bad rap because they are "entry level"? I'd appreciate comments from folks who actually owned them. Thanks.
 
#4
I got a little "note to self" on one of their 410 cabs I ran into at a rehearsal venue, let me see if I can go find it....here it is:

Note to self: Don't ever buy one of those things.

YMMV
 
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#7
Hijacking.......

Are the Goldline cabs (heck the amp, too) any better?
Just wondering. They ask about 2x what they ask for the Backline cabs. I thought I read here that the Goldline was an exclusive to GC run, just a prettier Backline series, but don't remember reading anything about quality specifically. Anyone? Had 250 head (pd $50) and a 600 head (free + fan replacement) and even at those "deals" let them both go quickly. Goldline stuff any better? It's cheap, too, so I think I already know the answer.
 
#13
.. several years ago, I picked up a 'Brat Pack' GK combo that was being blown out from MF .. it was a BL250 head, and a BL115 cab .. cab was terrrible ... very heavy, MDF I am pretty sure, and sounded like mud ... I would have liked to experiment with the head a bit, but I needed to send it back with the cab ...
 
#16
If more companies with otherwise great reputations would just stop making crap boxes in general, the world would be a better place, and the market would have clear division lines between the true low-dollar **** (Gorilla / Acoustic / et al) and the real deal gear (MarkBass / Aguilar / Ashdown / Ea / Phil Jones, etc etc)...and the market would not be so glutted with awful rat fur pawn shop-level fodder.

I know WHY they do it, I just wish they DIDN'T.
 
#17
The Goldline stuff was a GC exclusive. I had the head for awhile, and it was a beast. Didn't really have that GK sound, it was beefier and more old school. Mine survive being submerged in flood water for about 12 hours. I let it dry out for a few days, and it powered right up. I used it for about two years after that until I got my Genz Benz stuff.

The Goldline cabs, however, are garbage. Sounded bad and blew really easily. Avoid at all costs.
 

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