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GK's cabinets in the 1980's?
- Thread starter Warpeg
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This response is lost on me. Are you saying that GK literally made rack-mountable speaker cabinets constructed of metal, or is this referring to something else?
GK has the best bass cabs ever in the 80's.
The 4412h was a titan.
4 12's in a folded enclosure with 2-10's faced firing forward.
Probably 110 pounds or more these were SVT size (maybe bigger) cabs rated at 4ohms.
Not sure what they could handle watt wise. But I had two of em. And I loved em.
Mind you this was back in the 400b days. Before the rb series.
I'm sure there were other models out there but when you had two of those who gave a speaker fart.
The 4412h was a titan.
4 12's in a folded enclosure with 2-10's faced firing forward.
Probably 110 pounds or more these were SVT size (maybe bigger) cabs rated at 4ohms.
Not sure what they could handle watt wise. But I had two of em. And I loved em.
Mind you this was back in the 400b days. Before the rb series.
I'm sure there were other models out there but when you had two of those who gave a speaker fart.
I've had an 400RB and 410T since the 80s - still working and sounding great!
Wow. This may be the only pictures of a metal-enclosure 115B on the internet. Unfortunately, GK had several models called "115B" and most of the info on the web is about one of the wood-enclosure designs. I have the one pictured on top (without rack ears). It is ridiculously heavy for its size, and has a handle on top (instead of two on the sides) making it unwieldy and difficult to stack other cabs on top. On the plus side, it's compact enough to fit in most car trunks and has a kick-stand. Now that I know it was designed to be rack-mounted, maybe I can find a wheeled cabinet for it.
I saw a few of them at the old Sam's Music in Warrensville Heights back in the '90s. IIRC, there were also various guitar cab models, too.
Hi, a bit old tread I see. The G-K115b in aluminium is not heavy due to it's age! I've got one for many years and still use it. (it got a kickback-stand) some more info from G-K is the ad for this series when they hit the marked. G-K had in mind lightweight multiple function (rackmounting-kickstand) ment to be easy to carry with only one hand, just like portable neo bass amps and cabs today. They were designed based on the speaker Ev-115
I've seen two others in Norway for sale recent years. I have my 3rd G-K RB700mk1 often used with that cab. Sometime a EV thiele cab. Ev115.
I've seen two others in Norway for sale recent years. I have my 3rd G-K RB700mk1 often used with that cab. Sometime a EV thiele cab. Ev115.
I think by the early '90's GK was producing the same series with the pink and blue logos, but with conventional wooden boxes. I had a 410 that was actually quite compact and portable for its time. It sounded wonderful compared to the vintage 215 boxes that were everywhere then.
I bought a GK 4-10 cab in the mid-80's, and have been using it since. It has a metal grill and fuzzy black covering. It's fairly compact and one person can carry it with no problem (if they're younger than me). It cost around $400 new, so it works out to around $10/year. Definitely a gear bargain.
It could be due to my advanced age.... but, I seem to remember that they also made a few amps designed to sit atop a mike stand - even one bass amp designed to be placed on a microphone stand as a stage monitor. Pretty light (obviously) and pretty advanced for their time. No pics.
