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Go big or go home

#401
NitroBobby said:
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I'm also a 212 guy

2 x 212s is even better if i can...šŸ˜

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I have the Neo IV 212 and a GK Goldline 500 that sits on stage as my church rig. But it's the rig that doesn't get moved.
And it has way more power and headroom than I'll ever need for playing there. I use Mesa amplification with Markbass cabs for everything else.

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#403
Clark W said:
I have the Neo IV 212 and a GK Goldline 500 that sits on stage as my church rig. But it's the rig that doesn't get moved.
And it has way more power and headroom than I'll ever need for playing there. I use Mesa amplification with Markbass cabs for everything else.

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The Aguilar head and one of the 212s lives at my rehearsal space. The other 212 is usually fed by a Mesa WD800 at home. I also have a GK Fusion 550 into a GK Neo 210/115 stack next to that. I go back and forth between the heads and cabs. One of these days Iā€™ll bring the other 212 home and hook up all 4 to the Mesa. Just to see what 800w at 2 ohms is like.

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#404
... you'll be happy to hear I went out of my way to find the heaviest solidstate amp head, in a wooden box, that I could find for my new rig.
As for cabs and stage presence VS direct to PA. I'd always bring my rig. There's nothing like the feeling of the stack vibrating your knees before it goes out front. You can't get that if you go direct to PA.

Furthermore the tone of cabs is just way better than generic PA subs, and I keep the control over the EQ'd sound rather than risking a dodgy sound engineer ...

One last thing, we're bass players, it's part of the job to deal with moving big heavy boxes around all the time. Same even if you play Jazz on an upright you gotta haul that crazy big case everywhere.

keep it big keep it heavy and move the AIR ! look at how the reggae soundsystems operate no-one complains that there's too many big speakers !

peace and bass

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