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Double Bass GR AT110: Hilariously light and killer tone!

Matt Power

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Jul 2, 2000
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Whoops...I typed DR instead of GR in a previous thread. Mods, would you please delete the "DR AT110" thread?


Hey all....I just picked this GR AT110 cabinet (thanks Ben Rolston!) and took it out on its first gig last night. Just myself and a pianist. About as nekkid as you can musically get.

Used a Clarus SL on a mic stand and the GR cab placed on a chair about 5 feet from me to get a better read on the cab. Just a hybrid flatback and a FC with Spiros. So far, I am really, really digging this cab! IReal Pro and standards all night, I never felt I needed to work hard to be heard! I was actually not as tired at the end of the night!

Next to a Trickfish 110, the Trickfish was a slightly better sounding freestanding cab (ESPECIALLY for electric bass), but on the gig is where the GR's tight and very even response got my attention. It reminds me a little of the Wizzy cabs, but with a fatter bass. I could hear every note with a full roundness; so much so that the pianist, a grizzled old jazz veteran commented on how easily he could hear me and he thought that I had a mic on the bass.

It's stupid light....as in, it feels like an empty cab. Freakish, almost. It sounds GREAT, but beyond that, it truly is a joy to handle.

I am hoping this isn't just new gear excitement. I truly like the way that this cab performed on the gig, and the fact that it clocks in at 10 pounds is just the icing on the cake! Definitely a great purchase!
 
The Trickfish is a bit more hi-fi sounding to me. Stand-alone, it is glorious, but the slightly more forward sound of the GR (to me), I got a GREAT live sound out in the wild. I also get a great live sound with the TF on DB, but the edge as far as being able to hear myself blended with a grand and the lid closed, the GR nailed it. Just MY impressions.

Now for slab, the TF has "it". Matched with a 1x12 and my TF .5, I cannot imagine a better sound for what I do. I run my 1x10 and 1x12 TF and .5 at a 4 night a week loud outdoor show. It is a blatant tone-fest.

I haven't had the need to try hearing my DB with all 600 watts at 4ohms of my Clarus, but putting a HPF in front of the TF and running a 1x10 and 1x12 with my flatback, that would be one huge, loud 750 watt statement!

BTW, TF is going to produce a HPF very, very soon! Stay tuned...
 
In a live concert setting, a more forward sounding cabinet can improve your
chances of cutting through the mix,
especially when the band plays louder. Just an observation on my part. While all my cabinets are MAS built and very Hi-Fi sounding there are playing situations where those cabs need to be
elevated.
 
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BTW, TF is going to produce a HPF very, very soon! Stay tuned...

Well, :) the Grace Felix I’ve used for quite some time has a built in variable HPF that’s in front of all the other tone controls. There are some very good HPF’s from FDeck and Broughton Audio. ;) Perhaps Trick Fish has some new wrinkle hard to say.
 
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