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Headrush 2000 watt 8"

BassPlayer99

BassPlayer99

May 28, 2016
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I just bought the HR 8" 2000 watt monitor. I was using an Ampeg BA-210 combo but was getting tired of carrying that heavy thing around and everywhere we play we have a PA. Our guitarist has a HR 12" and loves it. I thought I was getting a 12" but made a mistake. Thinking about sending it back. I haven't rehearsed with it yet... just got it today.

We play metal... anyone using it at gigs for monitoring? Should I send it back? It's loud in my office, but it's not a stage. We also don't use in-ears. We have them, but always have a hard time dialing them in (we can't afford a rack mount to dial in our ears before a gig)

Thoughts? Think it'll be loud enough?
 
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Anyone claiming to push 2kW through an 8" is either lying or out of his mind.
What I want to understand is, why would you buy a guitar monitor to amplify your bass ?
There are many nice bass combos at this price. None will be especially better than yours though.
I suggest you return the Headrush, sell your Ampeg and with the money you have left, buy a quality light 2nd hand combo or amp+cab.
 
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I'm curious if anyone laughing at the idea this could work have ever used one.

I have 2, one I leave at rehearsal and one I use at home for practice. I use in ears live.

like every other amp the answer is it depends. It is possible for it to get loud enough to play with a band, but it will depend on how loud your drummer and guitar players are.

it's also shockingly bassy. One of the main complaints of guitar players who buy these is that it's too bassy.
 
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First of all it's 2000 peak at some frequency.

I borrowed one (8") to try. It started sounding bad (pretty sure it was the speaker) at about 25% volume which was about 105db.

my 30W ashdown through a couple of 10" speakers gets to 113 and sounds way better.

not just isn't designed to work well for bass. I have not tried the 12" version. I would think it would be somewhat better.

I was actually hoping to use something like this form the post DI of the ashdown but there just isn't enough power/speaker area to even compete with the ashdown driving a cabinet.
 
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MultiScaleMale said:
Ran sound for a band whose guitar player used one of these (not sure if it was 8" or 12") and it was surprisingly loud. We joked about the 2000W sticker, but the little speaker got very loud for its size.
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Guitar is a VERY different application.
 
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Meyatch said:
I'm curious if anyone laughing at the idea this could work have ever used one.

I have 2, one I leave at rehearsal and one I use at home for practice. I use in ears live.

like every other amp the answer is it depends. It is possible for it to get loud enough to play with a band, but it will depend on how loud your drummer and guitar players are.

it's also shockingly bassy. One of the main complaints of guitar players who buy these is that it's too bassy.
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Read the OP, gigging and metal.
 
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BassPlayer99 said:
I just bought the HR 8" 2000 watt monitor. I was using an Ampeg BA-210 combo but was getting tired of carrying that heavy thing around and everywhere we play we have a PA. Our guitarist has a HR 12" and loves it. I thought I was getting a 12" but made a mistake. Thinking about sending it back. I haven't rehearsed with it yet... just got it today.

We play metal... anyone using it at gigs for monitoring? Should I send it back? It's loud in my office, but it's not a stage. We also don't use in-ears. We have them, but always have a hard time dialing them in (we can't afford a rack mount to dial in our ears before a gig)

Thoughts? Think it'll be loud enough?
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Suspend it close to your head and it will be a useful adjunct to your stage monitoring, but if you plan on moving around at all you better have some decent wedges too...
 
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agedhorse said:
Guitar is a VERY different application.
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Certainly and this monitor likely had some DSP "magic" to overcome limitations (within physical limitations). I really like the idea of powered, DSP'ed speakers. PA's mostly moved the amp into the speaker, I think it's just a matter of time before that happens with MI applications. Bass cabs first, because guitarists will be the holdouts.
 
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klattman said:
I tried it with electric guitar and it was quite good for guitar.
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The OP was trying to use it for bass, metal genre. VERY different application, an other of magnitude different needs.
 
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