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I Miss The 2x15!

#344
Went to the occasional old farts jam last night with my old fart original crew. I have my old fart original 106 Acoustic 2x15vintage 1975 that lives in my guitar player's basement.

Nowadays I have an Acoustic 320 Head on it with the EQ section though I still have the 140 head the rig came with. The cab is not any the worse for wear, it's built like the old Soviet T-34 Tank. Cab weight alone is 135 lbs. Doesn't even fit in any of my current vehicles.

I tell ya, the sound out of those 2 x 15's is phenomenal. I actually have my SWR 4x10 out on consignment, but the 15's really blew me way last night. You forget how round and full they are. I was smiling all night.
 
#345
2x15s are better because a vertical arrangement of speakers is superior than a "square" of tens or twelves or whatever.

I resent the fact that I was born in the late 80s, as 410s and 810s are the standard marketing cab right now and pretty much all I have used.

I plan on making a 2x15 my next cab purchase because, after using one, I am completely sold.
 
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Dustin Teel said:
2x15s are better because a vertical arrangement of speakers is superior than a "square" of tens or twelves or whatever.

I resent the fact that I was born in the late 80s, as 410s and 810s are the standard marketing cab right now and pretty much all I have used.

I plan on making a 2x15 my next cab purchase because, after using one, I am completely sold.
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This warms my little heart.
 
#348
I played back to back shows this past weekend with my EV B215-M. First time I gigged it since I rehabbed it and refinished it with bed liner. I pushed it with my SVT-7 Pro and it sounded sublime. Hefty, yet balanced and lively. I did not like loading it in and out. However my band mates promised to help whenever I bring it instead of my Bergantino HT-310. And oh yes, it did have a certain aura about it sitting up there on stage that you just don't get with a 410 box. I do believe it's coming out again this weekend!
 
#349
Thor said:
Went to the occasional old farts jam last night with my old fart original crew. I have my old fart original 106 Acoustic 2x15vintage 1975 that lives in my guitar player's basement.
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I'm another old fart -- that was my first rig!


My second rig was a Sunn Colosseum running into two Peavey 215s standing next to each other. Talk about a wall of sound! It could not only make your hair vibrate, it could knock the breath out out of your lungs and make your heart skip a beat. And no matter how loud it got, the sound was crystal clear (my 4001 Ricky loved it!) Man, I miss that sound.
 
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My Trace rig - the 1528 holding down the lowest freqs, the 1048 4x10 getting the rest, and the AH500x pounding them both harder than a priest in a playground...

The 66 P-Bass I've had for 33 years and play daily just puts it over the top...

Ahhhhh... it's good to play the BASS!!!
 

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rtav said:
My Trace rig - the 1528 holding down the lowest freqs, the 1048 4x10 getting the rest, and the AH500x pounding them both harder than a priest in a playground...

The 66 P-Bass I've had for 33 years and play daily just puts it over the top...

Ahhhhh... it's good to play the BASS!!!
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I've played through an identical TE stack once, as a supplied backline at a multi-band thing. Sound was amazing...
 

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