A college kid sold me a GK 410, GK 115, and a GK 600 backline head for $300. Bucks, total. The rigg sounds great thanks to my little bro dialing it all in. I play a Thunderbird, and 2 Dean V basses. Granted my bird sounds way better than my V's, but I've yet to gig it is this a decent setup for small/med gigs?
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is this a good setup for small/ medium gigs
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BurningSkies
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- Feb 20, 2005
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For 300 bucks, I don't think you can complain. I would put the 15 on top of the 4x10, because that's the 'weakest link' in your rig. if you start hearing distortion from the 15, turn it down or back off the lows.
Based on all of the other past threads, your best bet is probably going to be selling one of your GK cabs and buying a match to whatever cab you keep. This lets you take one cab to small/medium gigs and two cabs to medium/large gigs. The 115 or 410 decision is a matter of personal preference. Play each cab individually, find the one you like, sell the other then buy a mate to the one you keep.
Rigjt now I have the 15 on the bottom. My only prob is the 15 has plenty of low end but tends to get sloppy when I go from playing high in solos (the 410) pronounces my highs perfectly, but when I slide down to E, low, it gets muddy. Maybe I should keep the 410 and get rid of the 15 n go for 212? Just bothrs me when I'm in a high solo then hit my lows n it gets sloppy. That 15 just ain't clean no matter how I adjust it.
Thought of just running 2 410 cabs, but it don't gimme the low I need. Way I play, is lots of high scaling then dropping the low E. But currently my low is nasty, and distorts etc
Play through each cab by itself to see which one is doing the distorting, it's possible the 410 could have a torn cone or something. Also, both these cabs will be pretty directional, meaning whichever one is on the bottom, you won't hear it's highs very well. Also make sure the distortion isn't coming from your amp settings, bass setup, etc.
Are you using contour buttons and boosting the eq lows? maybe the combination of enhancements/eq/actives is doing it. but IME "some college kid" should be a little bit of a red flag, as well as that awesome price, that there has been some abuse in this rig's past, and i'd give each peice a good once-over visually AND with a known-good peice to see where the problem is. it may (fingers crossed for you) be a simple fix of tightening a couple of mounting screws on that 15, or even better, a simple eq change.
either way the head and one of those cabs should really do you ok for most stuff.
wait i just thought of something. i had the backline amp that was the lower-powered one. it only had a single 8 ohm output. could your problem be impedence mismatch?
either way the head and one of those cabs should really do you ok for most stuff.
wait i just thought of something. i had the backline amp that was the lower-powered one. it only had a single 8 ohm output. could your problem be impedence mismatch?
