Lightweight bass cabs for Rumble 800

[KeithERice]

I'm looking for advice on cabs to run from my Rumble 800 head.

I'm currently running Rumble 115 and 210 cabs from the head and love the sound. But, as I'm getting older - now 70 - and with a bad back, I'm finding the cab rather heavy to lug about. They're approx 39 lbs (17.7kg) each.

I want to keep the 210 + 115 stack but need much lighter cabs that have similar standard performance. (Without spending ALL my savings!)

Advice, please!

 

[jon thomas]

Do you need the output of the two cabs you currently run?
The Rumble extension cabs are relatively lightweight for bass cabs.
Might be able to toss some neo drivers in the cabs and drop a few lbs but anything else is going to be $$$.

 

[gtirard]

Lightweight cabs are expensive (GR Bass and Barefaced). But these modern cabs are also significantly more efficient, so you might the same performances from only one cab.

 

[G-Dog]

... ... cabs to run from my Rumble 800 head ... ... currently running Rumble 115 and 210 cabs ... ... but need much lighter cabs that have similar standard performance. (Without spending ALL my savings!)

Advice, please!

Hello again, Professor. Rumble cabs are some of the lightest, reasonably priced bass cabs available today. Significantly lighter cabs involve expensive composite construction and/or neodymium magnets on the speakers, but they are available, too. I've been amazed at the lightweight cabs and combos from GR Bass (see Thomann) but I was put off by the prices.

Meanwhile, many of us septuagenarians in the TalkBass Fender Rumble Club just use various carts for transporting our Rumbles, and other gear. Come back there and ask your fellow members for their advice.
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[KeithERice]

Thanks, guys, for all the advice. Much appreciated.

Prior to the Rumble stack, I had an Ashdown stack and remember their cabs being a little lighter (34 ibs) but not much. And I've been using a cart since the Ashdown days...but that doesn't eliminate lifting - just reduces it.

The GR prices are pretty scary...but I've decided to future proof. I WILL get older and the likelihood is my back will only get worse. So I've ordered an AT 210 and will see how I get on with that. It was suugested on another forum to someone with a similar issue that the GR cabs are so powerful, the might feel they don't need the 115.

If I like the AT 210, then getting the AT 115 is an option - if a scary one!

 

[Aussie Player]

I'm looking for advice on cabs to run from my Rumble 800 head.

I'm currently running Rumble 115 and 210 cabs from the head and love the sound. But, as I'm getting older - now 70 - and with a bad back, I'm finding the cab rather heavy to lug about. They're approx 39 lbs (17.7kg) each.

I want to keep the 210 + 115 stack but need much lighter cabs that have similar standard performance. (Without spending ALL my savings!)

Advice, please!

Take a look at the Fender 410 cab. Has wheels and can be moved easily with 500W RMS /1000 Peak power.

 

[jon thomas]

Thanks, guys, for all the advice. Much appreciated.

Prior to the Rumble stack, I had an Ashdown stack and remember their cabs being a little lighter (34 ibs) but not much. And I've been using a cart since the Ashdown days...but that doesn't eliminate lifting - just reduces it.

The GR prices are pretty scary...but I've decided to future proof. I WILL get older and the likelihood is my back will only get worse. So I've ordered an AT 210 and will see how I get on with that. It was suugested on another forum to someone with a similar issue that the GR cabs are so powerful, the might feel they don't need the 115.

If I like the AT 210, then getting the AT 115 is an option - if a scary one!

Are you looking at the composite boxes or the wood ones? The plastic/carbon fiber 2x10" are 20lbs and wood are 30lbs.

The verticle AT210v+ is not much heavier than my lightweight Rumble 40 1x10"

 

[KeithERice]

I've now got the carbon fibre AT 210v and it's great. As light as my pedal bag, I can carry it easily with one hand. The sound, to my ageing ears, is ever so slightly thinner than the Rumble 210 I had been using...but I've got to listen really closely to hear that - and with no other noise going on. Anyway, I'm impressed enough to put an order in for an AT 115,

 

[Nebadon2000]

I've now got the carbon fibre AT 210v and it's great. As light as my pedal bag, I can carry it easily with one hand. The sound, to my ageing ears, is ever so slightly thinner than the Rumble 210 I had been using...but I've got to listen really closely to hear that - and with no other noise going on. Anyway, I'm impressed enough to put an order in for an AT 115,

GRBass may also be more accurate in low end as opposed to thinner; Rumble cabs are designed more 'Old School' with bump in Bass/mid Bass and most likely scoop in Mids but Your Amp EQ can fix that if you prefer baked in Vintage tone; which many players do

Great choice you should be a happy young man[I am 69] when system is all together and your Back will thank you.

 

[coryr1000]

I use a collapsible hand truck to move my cabinets (Aguilar SL410 and SL112) and it makes things easy. I'm 61 and also have Parkinson's so I try not to work to hard moving gear.

 

[DaveParker39]

Have you considered the 29lb Rumble 800 2x10 combo? I have two of them. Same features as the 800 head with the additional power scaling option.

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[John D Harris]

For future reference, those checking this thread, I think that an Orange OBC-112 or two (esthetically, go for the black one(s)), would work great.
Also, should be great under any of the Rumble combos, especially, the 500 & 800.
Size-wise almost a perfect fit.
And I think they are pretty efficient as well.

 

[John D Harris]

For future reference, those checking this thread, I think that an Orange OBC-112 or two (esthetically, go for the black one(s)), would work great.
Also, should be great under any of the Rumble combos, especially, the 500 & 800.
Size-wise almost a perfect fit.
And I think they are pretty efficient as well.

I heard a decent recording of the Orange OBC-112, I would no longer recommend that cab.
It's not terrible, but there are better cabs for about the same money, like the RevSound RS112.