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Mini Rigs of Doom Four
- Thread starter Chef
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- Apr 15, 2010
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Old Fender BXR 25 shell, (temporary, but sounds amazingly good for its size), Ampeg PF500, and GK MB500 as a backup. I have it sitting in the corner of my living room all thrown together, I just had to post a pic of it.
I have a Laney RB1 practice amp and for its size that kicks ass but its not a `mini rig of doom` I dont think a small combo counts as a `mini rig of doom`, in my view what should count is a small rig that is powerful enough to cover a wide variety of gig venues yet be very portable, a 100 watt combo amp is not sufficient in a rock band scenario, definitely a separate amp head and cab to qualify as a `rig`, of course this is a very tongue in cheek thread and all comments are the opinion of the poster .
Agreed. The 110 100w combo isn't going to cut it in a Rock band. Can be handy for a living room jam or some solo practice but ultimately a 30LB 112 isnt THAT much heavier and will get alot more accomplished while sounding like bass.
My new Mini rig! I'm very impressed so far.
I love the white with white color scheme you have going on here - that's sweet looking.
EDIT: I'd use a white cable and paint the guitar stand white too.
Hey, Joe, the white cable is a great idea! Actually, my Lull looks more like a cream color compared to the Carvin's blazing white. The Carvin is such a steal. I am really impressed with the built in compressor. There is some great thought put into the pre amp controls and eq. Very hard to get a bad tone.
This is mine:
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Genz Benz STM-900 + Greenboy Audio Bassic 15 (3015, built by Mark Robertson).
All requirements met: Single trip into the club. No cart. Plenty of volume to go around.
The whole rig comes in at 37.5 lbs. The beauty part is, I could easily handle a second cab in that same single trip from the van if I wanted to up the "doom" and ditch the "mini."
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Genz Benz STM-900 + Greenboy Audio Bassic 15 (3015, built by Mark Robertson).
All requirements met: Single trip into the club. No cart. Plenty of volume to go around.
The whole rig comes in at 37.5 lbs. The beauty part is, I could easily handle a second cab in that same single trip from the van if I wanted to up the "doom" and ditch the "mini."
Way cool, out of curiosity - which compressor do you think the Carvin mimics? Thanks
The built in comp is not subtle but it seems to be really well suited to the rig. Its directly effected by the input gain. I really like the fact that I can push the input gain on this amp hard and not get any clipping. The gain is actually called the "drive" control but it doesn't add overdrive per se, just more harmonic content, if that makes sense. So if the gain is over halfway, the comp gets really squishy fast and kills off quite a bit of volume.
But keeping the gain a bit lower and just dialing in the comp a little, really reigns in the sound and the tone becomes really addicting. There is no added noise using the comp and my tone remains in tact. It does effect the overall volume but there is plenty on tap with the master volume.
I like my pedal comp (3leaf PWNZOR) better as its more subtle, but would happily use the onboard comp with the Carvin as it save needing to bring more gear and its very functional. I like it better then the Toneprint app I had on the TC BH250 head for their "Spectracomp". Great feature on such an inexpensive amp. I almost wish I had bought the head version but this combo is just what I was looking for.
But keeping the gain a bit lower and just dialing in the comp a little, really reigns in the sound and the tone becomes really addicting. There is no added noise using the comp and my tone remains in tact. It does effect the overall volume but there is plenty on tap with the master volume.
I like my pedal comp (3leaf PWNZOR) better as its more subtle, but would happily use the onboard comp with the Carvin as it save needing to bring more gear and its very functional. I like it better then the Toneprint app I had on the TC BH250 head for their "Spectracomp". Great feature on such an inexpensive amp. I almost wish I had bought the head version but this combo is just what I was looking for.
Here is a unique one IMO. My Jule DeMonique and the Bergantino AE210. Head is exactly the same footprint as the cab..... 500 tubey watts into the 8ohm AE210, which can handle it quite well. Like a more hi fi, MUCH louder and smaller/lighter Ampeg fliptop, with better extension down low and up top:
Okay thanks Crabby, from what you saying it sounds like it may be something similar to the original built in Trace Elliot compressors or a cross between that and the CS-3. Anyway, thanks again. 
Cheers,
Joe
Cheers,
Joe
This rig is not quite mini but it's mighty. Note: the mids are severed off pretty well and my heavy gauge round wound stainless steel strings are 2 years old and counting.
I dig the 31 band - kind of elementary but super dummy proof. I sometimes use this graphic in Series or Parallel with the variable loop.
I dig the 31 band - kind of elementary but super dummy proof. I sometimes use this graphic in Series or Parallel with the variable loop.
I'm looking at it right now in the thread. Might be your browser or something.
I am liking the DeMonique. It is a lot of money, but is a unique piece of gear. Very clean, accurate, hi fidelity tube tone in a nice lightweight box. The Demeter power section hammers pretty hard.
Looks like you are using a GB fEARful sub, so I'm not surprised that it would be lacking in mids without the mid driver. But if it gives you the sound you're wanting, that would make a light cabinet even easier to transport.
Marcus
