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Mini Rigs of Doom Four

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Mini enough? Doom enough?

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BH250 rules! I flooded an entire ballroom with velvety thick bass goodness using mine over the weekend. Loaded a TubeDrive into the TonePrint slot and left the white knob at noon. The bassist for the 2nd band used my rig, so I got to enjoy it from a distance. Ahhhhhh.... :)
 
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ctmullins said:
BH250 rules! I flooded an entire ballroom with velvety thick bass goodness using mine over the weekend. Loaded a TubeDrive into the TonePrint slot and left the white knob at noon. The bassist for the 2nd band used my rig, so I got to enjoy it from a distance. Ahhhhhh.... :)
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Until this evening the BH250 had fallen out of favor with me. I don't find it to be a good match with my Hartke Hydrive 1x12. But today I changed out the beat to crap 10s in the SWR. With these new speakers the TC can be set flat and sounds nice. I have the SpectraComp in the TonePrint. Not the best compressor but a nice little feature none the less.
 
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Where's that can of worms..
I'm in need of advise from this group. The band I'm in is starting to do a lot of fair type gigs. 15 mins between bands to set up, 45- 90 minute set. I'm finding my setup is a lot to move around, and I like what's going on here. My problem is I really like a big amp. I currently use a Trace Elliot V6, or Mark IV AH350 with a 2X10 (Carvin Red Eye or Ashdown) with tweeter and single 15 cab (Carvin or GK). I could incorporate either of the 2X10's into this system, which would require an amp that would fit in a backpack/ gig bag. I've played through a couple Mark Bass heads and didn't like them. I have seen a couple GK MB800's being used by other bands, and I had no complaints with the tone. I do need an amp with a little grit in the pre amp, and a tube or two would be nice.
Any suggestions?
Robin
 
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RobinG said:
Where's that can of worms..
I'm in need of advise from this group. The band I'm in is starting to do a lot of fair type gigs. 15 mins between bands to set up, 45- 90 minute set. I'm finding my setup is a lot to move around, and I like what's going on here. My problem is I really like a big amp. I currently use a Trace Elliot V6, or Mark IV AH350 with a 2X10 (Carvin Red Eye or Ashdown) with tweeter and single 15 cab (Carvin or GK). I could incorporate either of the 2X10's into this system, which would require an amp that would fit in a backpack/ gig bag. I've played through a couple Mark Bass heads and didn't like them. I have seen a couple GK MB800's being used by other bands, and I had no complaints with the tone. I do need an amp with a little grit in the pre amp, and a tube or two would be nice.
Any suggestions?
Robin
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Check out the Fender Rumble 500 head. Flexible tone and a pretty good overdrive effect built in. You can dial in as much or as little grit as you want. And you can find them on the used market pretty cheap. I think I saw 2 in GC used inventory for $300.
 
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Jeff Scott said:
As the definition of a MROD appears to now be a single handed schlep, here is another MROD I used to have (I still have some of it) that easily meets the requirement.

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Photograph Copyright © Jeffrey P. Scott 2011 All rights reserved.
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What kind of bass is that @Jeff Scott ? It's drop dead gorgeous. I've imagined owning one like that but one less string.

I need to post my two AudioKinesis H1203's and Gallien Krueger MB500. I'm only using it at home but the couple times I used it for clubs it was indeed capable of handling a medium room.
 
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RobinG said:
Where's that can of worms..
I'm in need of advise from this group. The band I'm in is starting to do a lot of fair type gigs. 15 mins between bands to set up, 45- 90 minute set. I'm finding my setup is a lot to move around, and I like what's going on here. My problem is I really like a big amp. I currently use a Trace Elliot V6, or Mark IV AH350 with a 2X10 (Carvin Red Eye or Ashdown) with tweeter and single 15 cab (Carvin or GK). I could incorporate either of the 2X10's into this system, which would require an amp that would fit in a backpack/ gig bag. I've played through a couple Mark Bass heads and didn't like them. I have seen a couple GK MB800's being used by other bands, and I had no complaints with the tone. I do need an amp with a little grit in the pre amp, and a tube or two would be nice.
Any suggestions?
Robin
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GK MB Fusion 800
Genzler MG800
Mesa D800
 
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alaskaleftybass said:
What kind of bass is that @Jeff Scott ? It's drop dead gorgeous. I've imagined owning one like that but one less string.
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That's my Martin Keith Elfin 5 that Martin made for me in early 2011. He, certainly can build you a 4 string, one. There are several TB members with Martin Keith basses, smperry being one of them; Martin is also a TB member.

Martin Keith Guitars

Martin is a great guy. :cool:
 
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ctmullins said:
A couple comments, both of which I'm sure have already been mentioned, but perhaps bear repeating:

1. Wall-loading will make any cab seem to have more low-frequency capability. It doesn't, of course, not by itself, but the cabinet then becomes part of a "system" with the room, in which they're working together to throw low frequencies out towards your audience. Cab placement up against a wall effectively gives you free SPL for the same cab/wattage.

2. Forget about 31Hz. Forget about 42Hz. You don't want those frequencies. Most of the bass' energy is in the first harmonic, as @lo-freq (and others) has mentioned. This is not a sacrifice, this is desirable. A HPF set at 45Hz or 50Hz keeps your driver from wasting power trying to reproduce those useless lowest frequencies, which leaves more juice where it really counts. If you don't have a proper HPF, then roll off your "Bass" EQ and add some low-mids. You'll cut through the mix better with more apparent volume.
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Thanks for your input. Whilst it is true that most of us 'hear' missing fundamentals in the higher harmonics, and therefore rolling off the 30-50Hz doesn't diminish your volume, according to Wikipedia the 1st harmonic is the fundamental frequency. e.g. Low B = 31 Invalid Link Removed, the 2nd harmonic is 62Hz, 93 Hz (3rd harmonic), 124 Hz (4th harmonic) etc.
alack said:
Check out the Fender Rumble 500 head. Flexible tone and a pretty good overdrive effect built in. You can dial in as much or as little grit as you want. And you can find them on the used market pretty cheap. I think I saw 2 in GC used inventory for $300.
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Try before you buy. There's a good reason why Rumble amps are cheap!
 
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alack said:
Check out the Fender Rumble 500 head. Flexible tone and a pretty good overdrive effect built in. You can dial in as much or as little grit as you want. And you can find them on the used market pretty cheap. I think I saw 2 in GC used inventory for $300.
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TY, and I gigged with a Rumble combo for a while. It was a really good amp. TY for the suggestion.
Robin
 

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