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Mini Rigs of Doom Four
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I don't think they make a lefty bass. Guitar Center is having a sale until March 20 where you get $100 off with a coupon. I couldn't pass that up. I can't gel with the funky strings on and super short scal on the Ubasses. This is 32" scale and uses regular scale strings. Not too big a jump from 34" scale and I can carry it on my bike!
It is small - maybe not mini, but small. But it does have bottom end.
55 Gibson Eb-1
70's Acoustic Controls 150b
2000's Acoustic USA 2x10
55 Gibson Eb-1
70's Acoustic Controls 150b
2000's Acoustic USA 2x10
You're stylin' brother! A buddy of mine used to use one of these amps with the 2-15 Altec Lansing cab and a Les Paul Recorder bass. Excellent sound. The blue panels on each side of your cab really 'set it off'.
These two pieces practically fell into my lap within a couple weeks of each other.
The Markbass Nano 300 head, claimed to be used once (was basically spotless when I received it), had just been listed with a Buy It Now price at just over half the normal price. I was lucky enough to be the first one to see it, I guess.
The Markbass 604 cab had been in a local shop since the store owner had bought it new for himself but had never gigged it. Once again, snagged it for about half of normal (former as discontinued) retail.
As a Markbass guy I was totally surprised how the Nano compares in power to my normal Little Mark Tube 800. I would have no problem using this as a back up even on big stages.
I was very hesitant on the 604. I just couldn't imagine 6" speakers being that great (even though the cab has a 600 watt rating). Then I plugged it in. Wow! Very impressive. I still haven't made them fart out. I will have no problems using this for medium size gigs and rehearsals. Best of all it has the full size Markbass horn. I, like many Markbass users, hate the tweeter they use in most of their smaller cab configurations. And since the speakers are neodymium the cab remains nice and light.
Very happy with this setup.
The Markbass Nano 300 head, claimed to be used once (was basically spotless when I received it), had just been listed with a Buy It Now price at just over half the normal price. I was lucky enough to be the first one to see it, I guess.
The Markbass 604 cab had been in a local shop since the store owner had bought it new for himself but had never gigged it. Once again, snagged it for about half of normal (former as discontinued) retail.
As a Markbass guy I was totally surprised how the Nano compares in power to my normal Little Mark Tube 800. I would have no problem using this as a back up even on big stages.
I was very hesitant on the 604. I just couldn't imagine 6" speakers being that great (even though the cab has a 600 watt rating). Then I plugged it in. Wow! Very impressive. I still haven't made them fart out. I will have no problems using this for medium size gigs and rehearsals. Best of all it has the full size Markbass horn. I, like many Markbass users, hate the tweeter they use in most of their smaller cab configurations. And since the speakers are neodymium the cab remains nice and light.
Very happy with this setup.
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Many changes have happened with my rigs in the last two months: I sold both my mini rigs (Glock Blue Sky/Berg HT112 / Berg EX112, Mesa Walkabout 12" combo w/12" Scout extension cab) and acquired two new ones that weigh even less:
-Bergantino B|Amp / Bergantino HDN212 (38 lbs.)
-Hand Box R-400 (22 lbs.) / Bergantino HDN210 (20 lbs.)
I never thought I'd own a 212 cab that I can carry into a gig with one hand, and that sounds SO good.
-Bergantino B|Amp / Bergantino HDN212 (38 lbs.)
-Hand Box R-400 (22 lbs.) / Bergantino HDN210 (20 lbs.)
I never thought I'd own a 212 cab that I can carry into a gig with one hand, and that sounds SO good.
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Wow! Some excellent stuff here guys!
It seems that 12's are the new 210's!
It seems that 12's are the new 210's!
From experience I can tell you that they are not.
One 12" has a speaker surface of 113 sq inches
Two 10" have a speaker surface of 157 sq inches
More surface = bigger sound
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What experience, with what cabs, loaded with what drivers, in what rooms?
Oversimplification. Cone surface area is just one factor in a complex equation whose end result is "sound". Other important factors include driver Xmax, driver efficiency, box tuning, just to name a few.
Hopefully you already know this, but I choose to point it out in case some less experienced player reads your over-generalization and takes it as inviolable truth.
Oversimplification for sure, BUT (a.o.):
Markbass NY121 x2 vs Markbass Traveler102P x2
GK NEO112 x2 vs NEO410
TC Electronic RS212 vs TC Electronic RS210 x2
etc, proved to me that these 210's have more punch, power and depth than their 12" brothers.
Although the sound of the 10"ers is more to my liking than 12"ers, and for me front vented or closed cabs are my preferred constructed cabs, still the fact remains that more speaker surface is more efficient in cutting through and delivering volume than wattage, etc.
I strongly advice any inexperienced player to always A/B test gear and learn to use their ears as the best decider.
Markbass NY121 x2 vs Markbass Traveler102P x2
GK NEO112 x2 vs NEO410
TC Electronic RS212 vs TC Electronic RS210 x2
etc, proved to me that these 210's have more punch, power and depth than their 12" brothers.
Although the sound of the 10"ers is more to my liking than 12"ers, and for me front vented or closed cabs are my preferred constructed cabs, still the fact remains that more speaker surface is more efficient in cutting through and delivering volume than wattage, etc.
I strongly advice any inexperienced player to always A/B test gear and learn to use their ears as the best decider.
Not by the true definition I saw on here. If those are 15s, that stack weighs close to 100 lbs.
They are 12"-ers. But still, not mini. But DOOOOM!!! What are the defenitions of mini exactly?
I thought - small in foot print and large in sound! That is my definition of Mini Rig of Doom.
Sounds good to me. Anyway, it is a small setup and we're supposed to be having fun here. I love that everyone posted a picture of their rig that they're proud of.
Keep posting everyone!
