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Mini Rigs of Doom Four

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daveman50 said:
Notice how the Shuttle 8t cabs never come up for sale?! Jeff Genzler, if you're listening, you'd do well to make another run of those cabs!
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I got SUPER lucky.

I'd owned a Shuttle 3.0-10t combo, but I'd sold it. The local music store had a Shuttle 3.0t8 combo - that they sold the head out of. So it was just the T8 with the brackets...sitting there. It sat there for at least a couple of years, with me periodically asking what they'd agree to selling it for. The number was always too high. I waited another year and asked again. I'm like "No one wants it but me. $150 and I walk out with it today."

I won.

Since then, it's been modded with a speakon jack. But I use it for everything that doesn't involve a drum kit (and sometimes even then if the room and/or PA are right for it).
 
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daveman50 said:
Notice how the Shuttle 8t cabs never come up for sale?! Jeff Genzler, if you're listening, you'd do well to make another run of those cabs!
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Totally agree, I play through a Genz Shuttle 8 combo with the 8T extension cab, I love it, I would find it really hard to gig and rehearse without it. I’d love a Genzler version, it may not be so popular in the US but here in the UK and in European cities where we have to take public transport and drive tiny cars to play small venues, these mini rigs are life savers, and I’ve not heard anything that’s a similar size that comes close to the Shuttle combo with the extra cab.
 
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acleex38 said:
I got SUPER lucky.

I'd owned a Shuttle 3.0-10t combo, but I'd sold it. The local music store had a Shuttle 3.0t8 combo - that they sold the head out of. So it was just the T8 with the brackets...sitting there. It sat there for at least a couple of years, with me periodically asking what they'd agree to selling it for. The number was always too high. I waited another year and asked again. I'm like "No one wants it but me. $150 and I walk out with it today."

I won.

Since then, it's been modded with a speakon jack. But I use it for everything that doesn't involve a drum kit (and sometimes even then if the room and/or PA are right for it).
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I was kind of the opposite, years ago (before Genz Benz disappeared) I really wanted a Shuttle 3.0-10T - I remember spending half a day calling music stores all over Ontario, trying to find GB dealers… no one had that combo, but one had the 8T version, so we jumped in the car with my bass, to try it out. When I plugged in and played the first note, I was sold. Later bought the gig bag for it as well as the carry case for the head.

Now years later, I am actually glad I have the 8T version, as it sits perfectly on my desk, which a 10” cab would be too big for. :)
 
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The little Ampeg rig that shook the walls at tonights stripped down acoustic gig.
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I would love a small, relatively inexpensive (I know, that has no meaning) tube or tube/ss amp to go with my PJB C4 cabs for home practice and recording. Looks like the Ampeg PF-20T is about the best bet for about $700 new. Any other ideas or suggestions? Would prefer to keep it under $500 but I don't want a toy. If the Ampeg is the way to go, then I'll just wait for a nice lightly used one to come up here or on 'verb.

Thanks!
 
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dwellers said:
I would love a small, relatively inexpensive (I know, that has no meaning) tube or tube/ss amp to go with my PJB C4 cabs for home practice and recording. Looks like the Ampeg PF-20T is about the best bet for about $700 new. Any other ideas or suggestions? Would prefer to keep it under $500 but I don't want a toy. If the Ampeg is the way to go, then I'll just wait for a nice lightly used one to come up here or on 'verb.

Thanks!
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Don’t go for second best. Go for the Ampeg. Especially if you want to use it for recording as well. :thumbsup:
 
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