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Mixed Driver Size Myopia!

#42
deathsdj said:
I gigged through half the 80's and all the 90's with a Carvin rig that had a 2x15 and a 4x10. It was entirely awesome. I never noticed any science.

I am listening to the TB collective though and when I get around to getting a new rig I'll probably try matching cabs.

I do think that sometimes what works best on paper is not always the only way to roll. My rig right now has 3 combos consisting of 2 15's and a 12. I can switch between any or all of them with pedals and honestly it sounds the best with all three working together, mismatched or not.

Cheers!

MJW
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Bigger usually does sound better, at least for the player.

Some players even like a giant wall of mud. The guys with the giant walls who bang on about tone haven't caught on at all. The TB brains trust always invites them to share the light side of their dark holes around if they stray from the Doom thread.
 
#43
Downunderwonder said:
Bigger usually does sound better, at least for the player.

Some players even like a giant wall of mud. The guys with the giant walls who bang on about tone haven't caught on at all. The TB brains trust always invites them to share the light side of their dark holes around if they stray from the Doom thread.
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Really? We want to start this again?
 
#44
Downunderwonder said:
Bigger usually does sound better, at least for the player.

Some players even like a giant wall of mud. The guys with the giant walls who bang on about tone haven't caught on at all. The TB brains trust always invites them to share the light side of their dark holes around if they stray from the Doom thread.
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bassboysam said:
Really? We want to start this again?
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+1

I hang out in the S/D thread. I play really loud, and I dont use a wall of speakers...
 
#47
Downunderwonder said:
Difference is you do it with a rig that is nothing like the average wall of mud, aside from the volume.
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The two guys that probably have the loudest rig in the S/D thread do it with fEARfuls. There are also a bunch of Dually and other fEARful owners, and a lot of other guys using well engineered cabs.

Sure there are guys playing with a wall of cabs, but it works for them. So its ok too.
 
#48
CL400Peavey said:
The two guys that probably have the loudest rig in the S/D thread do it with fEARfuls. There are also a bunch of Dually and other fEARful owners, and a lot of other guys using well engineered cabs.

Sure there are guys playing with a wall of cabs, but it works for them. So its ok too.
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fEARful 12/6 stack + 70's Sunn 2x15 with an old Acoustic 370 head and a Muff pedal get me there :hyper: if only I could figure a way to wedge in this 18" 8 ohm Peavey cab I have lying around....
 
#49
Downunderwonder said:
Bigger usually does sound better, at least for the player.

Some players even like a giant wall of mud. The guys with the giant walls who bang on about tone haven't caught on at all. The TB brains trust always invites them to share the light side of their dark holes around if they stray from the Doom thread.
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S/D Regular here. I use two 1x15 cabinets. It's loud and not at all muddy. Punchy, biting, aggressive OD with solid low end that will vibrate your eyeballs, but not muddy. But thanks for the generalization. :rolleyes:
 
#51
bassboysam said:
Ouch my back. Hope you have roadies. You're probably just compensating for your lack of talent.
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Bwahahaha...

I love how these types of conversations usually degenerate into to, "You're just making up for your insecurities as a player and about your manhood with your big rig... Its not the size of the boat its the motion of the ocean... "

Dont let anyone tell you different. Size matters.
 
#52
Downunderwonder said:
Bigger usually does sound better, at least for the player.

Some players even like a giant wall of mud. The guys with the giant walls who bang on about tone haven't caught on at all. The TB brains trust always invites them to share the light side of their dark holes around if they stray from the Doom thread.
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not sure what this even means. could you elaborate?
 
#56
I have been on TB for years and glad I found the Doomer thread though as it was the most non arse=hole filled with think they know it all trolls filled thread on TB and people talked honestly about gear and honestly review it. I am on there for that reason not because Doom is my favorite genre, it isn't. I have a bassic on order and have had lots of the hyped stuff like lifeless Markbass stuff that so many people get a boner over. Just because you a trebbist nonmiddist slappity tappity type most likely that doesn't like a certain style of music it doesn't mean someone else's gear sucks. I don't want big stuff for looks or little stuff for looks or false beliefs, I want good sounding gear plain and simple and if it is lightweight so be it, if not I will grin and bear it.
 
#57
Samsquanch1972 said:
I have been on TB for years and glad I found the Doomer thread though as it was the most non arse=hole filled with think they know it all trolls filled thread on TB and people talked honestly about gear and honestly review it. I am on there for that reason not because Doom is my favorite genre, it isn't. I have a bassic on order and have had lots of the hyped stuff like lifeless Markbass stuff that so many people get a boner over. Just because you a trebbist nonmiddist slappity tappity type most likely that doesn't like a certain style of music it doesn't mean someone else's gear sucks. I don't want big stuff for looks or little stuff for looks or false beliefs, I want good sounding gear plain and simple and if it is lightweight so be it, if not I will grin and bear it.
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:p:D God, I love Talkbass.
 

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