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NEVER thought I'd do this!

Vic

Vic

There's more music in the nuance than the notes.
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#1
The key is in understanding how I generally feel about Hartke stuff:
Politely, not good.
Frankly, I'll reserve comment to avoid an advocacy mud storm 'cause I assume there's plenty of great players out there using them happily. However, not me... until now... :eek: :eek: :eek:​

Ok, I still pretty much feel the same about most of their stuff, but then I stumbled across a certain "Pro" series cab. OMG. Total departure, not "boxy" at all. Big rich tone, and in a WONDERFUL angle front lightweight configuration! How cool is that for those small club stages (such as I just played last night).

I figure most (including folks normally into Hartke stuff) shy away from these because they only come in a 4 ohm 300W config. Fairly low power handling for a 4 ohm load by today's standards. However, I fed it plenty of juice from my TFB 550, and it had no problems whatsoever keeping up, and I actually had to flatten out the bass because it was so big sounding.

I'm amazed by this stupid little cab. I've got much higher end stuff, but I see this cab being used fairly regularly for certain places, and if I do blow up the speakers (actually, highly unlikely), I'll just throw some NEO 250W 12's in there and be even happier.

Dang, I can't believe I found Hartke stuff I like this much... it just ain't right... :)

Anyway, it ain't real w'out pics, so here it is... ta'daaaaaa...

hartkefunk.jpg
 
#5
I remember reading an article in modern drummer about drummer chris parker and will lee and the stuff they'd done together...

I think in the photos, will lee had one of those cabs with a walter woods, but then he's used hartke, but i thought it was a cool looking cab, interesting review, thanks!
 
#8
This is awesome, I forgot it's 4/1! I have to admit, I wish I'd thought of that and done something, but this is for real.

Mike, you need to check this cab out. It may not be good enough for you to consider purchasing one, but I'm pretty sure you'll have trouble believing it's really a Hartke cab. :)

It's about 58 pounds... not bad at all, and it's narrow enough it feels even lighter than that. It's a very easy carry, and even has removable (albeit fairly cheap) casters.

The high end on it is very subtle... a little darker than what I'm used to, but really nice, and compliments the really bright stuff like MTD and Zon fantastically.

Here's the best part... the price... NEW, these go for about $430, $350 on closeout, and used, $300 or LESS!
 
#9
Vic said:
I'm amazed by this stupid little cab. I've got much higher end stuff, but I see this cab being used fairly regularly for certain places, and if I do blow up the speakers (actually, highly unlikely), I'll just throw some NEO 250W 12's in there and be even happier.

Dang, I can't believe I found Hartke stuff I like this much... it just ain't right... :)

Anyway, it ain't real w'out pics, so here it is... ta'daaaaaa...

hartkefunk.jpg
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Man what a killer looking rig!!
 
#10
It must feel really light. Hartke's site says its 74.35 lbs.

Sounds like you're almost in love!! Kinda like finding out you really like the girl in town who's been around and has a bad reputation. Don't be embarrased if you really like her!!

I wonder what would be a good replacement speaker to give it more power handling.
 
#14
lbwdog said:
Vic, The more I look, the more I like. Does it really have balls without breakup at higer volume?
I need a good compact cab at that price point.
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Believe it.

I can't guarantee anything, but I was feeding it pretty well, four sets, LOUD drummer, and I was told to turn down (which is normally not necesary :)). For a while, I wasn't even in the PA. Again, it was a small venue, but still, plenty of go-juice.

It must feel really light. Hartke's site says its 74.35 lbs.
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Yeah, I saw that, and it's nowhere near that heavy unless that's shipping weight.

I wonder what would be a good replacement speaker to give it more power handling.
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I'm thinkin' some NEO 12's from Dave at Avatar. I really like his NEO cabs, and I think he has custom drivers made for him... I don't think they're the standard Deltalites.
 
#17
COOL! I guess the rack hangs off about an inch on each side. Looks like yours might be a Gator which is where my TFB 550 resides. I wish some of these designers of proline cabs would take that into consideration. Give an inch or so here and take away an inch there. I've seen several cabs that are just a smidgin narrower than a standard rack!
 
#18
Vic said:
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I'm thinkin' some NEO 12's from Dave at Avatar. I really like his NEO cabs, and I think he has custom drivers made for him... I don't think they're the standard Deltalites.
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I'm pretty sure you are correct. At least the first geration Eminence neos had a mesh dustcover for cooling. Avatars had a felt dustcover, though they were still Eminence speakers (as MOST production cabinets are).
 

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