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Nominate your favorite single cab solution for *most* gigs

#221
I still drag this cabinet to gigs, it sounds, so good to my ears, have other cabs ( Aguilar DB112, NV610, Fender 810 ), but with the somewhat smaller stages now days, it still fits, and has the power rating, for the high power Class D amp, that I have, granted it's some what heavy, but the tone out of it, makes it worth it .... IMHO
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#222
2x10 for me.

Did many years of jazz/blues gigs (including outdoors) with a 4 ohm SWR Goliath Jr powered by an Ampeg B2R.

Still in the blues vein, I’m currently using either my Rumble 500 combo (2x10) or my Barefaced Two10S powered by either a Mesa D800+ or Traynor SB500H.

I’ve paired the Barefaced with The Rumble just for kicks but I didn’t need to. Still, it’s fun! :-)
 
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BB2, 8 ohms. All I use for everything. Tiny, light and doesn’t care if it’s a small pub gig or a big stage. Treats open B the same as all other notes, and couldn’t care less if the filter pedal just tripled the low end coming in. Transparent as best I can tell - just makes signal coming in come out of the speaker. After years of Trace 410s and GK 212s, a revelation. Can’t recommend small “hyper-engineered” stuff like Barefaced (and I guess Greenboy et al) enough.
 
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#227
Schroeder BMF 215 works for most gigs. Not as loud as older style 2x15 cabs like Mesa or EV, but plenty loud for the average bar gig. Great tone, about 50 lbs, fits in the trunk of my Grand Marquis. My backup is a Schroeder 1210 that I picked up cheap here on TB. It’s a much more compact cab but also much heavier and awkward to lift. Last weekend I knocked my main rig over while moving stuff around in storage, and used the backup for the first time. Sounded great, is definitely going to see more use. This picture is me testing my usual rig for functionality. It seems to be fine!

The 215 is getting pretty ratty at this point. Would love to try the Mesa subway 215 but I don’t know where I could try one locally. It seems rather similar to the Schroeder in form, which is nice. There is a Bergantino dealer near me, and I gigged a different brand of 2x12 for many years, so I may go back to that... but the HG 410 and 310 are pretty intriguing...
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#230
Mesa Subway 2X15 for me. I missed my old Mesa Diesel 2X15 with the EVM15L drivers, well except for the obnoxious weight, so I ordered the Subway and have been very happy with it. For the outdoor summer festivals it is a Peavey era Trace Elliot 8X10 I picked up for $200 a few years ago. I would rather have too much and not need it, than have too little and not have it when needed. The Mesa cabinet is light enough for me to lift it by myself. The Trace is actually not too bad to move as well, but still has some heft to its weight. Definitely a two person lift, but rolls quite easily once on the ground. Would prefer ampless and IEM's, but my main gig requires a backline for presentation and the guitar players insist on their amps for the correct tone. The Subway is all I need for most of our gigs, and it is great sounding cabinet.
Cheers,
Mike
 
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MultiScaleMale said:
11 pages of responses were able to. Except one. ;-)
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Yeah, but the responses run the gamut, from single 10s to 8x10s. What did you learn that was useful? I still say a little more description of the music you play, the bands you play in, and the venues would have produced more useful info.
 
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Scootbass1 said:
...Would prefer ampless and IEM's, but my main gig requires a backline for presentation and the guitar players insist on their amps for the correct tone. The Subway is all I need for most of our gigs, and it is great sounding cabinet.
Cheers,
Mike
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“Jack Sprat could eat no fat, and his wife could eat no lean”...

My main gig is ampless, e-drums and IEM’s. Amazing group of people, terrific material, but I desperately miss feeling the bass and drums instead of just hearing them.

We used to do a lot of away gigs. Indoors or out, they generally involved an acoustic kit and an opportunity to use my AudioKinesis cab with the various amps I’ve owned since I got it: Genz Benz Streamliner 900, G-K MB800, G-K MB Fusion.
 
#237
I bring this for most shows. It's big and heavy but sounds fantastic and any volume.
Modified 1975 Peavey 6x10. Modern Dayton pro series 10s installed. Top 2 sealed, bottom 4 ported. Sounds better than my Ampeg 8x10.
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Smaller shows I use my Carvin 4x10 (with the horn removed)
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And yes, that's a quilter bass block 800 hidden under an Ampeg SVP-PRO.
 
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steve_rolfeca said:
“Jack Sprat could eat no fat, and his wife could eat no lean”...

My main gig is ampless, e-drums and IEM’s. Amazing group of people, terrific material, but I desperately miss feeling the bass and drums instead of just hearing them.

We used to do a lot of away gigs. Indoors or out, they generally involved an acoustic kit and an opportunity to use my AudioKinesis cab with the various amps I’ve owned since I got it: Genz Benz Streamliner 900, G-K MB800, G-K MB Fusion.
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I hear good things about thumpers. I think you should look into it...
 
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#239
MultiScaleMale said:
Guessing that the majority of us are doing small to mid-sized rooms where a single cab will easily suffice. Outdoors, you may want more, so keep this to the sweet spot of the bread and butter gigs. What's your favorite cab, why - and yes, we all want an SVT 810.
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True that!

Once you've had a pair of SVT810's up to full-honk, to quote Metallica: "Nothing else matters."

(*Note* Hoping my new GK Legacy 800/CX410/CX210 rig can improve, on that.)
 
#240
ironically ive always used a SVT810E and large shows / stages use a pair

practice/rehearsal
small gigs / large gigs/ outdoor etc etc
usually just one is fine, sometimes 2

its consistent and not really much of a hassle to me. im so use to tilting and sliding
and rolling it in the door. they actually arent that hard to move
and as far as tube amps, the sealed cabinet has always given me a certain feel
that is unbeatable or lets say i notice a big difference with ported cabs now

keep in mind i bought a brand new pair during the particle board era
and its also not a problem and so far only one dolly wheel has broke.
it was pretty horrible when the tolex first got ripped on the sides.
now the things are so ugly and torn
its actually kinda nice to toss them around and not care about the finish.
the grills still look fine. facing the cabs they look alright. the sides look horrible LOL
 
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