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Nominate your favorite single cab solution for *most* gigs

I'm always happy with my Mesa PH610. Sure it weighs a lot, but its pretty easy to load in and out of a vehicle by myself and the tilt back feature makes it pretty easy to get in to most venues. Even stairs aren't too bad as long as they're not unusually narrow.

EDIT: I should add that I have an SUV so I suppose if I had a smaller vehicle this could be an issue, though my SUV is a 2006 Sante Fe which is not particularly large. The 6x10 fits lengthwise in the trunk.

My Honda Fit will hold a surprising amount of gear. I believe an SVT 810 will "fit".
 
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DNA DNS-115. I had 2, which was way more than enough for any gig I did that didn't have PA support, but once I downsized from an SUV to a hatchback, I could only fit one anyway. It's lighter than either of the 2 Berg HD112 cabs I have.

I'm very tempted to grab one of the new Aguilar SL210 cabs now that they're out to shed even more weight.
 
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My Honda Fit will hold a surprising amount of gear. I believe an SVT 810 will "fit".
I have a Fit as well... I don't think the fridge would make it, unfortunately. It might barely make it, if Honda would have been smart enough to reverse the 60/40 split and put the 60 side on the right side though.

As an aside, we fit an entire PA, a drum kit, my whole bass rig, luggage for the band, and two adult humans in the thing for an out-of-town gig a couple of weeks ago. There's an amazing amount of space available in those cars!
 
I have owned a ridiculous amount of amps, speaker cabinets, combos, and accessories in my 50 years playing bass. I've owned an original flatback SVT cab, and a 'Towel bar' one, too. I loathe them. There's lots of reasons why I do, but that's not the subject here. I still have NOT found a single cabinet that will cut it as a stand alone. I'm still looking. Only one comes close. My Carvin BRX 10.2 neo with a pair of extended X-max drivers from my old Avatar B-410 neo. It will fill small to medium sized rooms with clean bass. Beyond 'sensible' volume levels, it's out of steam. I have two of them. In smaller rooms a cab from my collection of 1-12 cabs will all work pretty good, but are also out of steam as I play the gig. I find that two cabs always seems to do a better job for me. I just played a week long casino gig- used an EA CXL 1-12 modded with a Faital Pro and super tweeter in place of the uber heavy blown coax, and an Epifani UL 112. Nice rig. A 4-10 is actually TOO BIG to haul around nowadays. They're for sale all over, many going for stupid low prices. I'm doing a small club gig Saturday night in Carson City, Nevada. Bringing my Fender Rumble 200 combo. 35 pounds. Pretty good amp for a single carry in solution for small to mid sized rooms.
 
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my fave - Mesa Subway 115 or 210. It is very well built, easy to schlep and I have no reservations depending on it. Of course, it sounds great. Most of the time I'll go with the 115, it's a little lighter and primarily, it's closer to the door in my house. If there is more stage space, I'll take both the 115 and the 210.

I'm down to a 212 combo and xlr to the board. GK MB212 is my weapon of choice with a loudish cover band.
 
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Aguilar sl410x. It’s small, light, loud, looks nice, and is probably the best sounding cabinet I’ve ever owned.
 
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GK 1x12 Neo when I have no FOH support, two cabs for big gigs powered by a GK 1001RB.
Mostly though a Roland Cube 100 if I have FOH support and it it's down to our own sound no amp at all, I use a Alembic F-1X into the desk and IEM.
 

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