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Nominate your favorite single cab solution for *most* gigs
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Nope. I don't own a truck, I'm not into Ampeg and 8x10 is total overkill anyway. Wouldn't want one if you gave it to me.
My pick is the AudioKinesis Changeling 112. Superb tone, feather light, stupid loud, excellent dispersion.
I got rid of my truck, and my SVT 810, now I use BBC 1215 (like 45 lbs)
I run a trusty old Aguilar GS210, but the key to making this a stand-alone cab is the set of Eminence CA1059 drivers. Though the stock Aguilar speakers sounded great, a set of them wasn't quite enough to fill a room, so I did some research and ended up with the CA1059's. They're Eminence's top of the line 10" bass speakers. Super clear, super fat, and remarkably loud. I opted for the 8ohm versions, making the cab 4ohms and allowing me to get the full 1000watts out of my Stewart power amp. Paired with the Yamaha PB-1 preamp and Alembic SF-2 Superfilter, it really is my bucket-list rig.
I’ve been using an Avatar 212 with Neo speakers. It’s a little bulky, but only weighs around 50 lbs. I love my Ampeg 410, but it’s a real porker at just under 100 lbs!
never bring more than one cab to a gig.. Fearless F112 for smaller shows, Berg CN410 for medium/bigger shows
brickhouse 1x12"
haven't used anything else in a long time. even literally used one for a large outdoor festival a few summers ago.
used to lug around more... but really the 1x12" is all i've needed for a long time.
haven't used anything else in a long time. even literally used one for a large outdoor festival a few summers ago.
used to lug around more... but really the 1x12" is all i've needed for a long time.
Barefaced Big Twin II. I'm a whimp who doesn't like carrying heavy gear.
Trickfish Bullhead 1K into a Trickfish 112 cabinet does it for all but the loudest gigs.
John
John
Me too. That’s why I prefer the BB2. Haven’t played a venue to date It was inadequate.
G-K MB-500 into a single G-K Neo112 cab. Sounds fantastic, and handles my M-2500's B string just fine. With one exception, whenever I've needed more, a big rig has been supplied.
If it amuses you to lug a fridge everywhere you go, you can physically handle it, you love that sound, and you only play gigs where that porker actually makes sense, then more power to you!
In 1973, I was 17 years old. I was on a trio gig with a 50 year old jazz drummer who mostly used brushes, and another old guy who played a Farfisa organ through a 12 watt Gibson Minuteman combo (!!!). It was a small wedding reception, with maybe 40 people in the room.
I had a decent 1*15 combo loaded with a JBL 15 at home. It would have been perfect for the gig, but I had just gotten a Gibson Les Paul bass amp. It featured a massively oversized 2x15 cab, with a 200 watt solid-state power amp mounted in the bottom of it. I took my new baby because I wanted to show it off, and of course I never got it off idle all night.
At the end of the gig, a drunk pushed past me as I was carrying the cab down a rickety steel fire escape. The resultant fall was the cause of a lifetime of chronic back trouble, and the reason that I now have to consider weight in every musical purchase I make.
Funny thing when I look back on those days:
- 17 year old me still wishes he hadn't felt the need to show off. We played polkas most of the night, and there he was on a tiny little stage with a cab large enough to sleep in!
- 25 year old me was always slightly relieved to see an SVT stack at backline gigs, because it meant that I wouldn't have to worry about being loud enough. However, he never cared for that tone.
- 65-year-old me has been playing 5-string basses for about 35 years now, and I am tremendously grateful to companies like G-K, SWR, Eden, Bergantino, and AudioKinesis. Thanks to their innovations, I have been able to make the tones I always heard in my head a reality, and to do it without needing a support crew to carry my stuff.
