You can either hook up one cab to each output of the amp, or daisy chain the speakers together and use one speakon out from the amp.
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Official Orange Club II
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Cool, thanks! Yeah I am hoping it will haha. I had the 4x10 but like I said it was so difficult to move on my own. I think 60lbs is more manageable. Do you think having the two 1x15's together with the Quilter be loud enough for a metal band? Two guitarists and a hard hitting drummer?
Saw your previous post of your rig. That is killer. Would like to get the Orange tube amp one day.
Thanks, LOVE my Orange setup. You'll have the wattage for sure. Haven't played Metal for years, but I feel pretty confident you'll have enough speaker as well.
Orange is great. Everyone always goes with Ampeg I feel. I always see their 8x10s being used at metal festivals but with DI these days what's the purpose of getting an 8x10? I do like the Orange 8x10 but it seems a bit overkill for my needs.
I would hate to see what the Orange 8x10 weighs if the 4x10 weighs close to 100lbs
Yeah that Tolex will get ripped up pretty quick if you don't install some skids. I installed some skids on my Markbass 8x10 I have. You can buy nylon skid material off many internet sites.
I've used my Terror Bass 500 and 4 Stroke 300 many times with two OBC 115's with my hard rock/metal band and it's more than enough. I can't imagine a band being too loud for that rig.
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What concerns me about going that route is what do the mids and highs sound like with just that single (or two) 15 inch speakers?
The 4x10 sounded great, was ported at the back but like I said was 95lbs of heaviness.
I know Twiggy from Manson back in the day used a 4x10 with a 1x15 but seems many talkbass folks don't recommend mixing cabs.
Basically I'm just trying to find a good cab for hard rock/heavy metal but without breaking my back.
The Orange 115s are pretty much a EV TL606 afaik... I reckon they'll do the job. And. . One for smaller shows
I've got 2 Bassman 115s and I've never hit the rails when using them both. I have when using just one, that was using my Fender Super Bassman into 1 Bassman 115.
Sounded great, but no more clean volume on tap
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The Orange 15's are rock solid and great cabs. They use the Eminence Kappa 15 (or used to) so you won't have much top end as you would with the 4X10. They will get stupid loud.
Many people stack a 4X10 on a 15. A lot of these cabs are designed to work together.
The switch only turns a resistor to ground on and off, so expect the corresponding volume loss at input. Use your bass volume pot if you have one.
It depends. It is loud by any account. 15s are a bit less defined or "modern" than 10s to my ears though.
It's post EQ and Master Volume, so FOH mostly hates it. But it is a bit better on the MKII compared to the MKI, so your sound guy might allow it.
As others mentioned, it depends. They don't "really" become 800 watts and 4 ohms. But for practical purposes, yes.
You can daisy chain OBCs, both 410s and 115s. Connect one OBC to the 4 ohm output of the head, and connect a second box to the first one.
I am not familiar with your head, but on an AD200B you would either connect each 115 to one of the 8ohm outputs or the chain to the 4 ohm output.
The OBC 115 puts out a lot of mids and low end, I've never had any issue with that. As for the highs, there are no tweeters and I am still not left wanting for more and I am a tweeter guy. So I really doubt you are going to have an issue getting enough high end through them unless you like ice pick treble. Then you probably might.
I did use the DI last week for a gig, and used a cab for monitoring at the same time.
Didn't sound bad to me.
Depends. Some interfaces can handle the line level of a DI, some are built for instrument level only (aka: direct into the interface from your bass). The interface I have at home has one for both, and most should have both as well. They don't all, though, so just check to see if you have line level inputs on your interface
I have no idea of what that meando, but it's a Focusrite Scarlett solo, if that's any help.
If you mean can you run from the Speaker Out on your amp to the interface then no, you will most likely fry something.
The Focusrite can be set for Line or Instrument level. If you set it to Line and run an XLR from the DI Out then you can record the DI signal.
Otherwise you can get a DI that works with being between the amp and cab like the Countryman 85 or the Radial JDX.
Yeah, using the DI, not the speaker out. Sorry.
And now I get XLR cables are not the same with Speakon cables.
