Quick - need to make a decision GB vs. Hartke

[Fletz]

I play a Genz Shuttle 12.0. Love love love it. I've been playing it through Markbass cabs but want to go to a one cab set up. Here are the two choices I am toying with:
1. A local dealer can sell me a Genz NeoX 212T for $699
2. I am a fan of Larry Hartke, used to play Hartke gear back in the day. Thinking about a 410 Hydrive.

I play bass in a four piece (one guitar, loud drummer). We play classic rock - how unique! I play Fender P-basses and a StingRay 4H, and occasionally my Ric. I want to hold the bottom end but be able to sneak my way in to the mix on the higher register notes. We generally play small venues, so I am not going through a PA 90% of the time, so I need my rig to do the work.

Of those two in the $700 range, what do you think? Or is there a better option for me at $700?

Love your opinions. Thanks.

 

[Stingray5]

I'd be jumping all over that Bergantino AE410 for $700 shipped in the classifieds if I were you

 

[Mortification78]

I would go with the Genz as you already have a shuttle 12 head. I think Larry is awesome as well. I would let the decision come down to your pocketbook first. I've always been a fan of matching head and cab with like brands. Just my two cents though. On a side note, the vertical stacking of the Genz 212 would probably reach your ears easier as well.

 

[Not yet]

These Neox 12t (have 2 112T w Streamliner) are the best speaker technology for my needs ever heard or used. Deep articulate and easy to move

No contest in my view

 

[MacBass57]

Avatar TB-153, it rocks.

 

[afzoomie67]

I like Hartke..

 

[Vandy]

4 10's have a "moveable" surface area of approx. 314.2 sq.in.
2 12's will provide approx. 226.2 sq.in.
Verticality seems to appeal to some (although, in this case, the apparent advantage would come into play with one NeoX 212T stacked on top of another NeoX 212T) . . .
Front of house usage would be germane, in which case - what do you need for "stage volume"? Esp. if you tilt 'em . . .
Hartkes definitely are loud & "present". Hope that you get a chance to walk away & hear them in the room (vis-a-vis a looper-esque situation, maybe?) . . .
You probably know all of this already, though . . .

 

[tbsodsmuck]

I've been using 2 Bergantino AE112's with a Genz Benz 6.0 shuttle max for the last couple years and it sounds GREAT, and light weight. Bergantino sounds GOOD with Genz Benz!

 

[seang15]

NEITHER! Carvin BRX10.4 cab! Go against the grain, man, and you will NEVER regret it! Killer cab series!!

 

[lowfreq33]

I do 5 or 6 gigs a month without PA support, and the NeoX212t carries the room great. I'm usually on about 11:00 on the Shuttle 6 master volume.

 

[low2groove]

Neither!

Eden 4X10 or DNA gear. Both of these are light years above the two you mentioned.

 

[Jazz Ad]

light years, really? It's a tough claim for a 25 year old design.

 

[will33]

Caveat: Haven't read the thread.

Hartke makes good stuff, man but put one in for the NeoX here. Those things are one of my all-time favorites. They just got a thing that works. Play it with the band, at a gig, or listen to one being played from out front and you'll see.

 

[low2groove]

That 25 year old design won awards for years on end. Those Eden cabs are still being copied today.

Davids new DNA bass cabs are amazing when compaired to anything else out there.

Everything I've ever had that was Hartke crapped out. lost one on a gig one night and that was the end.

 

[will33]

OK, read the thread (it wasn't really that long). I'd still take the NeoX over everything that's been mentioned, including the Berg's. Especially doing classic rock and driving the room with your rig.

Don't get me started on the pile of marketing horsesqueeze that is DNA speakers. Don't get roped into that, man.

 

[Thundar]

No offense to the Hartke cab cause I generally like Hartkes, but I have to go with the GB212 on this one...you can always add a second one for a 412 powerhouse, and it doesnt hurt that youre getting a pretty great price on it..and they roll in and out of the gig nicely, and they are a fantastic sounding cab as well.

 

[low2groove]

Will33 I'll just send my DNA 4x10 back and buy one of those other two turds everyone else is talking about. I'll need at least two to even keep up, lmao I know that you never even tried one talking like that. No hype, just hands down the best cabs made at any price. Enjoy whatever makes you happy bud, it's not going to make any difference to me! Take care.

 

[RootNoteRadical]

Whoa! were talking about cabs here. Every one calm down....

 

[Peepaleep]

I'm a Schroeder man. They are very affordable, lightweight, and some of the best sounding cabs I've heard.

http://www.schroedercabinets.com/bass.htm

 

[makohund]

No hype, just hands down the best cabs made at any price.

Go on, pull the other one.

I'd love hear a list of everything you've A/B'd 'em with...