RIGS OF DOOM - Ch. 3

[BillyB_from_LZ]

Excuse my ignorance but...

What are those cabs ? Are they like 18s or 21s or 59s or something?!

IIRC, they're Rickenbacker cabinets with ElectroVoice 30W (30 in.) drivers in them. There are photos somewhere with the backs off the cabinets.

 

[Dan Knowlton]

I swear, that's how the Sacramento Valley looks year round. It never comes back to life.

That is because you have all those politicians - they suck the life out of everything!

Dan K.

 

[Zentner]

IIRC, they're Rickenbacker cabinets with ElectroVoice 30W (30 in.) drivers in them. There are photos somewhere with the backs off the cabinets.

exactly right!

They're bigger when you get next to them than on the internet... 43" Tall, 33" wide, 18" deep each (the picture has them stacked on their sides mind you)

 

[KramerBassFan]

Those arent Transonics, are they?

 

[Zentner]

Those arent Transonics, are they?

They sure are.

 

[rumblethump]

Pine cabinets. What do they weigh?

 

[Zentner]

About 85-90lbs unloaded, with the speaker you can add another 30-32lbs.

 

[KramerBassFan]

Ah!
I wasn't sure..... They looked like it, but I'm most familiar with the big 2x15 Tansonic, such as used by Tom Peterson.
Truly awesome amps... and you sure don't see many of them out there.
What kind of "head" is that there on top of those cabs?

Those Amps and Cabinets are truly awesome... one of Rickenbackers best kept secrets

 

[Zentner]

I've also got a Rickenbacker 2x12 guitar combo - a Transonic 70 /w fuzz, reverb, trem, 2 channels with original tags. It's kinda neat.

The head is a Rickenbacker B-115. I've only seen that amp as a 1x15 combo until I found this one. It's Freakin loud for only have 4 6L6's.. like almost SVT loud. Probably my favorite amp I own (and I own a few big tube bass heads)

 

[KramerBassFan]

Wow, I didnt know there were Valve Tansonics.

 

[Zentner]

I should clarify, the head is not a transonic series amp, it's a B-series, they were mid 70's (I think?) and were all tube.

 

[RobbieHassett]

the short cab is a custom-made TL606 cab with an EVN15L in it. it sounds awesome.

the middle V4 cab has four Eminence 2512-II's in it. i installed aluminum JBL dust caps on them to give it a tiny bit more high end. its actually my sounding favorite cab in the photo.

i just bought an amp that looks exactly liek this, but the lines are black..any idea what year it might be then? the serial number is 56903

 

[KramerBassFan]

I should clarify, the head is not a transonic series amp, it's a B-series, they were mid 70's (I think?) and were all tube.

Ahh, that makes sense.
Thank you for the clarification.
The Transonics were known for being made by Bob Rissi, who also made Fenders first Solid State amps.
But i'm sure you already know that.

 

[Zentner]

I actually didn't know he did anything for fender, but I've scoped out his own line of Risson amps.

 

[rutabowa]

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[KramerBassFan]

I actually didn't know he did anything for fender, but I've scoped out his own line of Risson amps.

Yep... he's responsible for Fenders Silver Face Solid State amps...

 

[Gord]

Two eden D410Ts powered by a Sansamp SVP-CL into a Firebass.
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[Josh Pelican]

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*************. Grizzly is awesome and so is your rig. My band (john doe) is a friend of yours on myspace. We're from over in Halifax.

Come on over and play a show some time.

 

[Josh Pelican]

Presently I'm just running this head:
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Into your average Ampeg SVT810E.

It may not be doomy compared to half the amps out here, but I paid $666 for that head (after a trade in), so that makes it doomy if you ask me. I'm thinking about adding a rack tuner into the extra space, or the Furman PL-Tuner.

It's a hell of a lot better/louder than the Ampeg B2RE I was running, and I love the tubes in it. I can get some nice distortion on it, too. I absolutely love this head.

 

[60bass]

GBE1200 with a Uber 212T and an Avatar B410 NEO. NEO-PAK 3.5 (2 OHM mod) along with a Carvin BRX 10.2 NEO.

Just got the Uber cab and that thing kicks. Running the GBE1200 with the Uber cab sounds sweet. The Uber really does have an old school non neo tone. I could use that setup full time and be a happy camper. If I ever do need a little more punch, I add the 4 OHM Avatar along with the Uber and it moves some serious air.

The NEO-PAK with the Carvin gives me a nice powerful compact rig for practice or smaller gigs.

All my cabs are 4 OHM so I can run two cabs with either GB head. The NEO-PAK actually sounds very punchy through the Uber and the Avatar together, or with either of those with the Carvin on top. Breaks up just enough to get some gutty grind. Not too much headroom though with only 500 watts.

I hooked the whole rig up and played with it for about an hour. The Uber and Avatar on the GBE1200 with a line out to the NEO-PAK hooked up to the Carvin. 1700 watts, sounded super till I had to stop due to some stuff falling off the wall

Have a look.

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