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Rigs of Doom; Part 4
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My rig is looking a bit more like this nowadays, minus another 215 cab.
That big cab is a 415.
I'm curious, what Ampeg head is that between the Sunn Beta Lead and the V6B? Thanks!
My rig is looking a bit more like this nowadays, minus another 215 cab.
That big cab is a 415.
Love the nebula grills! Do you know if they offer those for others or strictly theirs?
It costs extra, but it is something that he does offer if you provide him with the picture. He gets them through an online printing service.
That's an awesome rig. I'd take either half, although the three-piece seems a lot more manageable. A fitting caption for this picture might be, "go big or go home".Here is mine in action
Marshall MB450 head on a MBC410 and MBC115 and the other is a Marshall VBA400 on a VBC810
let me guess, that's your cafe rig?
In all seriousness though, what model of head is that?
yes, i like that a lot!My rig is looking a bit more like this nowadays, minus another 215 cab.
That big cab is a 415.
Always like clean/dirty rigs.
I actually find that most bands can use a little overdrive on bass. Even when I play folk/rock, I use a bit of amp overdrive for fatness.
Very nice cabs. The 4x15 is diagonal, I imagine? How do you run all four heads at once, or do you?My rig is looking a bit more like this nowadays, minus another 215 cab.
That big cab is a 415.
Yep, the 415 is diagonal, only way to fit them all in there. The cab itself is 33" wide by 52" tall by 15" deep.
This picture was taken right before I started recording, so at the time I was only using the SVT and the V2.
Ah, okay. Do you use the other two as well, now?
Also, while many people like deeper cabs, I myself prefer ones that are only 15" deep, and make up the volume with width and height. Very nice. I can't quite make out the nameplates on the cabs. How's it spelled?
This is a 1972 Univow U50PAR Hybrid amplifier that is 50 watts RMS @ 4 ohms.
As of right now, no. How I'm running the SVT and V2 is basically exactly the tone that I want, and cuts through basically everything in my band, so I'm probably gonna roll with just that.
I went with 15" deep because I was basically copying an Acoustic 215 that I had, and it just so happens to have been pretty close to a dually, so it sounded great. I went with that deepness on the 415 as well, because that will be on top of my 2 215s when I play out.
The nameplates say Mauler, it's a cab company a good friend of mine runs.
Nice.
I like 15" because it's the same depth as the guitarists' cabs, and so doesn't intrude any more into the playing area of the stage than their cabs do (we basically just line them up at the back of the stage like a sort of wall, most of the time). Also it makes loading vehicles a bit easily.
Hi everyone,
I'm new here - my name is Wolf and I'm from Germany. Here's my humble rig of doom:
Acoustic 408 and 301 cabs. 320 and 230 Amps (I use the 230 for the 301 at the moment ). And a Peavey Mk IV to drive the 408. Which works way better than using an Acoustic amp, I'm afraid to say
Keep up the good work!
wolf
I'm new here - my name is Wolf and I'm from Germany. Here's my humble rig of doom:
Acoustic 408 and 301 cabs. 320 and 230 Amps (I use the 230 for the 301 at the moment ). And a Peavey Mk IV to drive the 408. Which works way better than using an Acoustic amp, I'm afraid to say
Keep up the good work!
wolf
hello I would like to think I have a rig of doom as well.. sounds so damn good. ampeg svt 7 pro and darkglass b7k in to a fender 810 pro cab. and I recently came across the Ibanez sr 885 in laser blue from 1993..
Hi everyone,
I'm new here - my name is Wolf and I'm from Germany. Here's my humble rig of doom:
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Acoustic 408 and 301 cabs. 320 and 230 Amps (I use the 230 for the 301 at the moment ). And a Peavey Mk IV to drive the 408. Which works way better than using an Acoustic amp, I'm afraid to say
Keep up the good work!
wolf
That's quite a rig! Edit: And it all looks to be in amazingly good condition!!
Yeah - everything (apart from the 301) has seen very little stage use. I think the 320/408-rig spent 30 years in a basement before I bought it.
The 301 has been on the road for many years, but it has a custom case built around it (which makes it even heavier and harder to lift as there are virtually no handles).
The 4x15" and 1x18" combination ist the best I ever had (and I have quite a lot ...)
