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Sell or Store (Moving dilemma)

#21
jchrisk1 said:
Use them for nightstands. Her choice of sheets to cover them.
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All of these are fine by me, but the wife is a trained and qualified interior designer, I'll give it a shot but I think the punk rock bedroom would clash with her color scheme ;)
mpdd said:
use the cabs to support a piece of wood for a coffee table
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ak56 said:
Those aren't cabs, they're coffee tables/end tables.:D
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friendlybass said:
I dabble in the dark side ;) I honestly have recently had more gigs for guitar than bass, but I'm still playing bass regularly enough to have need of both guitar and bass rigs up and running
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Just giving you a hard time. Seems like if you keep one, the 15, you could just stack the other two on top? I agree with the other posters who say if you like the tone keep them but I also agree that there is tons of gear out there if you need to sell and get something else later.

Too bad there is not an "enduro" type amp that would work well for guitar and bass? Good luck with your decision
 
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friendlybass said:
That's been one side of my inner dialog on the subject, and small light gigging cabs are in abundance now.
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I sold my big cabs. I loved them but in reality I usually have FOH and if I don't the gig usually doesn't need a giant cab. I sold an Orange 410, an Aguilar DB212, an Eden 410xlt, and a Mesa PH115. I had so many cabs because I liked all of them. I was attached. But they took up so much room and I usually just used a 112. So I sold or traded everything. I have a TecAmp s212 ( great, loud, clear cab) a DB112 (awkward shape and heavy but awesome) and two Trace 115s. I keep the 15s where we practice, the 212 in the bedroom and the 112 out of the way in the living room. I don't miss the big cabs in any way. I've even considered selling what I have and getting two Barefaced Super Compacts. It is liberating to be rid of stuff.
 
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#27
Saw all the suggestions I thought of (coffee table, end tables, night stand, etc. etc.) so here are a couple:

Can you put them under your bed (elevated platform bed)? Attach a sine wave generator and viola', instant massage bed!

How about 'flying' them from the ceiling and running your stereo through them? Get them up and out of the way.

Okay that's all I got right now. However, "favorite cabs ever" seems to equal "find a way to keep and not sell" to me.

Raz
 
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#28
I have the same issues.....2 cabs with cloth drape covers in bedroom....covered in clothes
2 cabs in spare room/ guest room/ workshop/garage/junk room...UGH
main cab in living room for gigs and home practice....a rig is a thing of beauty

Considering how to downsize....Hmmmm....just halved all my gear 3 years ago in divorce
 
#30
Can you "rent" some space to just leave them at your parent's house? I mean with you moving out they should have plenty of room for just two bass cabs. It would save you on paying for an environmentally questionable storage unit, they'd get a few bucks to go out to dinner on, you wouldn't feel like free-loader and you get to keep your cabs.
 
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#31
The 15 can stay, that is great.
Put it next to the wall and say, "Wow honey, there is six more feet of blank wall above the 15, I think the 4x10 will sit nice on top of the 15. Yes, it looks good, and there is a few more feet of blank wall above them. Maybe the 2x10 can help cover that wall up? yup, looks great". :thumbsup:

Unless the cab is stored under something, stack it all on top, it takes up the same floor space. And if it needs to fit the decor, a nice blanket or other fabric to cover it works nice.
Good luck.
 
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#36
friendlybass said:
It's a possibility but part of the move was out of growing tensions between us. Wont get into me and my parent issues online but lets say anything I leave becomes very pawnable.
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Damn, sorry to hear that.

Do you have a student or friend that could put them to use? Those cabs are practically indestructible, unless you feed em a kilowatt or throw them from a tall building.
 
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adbass said:
Damn, sorry to hear that.

Do you have a student or friend that could put them to use? Those cabs are practically indestructible, unless you feed em a kilowatt or throw them from a tall building.
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Hadn't thought of that. They are indestructible I was thinking of pulling the old rat fur off at one point cause the 410 is getting a little ratty and redoing them with truck bed liner. Then one of them fell out of my car and damaged the concrete and was totally fine. I decided not to make them totally indestructible
 
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A couple of thoughts. You could sell them, put the money in an envelope and keep it for future replacement. An envelope with money takes up much less space. And/or you could set aside 10 to 20 dollars a month to replace them until you move to a bigger place. By then, you might have a nice chunk saved up without the stress of finding a lump sum.
 

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