Sell or Store (Moving dilemma)

[Groove Doctor]

These are some of my favorite cabs in existence, (its a 410, a 210, and a 115). The wife said I could keep my 115 in the bedroom cause its the smallest and her favorite sounding of the three.

Do I trade these in for some smaller cabs or do my best to store them safely?

How often do you play each cab in a band setting?
How often each cab at home?

Keep 115 in bedroom.
Tuck 210 in somewhere like bottom of wardrobe, pantry, etc.
Or wire up bass amp/210 in lounge room for music/TV speakers.
Store 410 at parents place.
Put something else in basement instead.

If you were indifferent to them, sell them. If you love them, keep them.

 

[BadExample]

1899. Darn place is 117.

My rat shack is close to that old. It kinda sucks. If it was a cool old house, it would be worth the hassles, but it's not cool. Just a cheap rat shack to save money living in.

A big problem with a dug out cellar like that, even if they mud the walls is the air. You can probably look inside the furnace and see if there is a water line, but that cellar is full of spores. Spores looking for a new home... your precious cabs. 1 successful spore is all it takes. Without UV, the ripe moist air and dirt environment, there are billions down there. Maybe I'm wrong. I hope so. Toss an old white cotton shirt and an old black one down there and you'll find out.

Can you leave them with mom for a while?

 

[bolophonic]

In an unfinished, historic basement, those cabs will be ruined within months.

 

[Matthew Fisher]

I've had furniture go moldy after just a few months in above-ground storage -- including a wooden chair. Being kept in a basement with a dirt floor will ruin those cabs in short order.

Wifey your soul mate needs to understand that reality until you figure out what to do with them.

 

[PortlandBass77]

Get a practice space or gig van if you can afford either? Otherwise you could always wrap them in a tarp(s)...

 

[FingerDub]

) a DB112 (awkward shape and heavy but awesome) .

It's super easy to put extra feet on the side opposite of the handle. You can use the existing screw holes. I did it with both of my DB112s. Much easier to move, and can stack length wise also.

 

[tjh]

I store PA cabs in very large plastic bags, sealed tight all winter long in my garage ... might be a consideration ...

 

[rmayer]

hifibass had it right. With dirt floors and the possibility of moisture, I wouldn't store anything of value down in the basement. A pallet with or without a tarp isn't going to protect these cabinets from mold, or rot. I would keep them upstairs, or in a climate controlled storage, or consider selling the ones you really won't need. Seriously, if they get damaged, they'll be worth nothing as used cabs later. Sounds like that basement will be a good place for starting that exotic mushroom farm you've always wanted. Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

[Downunderwonder]

Sell the 410. Stacking the others is less silly, or dual bedside tables.

You can probably rent a moisture meter for very little. Having the furnace down there will be keeping it a little bit warm and dry, pulling moisture from a large radius of surrounding soil. Over time that stabilises. Depending on the above ground conditions it may be a long distance to wet ground and remaining relatively low humidity in your cellar. Or not. You might be only 1' out of the water table for all I know.

Can you force ventilate the cellar? Then it would be no worse than a garage.

 

[bmax]

I don't have much to add to your question... but I think it's super rad that your wife can hear the differences in your cabs, let alone has a preference.

 

[drumsnbass]

Get VERY big bags. Triple wrap each unit. seal them up good. Put them up on at a minimum 'milk crates'. keep them.

Hey guys, so here's my story.
Ive got a wonderful set of almost matching chrome grille swr cabs. These are some of my favorite cabs in existence, but I just moved out of my parents house with the wife into a much smaller townhouse. I don't have room to store them anywhere in the house (its a 410, a 210, and a 115) except for a cellar whose water tightness I can't speak for at this time. The wife said I could keep my 115 in the bedroom cause its the smallest and her favorite sounding of the three.
These cabs are my favorite cabs, bar none. But they would cease to be my favorite pretty quickly if they got damaged or they were too big a PITA to move in and out of my cellar to use. So here's the question.
Do I trade these in for some smaller cabs or do my best to store them safely?

 

[pudgychef]

sometimes life needs trump gear....were I married AND just moving out of parents house, bass cabs would be in the dispensable pile if they were not how I make my living. Keep one, sell the rest...move forward.

 

[Axstar]

I've done a couple of moves over the last few years and had to eat humble pie. I used to have an Ashdown rig with a couple of 212 cabinets. I didn't need that much firepower, and these days if I'm simply woodshedding then I use a Yamaha THR10 amp that sits on top of my Fender Rumble, which is mostly left unused. I still have the Ashdown head somewhere.

I saw an eye-opener the other day. On a motor forum, somebody had posted the outcome of storing a vintage car in a metal 'lockup' storage container. During the day the container had heated up, and during the night it had cooled and drawn in moist air. In less than a year the car had developed corrosion, pitted chrome and paintwork issues. A basement dug out of the earth sounds even more risky than a storage container, and the prospect of spores is a big 'nope' for me.

 

[Wesley R]

In my last apartment I stuffed cabinets in the closets. One bass out in the living room and 1 amp on stand in living room. Tough choice you have in front of you, yet the basement sounds like the worst option.

 

[Zooberwerx]

I store PA cabs in very large plastic bags, sealed tight all winter long in my garage ... might be a consideration ...

That's what I was thinking. Seal 'em with some heavy duty poly sheeting (...the stuff used for moisture barriers in ceilings & walls) and, for good measure, throw in a goodly quantity of desiccant.

Riis

 

[friendlybass]

I don't have much to add to your question... but I think it's super rad that your wife can hear the differences in your cabs, let alone has a preference.

She is a keeper. When I bought my first swr cab (a working man's 210) she listened to that compared to my carvin 410 and said, "you need more of these ones."

 

[johnson79]

In my old house the basement was pretty dry, but stuff still would get funky. I'd look at storing somewhere else, or if you're forced to put them in the basement wrap them up tight in plastic and put some sort of moisture absorption in there. Heck, use a vacuum to suck as much air out of the plastic as possible before sealing them. Keep them off the floor as high as possible and run a dehumidifier.

 

[Spectre Gunner]

Take action based on sound business sense and not emotions. Sell the cabs and store the money in a safe place that's out of site and out of mind. A savings account is good (not checking). You'll be glad you did later on.

I'm prior military and have stored many things during overseas tours. Once I returned to the states and got my stuff out of storage I then realized most of it was crap that wasn't worth storing in the first place. Chances are you'll be better off financially later on anyways and can buy new or used cabinets that weren't stored in a mildew cellar.