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Skinny, Vertical Cab Stack Setups?

#22
I've been stacking vert for years. Markbass CMD102p (ported) with a Hartke 210 XL (sealed) One across the crowd and one slightly toward the percussionist. Makes for great stage monitor and house sound. I remember something about the Grateful Dead doing the upward and onward thing with bass many years ago. I'd rather have 2 - 210's vert than a 410 cab anyway. But thats just me,

Just be aware that if your active/aggressive onstage, a stack will knock over easy. It's not like blowing out a candle but it can happen.
 
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Just added a SB126 on top of the SB112. I turned off the tweeter on the SB112 and dialing up the the 6" driver on SB126 really helps cut through.
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Bass_Pounder said:
Your way behind the curve.

Guys here have been doing the vertical stack for a while now (admittedly, it's with two 2X10's, not mixed driver sizes).

Provides better dispersion, so not only do YOU hear yourself better, so does the audience.
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I was vertically stacking my old EV B-210 cabinets back in the late '90s!

Quadzilla said:
Yeah, I admittedly am behind with doing this. I've mainly been doing the 3x10, 4x10 or 6x10 thing. Now I want to go thinner and taller. So any make and model suggestions? I love 10's so I'm thinking 2 - 2x10 cabs. I like the idea of the coax in the TC cabs (as some horns can sound brittle and thin to my ears).
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Look for the cabs I mentioned just above. :bassist:
 
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ThisBass said:
I measure 6.1" and hate the issues of those anorexic looking towers. The sound changes strongly with different (on axis) distance to the stack. I'd lift the 2x210 some feet from the floor and give them some crossing angle to improve horizontal dispersion. That's a very approved practice even on PA line array systems.
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Yes it is, and I would do that with mine if I didn't care what it sounded like where I stand. But I do, so I won't.

That issue doesn't exist with my setup, though. Sounds pretty much the same no matter where I stand on axis.

And just to annoy you for calling it "anorexic":

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S-Bigbottom said:
All 2x10s can be stacked vertical. What you need to look out for is that the cab is wide enough for your amp to sit stable on it. The TC's are on the small side and a little rounded on the corners so a micro will fit nice, but a regular size amp in a rack can be unstable.
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I had a 2x10 with a traditional head stacked on top and felt I needed to rig up a strap running through the handle of the amp sleeve, over the head, and through the end (now top) cab handle. This was a Marshall 2x10 (can't remember the model number) but with the way the end and the corners were I doubt two stacked on end would have been stable.
 
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JimmyM said:
Yes it is, and I would do that with mine if I didn't care what it sounded like where I stand. But I do, so I won't.

That issue doesn't exist with my setup, though. Sounds pretty much the same no matter where I stand on axis.

And just to annoy you for calling it "anorexic":

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Hey JimmyM, do you have a photo of this same rig but with the head on the top? I'm just curious as to how it looks...love the Ampeg gear.
 

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