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Support From 2 10 Cab Users

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bluewine

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Sep 4, 2008
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#1
I have recently scaled back to using different combinations of 2 10 cabs. I am currently using 2 GK RBX 210 cabs.

I noticed a couple of local bass players I admire, one is my guitar teacher were playing clubs and getting great tone and just the right amount of volume and strategically cutting through the mix in the right spot.

It's interesting that some of you like this configuration whether it's mixing a 2 10 with a 15 or using two 2 10 cabs or just one.

Then, I guess some have no use for small gear. I guess thats fine.

I used to be an SVT user, you won't see me hauling that refridgerator around any more.


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#2
Markbass 2x10 combo with 1x15 extension cab here.

I didn't like the 2x10 by itself, it was a little too much midrange and not enough low end. Adding the 1x15 made it perfect.

I play a 6-string for reference, so I need a lot of range out of my amp.
 
#3
I wish I could make do with a single, lite weight 210 cab. I've tried several different manufacturers 210's as stand-alones with no luck. They had good highs and mids but the lows weren't even close. I'm with a loud, 6 pcs., country/rock group, P.A. support 50% of the time.
Went to a 212 cab and it barely cut-it.
Sold the 212 cabinet recently and started using my rehearsal cab. A old, front-ported, very small, Avatar 115H cab.
It's doing the job better than I'd have ever expected!
"LOUD", full, and great projection. The smaller cab gives better mids and cuts the muddyness of most 15" loaded, large cabinets. Guys in the band say they can hear the bass better than ever before.
Schroeder's got a new, very small, light weight 115 cab. I think a 115+L Schroeder maybe the ultimate small cab on the market right now. From the reviews here on T.B. they pretty much kill 210 and 112 cabinets, and they come in at 30 lbs.!
Schroeder also has a 1215 cab that's the same size as my Avatar 115H....23"x17"x16", (same size as Avatar's 210 cab also), and weighs 4 lbs. less!!
I'm in the hunt right now to find and hear a 1215 cabinet....
 
#4
I used to use a huge cab with a 10" and a 15" with a 200w a side Marshall bi-amp - sounded amazing in a room that held a couple of thousand people. I've now got an Ashdown 2 x 10 300w combo that is plenty "big" enough, but if I was playing larger venues (where they could park a 747 for instance), I'd add a 1 x 15 as well.
 
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bluewine said:
I have recently scaled back to using different combinations of 2 10 cabs. I am currently using 2 GK RBX 210 cabs.

I noticed a couple of local bass players I admire, one is my guitar teacher were playing clubs and getting great tone and just the right amount of volume and strategically cutting through the mix in the right spot.

It's interesting that some of you like this configuration whether it's mixing a 2 10 with a 15 or using two 2 10 cabs or just one.

Then, I guess some have no use for small gear. I guess thats fine.

I used to be an SVT user, you won't see me hauling that refridgerator around any more.


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Assuming you dug the sound of your fridge and just want to get smaller, you need to be careful with the voicing of the cab. Most 210's and 410's are ported and quite modern sounding (i.e., deep bass, and tweeters for a nice, modern top end).

If that's not your thing, and you are more interested in a vintage, sealed cab vibe in a smaller, lighter size, there are some nice options.

The Markbass Classic line of cabs (the ones that aren't yellow:p) get rave reviews. They are lightweight neo cabs, but are sealed and designed for old school multi 10 driver tone (they come in 410, 610 and 810 versions... with the 610 being the sweetspot for loud but not crazy big). They get rave reviews here on TB (their ported cabs, not so much). They do have tweeters, but they can be turned off.

If you aren't super weight sensitive, but still don't want to deal with the fridge, the Bergantino NV610 is killer (sealed 610 uber high quality vintage voiced cab). In the 210 x 2 or 410 area, the Bergantino HS210 x 2 or HS410 sound great. They are ported with tweeter, but are voiced for low mid punch and tight low end, and sound quite vintage with the tweeter turned down to 8 o'clock or so.

All nice stuff, and much more in the classic multi-10 driver sonic universe than most other modern 410's or 210's.
 
#8
For years I gigged through an Eden 210XLT, and I loved it. I was always amazed at the oomph it had. For the real loud gigs I had a second one, but rarely used it. Since then I've not found a single 210 cab that could do the same work. The main downside...it was heavier than the Epifani 410 (UL) that replaced it.
 

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