View attachment 832239 View attachment 832240 I promised that I would circle back around and comment the next time I did an outdoor event at the same place I ran the F115.
Since I'm a black and white, no nonsense kind of guy, let me update the relationship status...........
"The current holder of the cabinet (me) has now become the owner of said cabinet after begging the builder for months. Both cash and gear changed hands. Apparently the builder got tired of asking for his beloved prototype to be returned and recognized that if you build something great, you shouldn't ever lend it out to bass playing friends as the likelihood of it being returned is slim to none. Had the designer/builder built a crappy cab, it would have been returned promptly after the first gig.
The current holder of the cabinet has taught the builder a life lesson. Either build crappy gear to let people test or build good stuff and never, ever lend it out. You're welcome, Mark!
Further, at no point in time has the builder asked me to write, promote, or otherwise hawk his gear. I do so because I love the cab and it's interesting to talk about as its not a normal driver size choice for most musicians."
Saturday I was back at our hop to it event. It's an outdoor event for our community. Typically about 2000 people show up. But Saturday was nuts with over 4000 in attendance.
The band plays at cocktail party volume for an outdoor event. Meaning that if you stand anywhere near the mains your ears are going to ring for days. But you can move 75 yards away and have a relatively normal conversation. No, we did not play at 120dB at 50 yards.
Because of the attendance alone, I did have to grab some FoH. But since we weren't running IEMS the band agreed to flap pants on stage.
Short of an outdoor venue on a massive stage without FoH, this event solidified the 1822 as my primary cabinet for everything, excluding the above.
I used my normal settings on the Streamie to get what I was looking for. Tonally, it was exactly what I was looking for.
Comparing to the F115, the best way I can describe it is that the 1822 was meatier/thicker. And it should be with an 18. In addition, I found the tone slightly softer at the edges / on the highs. It's not syrupy or overly thick. I had plenty of edge for both fingers and pick and had zero trouble fight for thump or getting buried in the mix. I heard every single note.
To be clear, until I got this cab, the F115 was my second favorite cab of all time. I am in no way belittling it in any way. It's a fantastic cab.
That said, I play a lot. I want to plug in and go. I don't want to fiddle with EQ, regardless of running the Streamie or the Reiner.
For reasons which I am unable to explain, the 1822 seems to be far more forgiving in terms of EQing (ease of EQing similar to my DuallyT). And I freely admit that this could be due to my EQing ignorance and not anything to do with the cab. I'm a bass player, not an audio engineer. I want incredible bass tone and I dont want to twiddle knobs through the first two sets trying to find it.
I feel like I have nothing to whine about in terms of tone. Three fantastic basses which cover me. A big boy rig and an all other rig, and all parts are interchangeable!
Im a very happy guy.
