Count me in. Plus I see I am the first Eden combo owner to surface. Eden CXC110 / D112XLT combo. My main rig. I also use a SWR Workingmans 15 and a MarkBass MicroMark 801.
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The Combo Club
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Here's a "Main Rig" for me, an Eden Metro on a Amp Stand.
This is now my "Main Set" This way I get rid of the Amp Stand, and I can hear everything perfectly.
This way, I can play quieter on stage and still hear myself. (But don't mess with me...this set can out power my SVT 810 set up!)
This way, I can play quieter on stage and still hear myself. (But don't mess with me...this set can out power my SVT 810 set up!)
I used to rock a combination of these two combos and one extension cab for a variety of gigs. Ultra portable and super light weight.
For a thread about gigging a combo, I see a hell of a lot of pictures of people gigging a combo sitting on an extension cab. I realize the main amp is a combo, but doesn't adding another cab kind of defeat the purpose of a combo? A combo is all in one. Add a cab and the only things separating the combo rig from a "big rig" are the bolts holding the head in one of the cabs.
How many of you actually rock a combo, without another cabinet?
How many of you actually rock a combo, without another cabinet?
I'd use "just" my 4x10 combo for lots of situations, but add a 2x10 combo to it for outdoor gigs. The 2x12 ext cab would just get the combo's controls closer to reach as there were times I'd bring it but not actually plug it in!
I'd use the 2x10 combo alone for smaller gigs, but on its side - which put all the controls in a tough to reach spot.
When I use my shuttle6.0/12t I use it alone. about half the time it will be DIed to the PA.
Me!! I only use a GK MB212-ii, no extension cab. This things gets so loud, i don't imagine ill have need for one, but good to know I can.
I want to clarify, there is nothing wrong IMO with any of the amps shown. It just seems to me like once you add an extension to a combo, it is more "rig" and less combo. Two pieces of gear versus an all in one. Just seems contradictory to the purpose of the thread, to show love for people rocking combos.
My combo is an 810 and 215 with an SVT4-pro and maybe another amp if I feel like it. Its a winning combo for sure.
My combo is an 810 and 215 with an SVT4-pro and maybe another amp if I feel like it. Its a winning combo for sure.
When i was playing acoustic/coffehouse music,i rocked this:
Since i play in more electric bands now,this is my main rig.
Markbass Cmd121p stacked on Markbass Traveller 1-12 cab,preamped with VT pedal.
Since it's been mentioned about the extension cab,i will say i play most small gigs with just the combo,but adding the 2nd cab helps with larger rooms.
Markbass Cmd121p stacked on Markbass Traveller 1-12 cab,preamped with VT pedal.
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As you can see in one of my Photos, I have an Eden Metro on a Amp Stand...been playing for YEARS like that...in that Photo, my Band is opening for Steve Holy. --But--I need an Amp stand to get the sound pointed up at me...so, in the next Picture, I added a Eden 210 XST Monitor cab...and I can hear better without being too loud. But, where there's a P.A. to go through, all I need is a Metro or a Redhead, and I sound GREAT!
After finding out last Sat. night how loud my rig can get, I'm pretty sure 90% of my gigs will be with just the G-B CTR500-115T.
I've been using an old Peavey TNT 300 combo (1985) and a tiny Ampeg (previous gen) BA 108 for each and every occasion. Number please.....
Big Hoss
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I for one, don't "need" the cab. It offers the advantage of being able to get the speakers up closer to my head, but an amp stand would have done that... Aside from that, as I have said here, and elsewhere before, for the most part the cab is just kind of extra. I am not gigging yet, but after jamming with others I am absolutely certain that the combo itself will keep up and surpass a loud guitar and hamfisted drummer.
The cab isn't necessary in my case, and were I to go out gigging right now, I would, for most of the venues I would be prone to playing, leave the cab at home just to make it easier to pack in / out... However, there are the occasional outdoor type gigs, where volume is king because there are so many ways sound gets lost... The cab is handy...
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I get it, and totally respect that. For MY uses though, I can grab just my Rumble 500 combo, my bass, and a cable, plug in and play...
You need to grab your head, AND your cab, AND a speaker cable as well as instrument and instrument cable before you can play...
A case of minor semantics, but when you are schlepping in and out with a bad back, minor difference aren't minor at all... They can make the difference between playing or not playing, at all...
I did a LOT of digging around for a 410 / head rig where no one piece weighed more than 40lbs. I failed. What I did find was the Rumble 500 combo (2x10) and Rumble 210 cab where no one piece was over 40lbs... Happy back, happy ears.
It's all about applying the best solution for the individual players needs, and desires... I am sure I am not the only one that finds a combo rig not only easier to deal with, but is more aesthetically pleasing... I know in music looks shouldn't matter, but they do...
Even if I were the absolute best bass player to be found, I am sure I wouldn't have much of a chance to make it big on the rock / pop touring music scene. Not too many Millenials want to see a fat middle aged guy rockin the stage...
A lot of it is also dependent on the genre... Country / Blues / Rockabilly / Contemporary Christian are FAR more forgiving of the Fat $@stard syndrome than say pop, rock, metal etc...
My main amp is an Eden Nemesis NC410 combo, like this. Mine lives at the church, so I borrowed a pic I found online. The only difference is that mine has casters that I added.
