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The Drivers in your Full Rig

Number and sizes of drivers in your full rig

  • 1x10

    Votes: 24 2.2%
  • 1x12

    Votes: 55 5.1%
  • 1x15

    Votes: 116 10.7%
  • 2x10

    Votes: 86 8.0%
  • 2x12

    Votes: 199 18.4%
  • 2x15

    Votes: 105 9.7%
  • 3x10

    Votes: 10 0.9%
  • 4x10

    Votes: 248 22.9%
  • 4x12

    Votes: 60 5.6%
  • 6x10

    Votes: 53 4.9%
  • 8x10

    Votes: 125 11.6%

  • Total voters
    1,081
I use my 6-10 when playing most clubs...but I have 2 4-8 cabs, 2 4-10 cabs,2 1-18 2-10 cabs and a 2-10...so you could say I have a wall...never played it all at once...might knock the earth off a bit...just saying...and yes I have amps to push it...oh for got my 1968 Bassman 2-15 JBLs...they stay home....
 
I use a single 112 98% of the time on my gigs. If that's not loud enough I basically don't want the gig.

Quite often my second 1x12 is just there to get the combo amp off the floor. I would have to carry something anyway, and it is < 30 pounds. And it does help at times.

But I have a volume limit. If the band gets too loud, I do not try to compete. Volume wars are a lose lose situation.
 
My full rig is a 1212/6/1. Like others packing 3012LFs, it puts out a good bit more than the average 12, plus help from the 6.5. But 2x12 is the only choice that fits, so that was my selection.

It might get a partner in the form of a 12/6 cube or 15/6 one of these days. Prob the former for easy grabbing.

There's also a 1x15 and a 2x10, but no way I'd run them all together. (Loud, but crap.)
 
Yeah, it's occurred to me now that there's a lot of options I didn't list--including mis-matches like MY OWN RIG. :D

As of this minute it consists of a 212 and a 410.

I started the poll to see just how popular a pair of 12s really is these days compared to other setups.

I dropped my 8x10 after playing a Mesa 212 combo. For me, 12's have taken over.