The Needlessly Oversized, Inconveniently Excessive Bass Amp Thread

[FFEJY]

Older than that... Realistic Minimus-7. 40+ years old and still workin like a champ.

Digs all the way down to 200 Hz!

With the current HPF fad on Talkbass, the Realistic Minimus-7 just might be reissued as the Subway MiniMesa-7 for the tidy ole sum of $1999 each!

I gots me a stacked pair on order for only 4 grand!

My only complaint; they are a bit heavy at 9oz per cabinet. I was hoping that 9oz weight would be for the pair. Might be a deal-breaker. Once I receive them I'll report back. But, if they are anywhere near a pound total for both cabs, they're gettin' returned. My back ain't what it used to be.

 

[sutarappa]

Heavy and masochistic go together like... fulcrum and lever..?

 

[FFEJY]

Heavy and masochistic go together like... fulcrum and lever..?

Whatever you do, NEVER touch those eq sliders!!! They MUST stay at 12 o'clock!

Oh wait...that's not 12 o'clock on a graphic...hmmm...ok, make that 3:45...or 9:15...yeah, that's it!

DON'T EVER MOVE THOSE SLIDERS OFF OF 3:45 OR 9:15!!!!!

 

[sutarappa]

Whatever you do, NEVER touch those eq sliders!!! They MUST stay at 12 o'clock!

Oh wait...that's not 12 o'clock on a graphic...hmmm...ok, make that 3:45...or 9:15...yeah, that's it!

DON'T EVER MOVE THOSE SLIDERS OFF OF 3:45 OR 9:15!!!!!

That straight line mojo! They're on there so you DON'T have to use them.

 

[Chickenwheels]

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Heavy and masochistic go together like... fulcrum and lever..?

I love that this is the most difficult and labour-intensive way to configure these cabinets. Brilliant.

 

[Philonius]

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Heavy and masochistic go together like... fulcrum and lever..?

Is that rig mic’d so you can go into FOH?

 

[chadds]

Realistic was from Radio Shack. I have a question. What does Radio mean?

 

[WayneP]

I love that this is the most difficult and labour-intensive way to configure these cabinets. Brilliant.

Really? Seems to me like it’d be harder to put the Ampeg refrigerator on top!

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

Pedulla Club #45 Unique Arrangements of Hymns, P&W Standards, and Original Tunes
Administrator, Official Tobias Club #133
Administrator, Fretless Club #943
Big Cabs Club #23
My Basses
My Rig: Stage and FOH Friendly
Pedulla Club #45

 

[FugaziBomb]

Man, I should have included these pics in the original post, but didn't think about it till now. I really tricked the back of the rig out. I made all of the cables to length, routed them with cable mounts, made quick release cables to connect the power rack to the processing rack, and even used LED indicating plugs for the two power amp power supplies.

 

[sutarappa]

Really? Seems to me like it’d be harder to put the Ampeg refrigerator on top!

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

Pedulla Club #45 Unique Arrangements of Hymns, P&W Standards, and Original Tunes
Administrator, Official Tobias Club #133
Administrator, Fretless Club #943
Big Cabs Club #23
My Basses
My Rig: Stage and FOH Friendly
Pedulla Club #45

Right? Forgot to mention the Ampeg is the 215E...

 

[sutarappa]

Is that rig mic’d so you can go into FOH?

Soundman likes his mikes. To be fair, it's loud, but I rarely superblast this rig. It probably fits the thread descriptors visually more than aurally. It's also the first rig where I've run dual signal chains - the depth therein has been fun to explore...

 

[mikeswals]

I just gigged fri & sat with this setup.
Sounded glorious *and* the soundguy absolutely loved it too!

 

[HeavyJazz]

I just gigged fri & sat with this setup.
Sounded glorious *and* the soundguy absolutely loved it too!

I wouldn't called that "oversized" - I'd call it "juuuuuust right!"

 

[donhank]

My rig from approximately the turn of the century: Fender BXR 400 running in bi-amp mode; Low end - 200 watts into a pair of Dietz 1x15. (each cab probably loaded with a Carvin PS-15) Mids/highs - 100 watts to the 8-ohm Peavey 410TX. Yes indeed, my friends . . . 250 pounds of DEAR GOD, WHY ME ???

 

[rickwebb]

It's the end of 2022 AD.
I'm 57 years old.
And i'm still hauling around TWO Ampeg 410 NEO bottoms Plus a rack containing an Ampeg PF-800 AND B-4R head.
Plus a pedalboard, two or three basses and a Harbinger 12" powered monitor for vocals.
Why?
Because i do...

 

[Chickenwheels]

My rig from approximately the turn of the century: Fender BXR 400 running in bi-amp mode; Low end - 200 watts into a pair of Dietz 1x15. (each cab probably loaded with a Carvin PS-15) Mids/highs - 100 watts to the 8-ohm Peavey 410TX. Yes indeed, my friends . . . 250 pounds of DEAR GOD, WHY ME ???

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Exactly the sort of rig I’d have been using in the 90s. Racks, rat fur, everything heavy as sin. Love it.

 

[ZachM]

That's my constant defense of 810s.

Exactly true. You don’t deadlift 810s, you roll and leverage them around! My 810 was so much easier to deal with than the pair of Eden 410XLTs they replaced - if I ever have a big rig again it’ll be either an 810 or something with a similar form factor.

 

[paskisti]

Stupid thing with 810 is to try to roll them over the cables and carpets. And some 810 don't have side handles to lift with colleague so they are not the nicest thing to move around.

Two light 410s are easier to handle in that sense (by lifting one by one) and folding hand truck helps moving them around otherwise.

 

[Chickenwheels]

try to roll them over the cables

Yikes!!

 

[arbitrary]

Berg nv412 and 2x15. I adore it so.