The one hundred and eleventieth SVT-CL cab question post

[bassrich]

You can try 4 SVT-210AV's that will be 2 ohms and easy to carry as they are each feather light 2 of these yould be 4 ohms

 

[iiipopes]

Casters. Over the last 40 years I have always mounted casters on every bass cab I have ever owned, including my current no-name 1X15 bottom cab, and if the cab doesn't already have good stout handles, I mount a pair of those as well. Let the casters take the weight to roll the cab as much as possible.

Yeah, yeah, yeah - stairs, threshholds, uneven surfaces - so be it. You will still be glad when:
1) the casters do take a significant amount of the load;
2) you can fine-tune the setup on-stage without having to dismantle everything once you get to a gig and assess the space available;
3) you de-couple from the floor resonance so the folks in the back row don't have their fillings come loose (unless that's what you're after).

 

[InhumanResource]

I think I read somewhere recently on TB that one of the original SVT design guys said it was ok to run these at 8ohms...IF that is true, I'd go with a 410HE or maybe a 115E. Someone please confirm as I'm having a tough time searching it up.

 

[Axstar]

Peavey made a 215 cab that ran at 2 ohms, and was often paired with their MKIV head. Probably the opposite of what OP is looking for....

 

[WillieB]

I use one or two GK MBE II 2x10 cabs .... just over 30lbs 400w handling at 8ohm w/ an mb800 head ... easy to move.
One or two depending on the gig. Two stacked measures up to just under 4' so it closer to ear level.


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[morgansterne]

Bilbo says it's pronounced "eleventy-first!"

 

[Coolhandjjl]

Can your vehicle accommodate the 'fridge?

Tilting the 'fridge into your vehicle is actually less work than dead lifting any 410.

 

[deathness]

You got a budget for this portable 4x10 cab solution? Not a ton of lightweight 4x10s, though a bunch are lighter than the 410hlf which is chunky beast to say the least. Bassrich's suggestion of the 2 2x10s is good one. Beyond the svt-210av cabs, there seems to be more of a market for lightweight 2x10s than light 4x10s. Beyond budget, what kind of tone are you chasing? Do you like the 410hlf, just need it in a lighter package? If so, I'm not sure the sealed cab options will do it for you.

 

[Mastermold]

SVT 212av. Might struggle a bit if you crank it hard to get distortion, but it will definitely take all the clean power of an SVT and sounds a lot like an 810e.

+1
This 212AV is great paired with an SVT and indeed sounds similar to my 810. I've played small bars without PA support and larger stages (2,000 seat) with PA support with my rock band and it's been plenty loud for both.

 

[Mastermold]

Here's my rig, which I think is a good alternative to an 8x10. The (2) 15" cabs are easily portable up a flight of stairs. I also have a 410hlf and it's a pain to move. That is why it has not left the rehearsal space in a few years.

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This works too, but I've been using the 212 since it's a nice one cab solution.

 

[wmhill]

I use a pair of vertical 2x12 cabs,(Tecamp) and love em . 42# a piece and as tall as an 8x10 with 1/2 the footprint. Often though, one of the cabs is plenty.

 

[TheWeepingSparrow]

I like how the 410HLF sounds, but I will admit I am a newbie at sniffing out ideal cab tones. Main thing that I was blown away by was the vast improvement that a tube amp makes on my bass sound. It never feels uninspired or lifeless. So I mean as far as cab tone is concerned, that's a brand new adventure...

 

[Mastermold]

I like how the 410HLF sounds, but I will admit I am a newbie at sniffing out ideal cab tones. Main thing that I was blown away by was the vast improvement that a tube amp makes on my bass sound. It never feels uninspired or lifeless. So I mean as far as cab tone is concerned, that's a brand new adventure...

+1
It's pretty hard to get a bad tone from an SVT.

 

[Grumry]

We opened for Joe Diffie a few summers ago and his bass player used a SVT CL on top of an EDEN 2x10XLT and he said it worked fine - all of his band guys were required to run in ear monitors but he said he finally got Joe D to allow him to have that little bit of stage volume; IMHO it worked fine. But me, I used a SUNN 800 with 8x10 cab - I'm way over the top for that outdoor stage but his worked very well

I've been on Joe's crew since early this year and Ger, the bassist, is now straight direct through a J48. No stage volume for him! (Which is a shame, he's a funky dude)

 

[buckangus]

I've been on Joe's crew since early this year and Ger, the bassist, is now straight direct through a J48. No stage volume for him! (Which is a shame, he's a funky dude)

Did he have a MIJ Jaguar bass at one time? That's what Joe's bass player used out in Nebraska that time.

 

[Grumry]

Did he have a MIJ Jaguar bass at one time? That's what Joe's bass player used out in Nebraska that time.

I'm sure he has one but only beings a MIA P with La Bella flats on it now.