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Ultra lightweight bass cab under 20 pounds

#21
magic8161 said:
Is there such a thing that is gig worthy? They make enough lightweight bass heads but not many bottoms that i know of..
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There are plenty of light weight cabs out there. Just have to look. Mesa, Epifany,
Fender, etc. though 20lbs seems like a harder sell.

I have a pair of Epifany UL2 1x15 cabs. No clue how much they weight, but I can carry one with each hand. Makes for one trip carry in with bass and accessories strapped to back and cab in each hand.
 
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mmbongo said:
Here is your winner right here. There is a HUGE difference in this cab and all the other 20-ish pound cabs mentioned here (except the Barefaced Super Midget). So you can get a 18 pound cabinet that meets your weight criteria but is only good for home use, or for the extra 5 pounds you can get a gig worthy cabinet.

Hathor 1203
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I agree with this in spades. I have an Audiokinesis Hathor 1203 and a Genzler 10-2, and I have owned EA Wizzy 110 and Barefaced 110.....IME going to "<25 lbs" as the limit gets you into the range where the single, light, cab is truly loud enough to hang with a rock drummer and still have a little comfort zone/ head room. The One 10 and probably the Genzler 10-2 could get there for me (but would certainly not be loud enough for the last band I was in), but I would be pushing them hard and it would certainly be preferable for me to have 2 of them. The Hathor 1203 is a sufficiently significant volume leap forward to not feel like much of a compromise on its' own (with the understanding that if I had roadies, I'd always be playing with a 5' stack of 3 12" cabs behind me, because that's luxurious ;-) I will add I have not played the BF Super Midget and I suspect it'll do just what the Hathor 1203 does.
 
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MultiScaleMale said:
Don't limit yourself to 20 lbs. 30 lbs will get you a lot more options and you're really battling the limits of physics at this point.
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I agree with @RichSnyder . You can't expect a 20 pound cabinet by itself to sit onstage and support a gigging volume band. Now I'm going to contradict myself. Barefaced and Schroeder. Two outstanding exceptions to the rule. But moving up to 30 pounds gives you many more choices and that's still a manageable weight.
 
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lomo said:
I will add I have not played the BF Super Midget and I suspect it'll do just what the Hathor 1203 does.
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I've tried both. They are pretty comparable, but I think the 1203 had the advantage, though not by much. I think the 1203 has a slightly nicer voicing, which helps. Both are exceptional sound per pound, and you couldn't go wrong either way.
 
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monsterthompson said:
I've tried both. They are pretty comparable, but I think the 1203 had the advantage, though not by much. I think the 1203 has a slightly nicer voicing, which helps. Both are exceptional sound per pound, and you couldn't go wrong either way.
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Yeah-the voicings of the 1203 are gorgeous....and thanks to 3 variable ports and 2 settings for each driver, there are 32 of them :)
 
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Just out of your range but this Barefaced Bass - Super Compact is plenty loud for anything with FOH, and with a 1x15 (heavily modded Flite cab with neo 1x15) was more than enough for outdoors without PA support. The lighter cloth covering looks better IMO (obviously this is totally a taste thing). Of course, "gig worthy" depends a lot on how loud the band is. We play loud enough to wear earplugs, but the guitar players are not rocking 4x12s.
 
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So many great cabs these days! I been playing for 30 years my old Ampeg square back 8x10 must have weighed 125 plus! and they had the gaul to put one strap handle on the side in the middle as if you were loading in by yourself you might carry it like a briefcase or something. Today we have great options between 20 & 25 lbs.:bassist:
 
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The early Flite cabs were a honeycomb composite that tended to de-laminate and buzz with age. The later ones were fiberglass over Styrofoam. With modern drivers and oakum plywood the RevSound 210 should be as loud as that old 410 and about the same weight. The info on the RevSound website may not be accurate/up-to-date as to weight, give him a call and ask if minimum weight is important. My kickarse RS115x cabs are 25 lbs each.
 
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