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Double Bass Upright through an 8x10

fifteenrabbits

fifteenrabbits

Mar 18, 2007
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Philadelphia, PA
#1
Alright, so I'm going to go do a little 6 show tour with a roots rock guy and I don't think that my GK mbe150s will be hot enough for these clubs/band.

...but I do have an ampeg 8x10 in storage.

Would I be foolhardy to try and get a fully carved instrument with a realist pickup to play through this thing without feeding back?

Thanks!
 
#2
It will work if you have the 8x10 away from you. Run a line from the amp on the 8x10 (line out) and into the GK. Use the GK as your monitor, have it at ear level or tilted back and pointing up at you.
I did a loud rockabilly concert to 2000 people recently and used my Ampeg PF500 with two 1x15 cabs. I have a carved bass with a Barbera pickup. I had no problems with feedback, and didn't need my little GenzBenz Shuttle combo for a monitor, but it was nice to have it there in case I did.
 
#5
I tour and play jazz for a living. And we play loud. (and soft) I specify a 4x10 du jour on our rider (I don't like 4x10's but you can be anywhere in the world and they can get one--they don't sound great but they're predictable). I played a big concert in Paris. They screwed up and sent an SVT bottom.I carry my EA Doubler head with me. Plugged it in and it sounded great. And very loud. I've played outdoor festivals at wicked loud stage volumes. And with a very good sound if I say so myself. It's all up to the pickup and how it's set up. The Full Circle is the least prone to feedback that I've encountered.But it has to be set up perfectly. Which 9 times out of 10 it's not. I played the Red Sea festival in Israel. The backline choices were a GK 210 or a Marshall bass stack with two 412 cabs. And a humungous Marshall tube head. I let the stage hands lift it. Didn't even know that they made anything like that. It might have been vintage--I don't know. Well, despite what it sounded like I had to go for it. Didn't use my head but used the whole Marshall setup. Sounded terrible---but really loud. I dug it. And by the way---the Realist SUCKS as far as being prone to feedback.
 

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