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What is the ultimate gigging combo?

#30
Genz gets my vote. Switch back and forth between GK and Ampeg style sounds (with an actual tube in the pre not just emulation) and switch EQ all from the footswitch. Also has a a nice DI and FX loop. Plenty 'o power at 600 watts. Room for expansion since cab and head can be used seperatly.
 

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waltwpowell said:
Genz gets my vote. Switch back and forth between GK and Ampeg style sounds (with an actual tube in the pre not just emulation) and switch EQ all from the footswitch. Also has a a nice DI and FX loop. Plenty 'o power at 600 watts. Room for expansion since cab and head can be used seperatly.
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I hate combos :spit:, yes even the sacred idols, but a GB shuttle 6.0 and any fine light 210 are a thing of beauty.
 
#35
Jim Carr said:
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I hate combos :spit:, yes even the sacred idols, but a GB shuttle 6.0 and any fine light 210 are a thing of beauty.
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Wow, "hate" is a strong word for something that really isn't anything else but a head and a cab..attached. My combo is attached like a rackmount, it just has a roof.
What if I detached my head and put it on top of the cab would that be ok?

For me the Mesa Walkabout 12" had the best sound. Volume was an issue.
But for weight, features, price, volume and decent sound the Carvin BR515N is my ultimate gigging combo.
 
#36
ster said:
Wow, "hate" is a strong word for something that really isn't anything else but a head and a cab..attached. My combo is attached like a rackmount, it just has a roof.
What if I detached my head and put it on top of the cab would that be ok?
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People do call those combos and who am I to blow against the wind? But to my mind, it's more of a "bundle" of a head and a cab.

Even a combo that can drive a secondary cab is limited in ways that yours is not, to say nothing of the limitations of those which have no speaker outs at all.

I had a GK MB210 combo. It could drive a second cab. But only an 8 ohm one. And that cab, no matter how large, could never be sent more power than the combo's internal 2x10s could handle. I might get more volume out of it on the principle that it now had more drivers, but the volume knob could never go higher than what the internal speakers could handle. (Nor could the EQ be beefed up more than they could handle, as the rig wasn't biamped or crossed over.)

I sold that sucker a few days ago. Now I have an MB500. Pretty much the exact same amp. Only with it, I can drive a 4 ohm 8x10 cab as easily as an 8 ohm 2x10 one.

And so can your "combo"--which is why to me it isn't a combo at all. :)
 
#37
scottfeldstein said:
People do call those combos and who am I to blow against the wind? But to my mind, it's more of a "bundle" of a head and a cab.

Even a combo that can drive a secondary cab is limited in ways that yours is not, to say nothing of the limitations of those which have no speaker outs at all.

I had a GK MB210 combo. It could drive a second cab. But only an 8 ohm one. And that cab, no matter how large, could never be sent more power than the combo's internal 2x10s could handle. I might get more volume out of it on the principle that it now had more drivers, but the volume knob could never go higher than what the internal speakers could handle. (Nor could the EQ be beefed up more than they could handle, as the rig wasn't biamped or crossed over.)

I sold that sucker a few days ago. Now I have an MB500. Pretty much the exact same amp. Only with it, I can drive a 4 ohm 8x10 cab as easily as an 8 ohm 2x10 one.

And so can your "combo"--which is why to me it isn't a combo at all. :)
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I understand, most combos don't work for me neither. I just don't "hate" them.
Some people will hate my combo even with the features it has, just because they think its a lowly combo.
 
#38
I used to run two 4x10's stacked on top of each other (essentially making a 8x10), the convenience of having two separate allowed me leeway depending on size of the gig, however two separate became a pain for me to load in and out every time so I now use a 6x10 cab with my amp and it works out great for me. Kinda the next best thing as far as less to travel with and size.
 
#40
There are several reasons I like my Markbass 210 combo - great tone, portable, superb build quality et cetera. But the same could be said for any number of lightweight head + cab setups.

But one advantage of the combo for me over the head + cab scenario is the tilting back option with the combo. I find angling the sound up towards me in this way really helps to be heard on stage when I'm just using two 10s. I used to gig with a head + 210 cab and I had to carry a stand in order to tilt the cab. I also had to find somewhere convenient to put the head (can't put it on top of a tilted cab).

This might be of zero importance to many folks, but it matters to me and it's a genuine advantage of the combo over head + cab, in addition to the "one less box and cable to carry/set up".

(When I use an extension cab for some gigs then the combo is much higher off the floor and tilting is then unnecessary.)
 

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