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What pros are using Bergantino cabs?

#41
Just two thoughts. Chicago may have a different setup from the last time I saw them, but a few years ago their backline was beneath them. Their stage is just a huge metal grating, and everything was just beneath their feet. Makes for a clean stage. Second, back to the OP, just yesterday I was at the Minnesota State Fair and walked near the International Stage. The bass from the Salsa band sounded so good I just had to go look. The rig was an electric upright going through a GK Microbass 150, which was sitting on a Bergantino HT112. He was running his internal speaker also so the Berg was only getting 75 watts (it's rated 300). I got behind the stage and could hear it fine by itself (not through the PA). The MB sounds good anyway with an upright, but running both speakers changed the bass to a more mellow tone. Really sounded nice.
 
#42
lowfreqgeek said:
Just curious how many "names" are using Bergantino cabs? Lots of guys using other "boutique" cabs (Aguilar, Epifani, etc), and far more using the great-but-not-so-boutique stuff (GK, Genz, SWR, Hartke, Ampeg, etc).

All my cabs are currently Berg, but I've had the others and they all do their things very well. Seems like a lot more local and regional players using Bergantino cabs than well known name players.
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I think the answer lies mostly in availability. There are only 14 store locations that handle Berg in the U.S. Two locations in Europe, one in Japan, one in Australia and four in Canada. That's 22 store locations world-wide. If you're Joe Rockstar and the tour truck backs over your rig in the parking lot at Wembley the afternoon before your show, you need to be able to get your gear replaced with duplicate equipment - fast. More than likely you will choose equipment that is readily available wherever you tour so - Ampeg, Ashdown, SWR, GK, Hartke or even MarkBass. Also (and some may disagree) in large venues (like Wembley Stadium) will anyone really notice a difference in tone between an Ampeg and something more boutique? Probably not. Other boutiquey brands such as Aguilar and Epifani have much wider distribution. Aguilar is sold through GC, MF, Sweetwater, etc. so they are readily available anywhere in the U.S.. Bergantino also doesn't really cater to the coliseum crowd. Their largest cab is an 800w 6x10 or 4x12. They don't have the megawatt cabs that the aforementioned brands carry. Small venue players are more concerned with clean and accurate tone, which is more noticeable at there gigs. So, Bergs are much more attractive to us than say an Ampeg rig. That's my take on it.
 
#44
I have only played a few what I would call "really big" shows. And we used IEM's. My rig was for looks. I was wireless into a rack mounted preamp that split into monitors and out front. IIRC they had a GK rig on stage, but it served no purpose whatsoever. It was a prop. I imagine many of the big names are the same. There are probably hundreds of Ampeg 8-10 cabs floating around stages all over the world that don't have the first speaker in them. You don't think those walls of speakers in the 80's that provided a backdrop for the entire stage actually all functioned, do you?
 

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