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What pushes your Bergantino cabs?

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Per the above post, careful about mixing Jim's cabs. They are all quite different. For example, the only 15 in the line-up at this point is a sealed cab with a mid driver. The only 210 in the line-up at this point is a ported cab with tweeter. Really would not make a lot of sense to 'mix those'.

Lots of info on these cabs if you do a search. There are many models available used, and they all sound quite different.
 
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KJung said:
Per the above post, careful about mixing Jim's cabs. They are all quite different. For example, the only 15 in the line-up at this point is a sealed cab with a mid driver. The only 210 in the line-up at this point is a ported cab with tweeter. Really would not make a lot of sense to 'mix those'.
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I sometimes put my sealed Bergantino NV115 on top of a ported/tweetered Bergantino HS210 (no longer in production), and think it kicks butt. Because the NV115 is on top that's what I hear the most, and the HS210 gives me more volume. But Ken's caveat is warranted: results can be highly unpredictable when mixing heterogeneous cabs.
 
#6
To answer the OP, I use rack rigs with tube or tube-emulating preamps. The advantage is modularity and variety. I own a number of preamps and enjoy swapping between them for different tones. (I use one preamp per gig, but enjoy popping them in and out of the rack). FWIW here's the rundown:
  • Reiner Amplification all-tube preamp (made by JGR here @TB)
  • SWR Interstellar Overdrive
  • Ampeg SVP-Pro
  • SansAmp RBI
  • SansAmp RPM
The Reiner is my favorite, but I love 'em all. I always dial in some overdrive: just a touch with my R&B band, more with my hard rock band.

The power amp is always a Stewart World 2.1: I get over 400W per channel into 8 ohms/channel, or 2000W bridged into 4 ohms. It weighs only 17 pounds. I don't believe the Stewart is in production any more, so I'd recommend light weight power amps made by Crest or QSC (though there are plenty of others). If you like heavy "lead sleds", the Crest CA9 is the best power amp I've ever used. But my creaky old back can't deal with a ~50 pound amp. :help:

P.S. My favorite Berg cab is the NV610: gives me all the SVT 8x10 goodness in a smaller, lighter box. But that's a big cab, and not everyone wants that kind of tone.
 
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Mound of Sound said:
Wealth of knowledge!!! Thank you very much!!

Excuse me, i have some research to do!
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I'm definitely a Berg fanatic:D However, not a complete fan boy, since I love some of his cabs, and others just don't speak to me. +1 that you should do a little research. All these cab lines are expertly designed and voiced to speak to different players with different tone goals IMO.

To answer your exact question above, with my CN212 (primary cab), and AE210 (small gig, rehearsal, practice cab), I use an Aguilar TH500 with my J and P basses (fat, warm, chewy, and tubey sounding), and a Glockenklang Blue Soul with my Roscoe (uber clean, wide, modern, transparent).
 
#9
I have a Bergantino 410 that I bought from one of the guys here at talkbass about two years ago. Love it. Plenty of snap, punch, and thump. Personally, I haven't missed the 15.

To answer the question though, my pre-amp is a Demeter and the power is a Crown xti 1000. Sounds great to me.
 
#10
I use a Markbass Bigbang to drive my 2 AE112b bergs (last 2 made of this series), i use a 5 string and find the 12's more than capable to cover all styles of music and don't see the need for a 15 as the 12's give the best of both worlds, but that said if you're using an upright then maybe, mind you i would love to try the newer cabs.
 
#11
currently using a Mesa Walkabout (300w hybrid) and a Fender Studio Bass (200w all tube) to drive my CN212. Both are great sounding amps, and the CN212 makes them sound even better. Wonderful cab.

enjoy
 
#18
I've heard a Salsa quartet in Minnesota where the EUB is run through the GK MB150, then through a Berg 1x12 cab for his on-stage sound. I got to sit about 6 feet behind him and it really filled the outdoor stage. He had to go FOH for the audience but I was impressed by the sound he had on the stage. (He turned the internal speaker off so he was giving the Berg only 100 watts) Group had keyboards, guitar, and congas so it wasn't loud.
 
#20
For my NV-115's, I like my Streamliner 900.. I have a Shuttle 9.2 on the way and I plan on picking up a CN, HD or HT 112.. It makes for a nice small portable rig...
One of my favorite rigs was a Kern IP-777 into a Crest
CA-9 into a HT-322, but I also has this with a HT-210 and HT-115.. If you can find an HT-210 and HT-115 I would highly recommend it with any amp of your choice... I've also had the HT-322 with a Mesa M-9 which was a killer setup as well... :hyper:
 

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