Meat and Potato…

[RevDoom73]

One of the bands I play with on regular occasion tends to play quite a bit of outdoor gigs, usually local festivals and such, between the months of May and October.
I had been doing the gigs using a smaller 4x10 cab and it worked fine, more or less. Then at one of the gigs I used a friend's 8x10 SVT and wow, what a difference.
Not only in terms of volume onstage but just the overall tone and sound of it, for me it really made a difference.
We don't use in-ear monitoring for this band, otherwise I'd stick with something smaller and rely on the d.i. sound in my buds.
So while I know many people dismiss using a large amp like that nowadays and I can certainly understand not wanting ot haul that thing around...
I just love the way that big amp sounds and feels onstage especially under the right circumstances.

 

[some_dude]

Honestly, I don't see the issues with moving it around. It has a handlebar and wheels. It only weighs something when you lift it, and if it's rolled around on wheels how long are you honestly lifting something during load in/out?

I think it's only 140lbs and the head is somewhere around 80lbs, neither of which are particularly heavy.

In return for doing something that's moderately challenging for maybe 5 minutes I get outstanding sound and projection.

 

[Mincer]

Anyone with back issues know that it only takes a few minutes for weight to shift when carrying or rolling something, and your back takes that stress.

 

[ErikH]

Anyone with back issues know that it only takes a few minutes for weight to shift when carrying or rolling something, and your back takes that stress.

Yup. Exactly how I ended up selling a guitar combo that weighed 50-60 lbs and getting one between 20-25 lbs. Threw my back out during load out after a gig. Had been moving PA equipment too that wasn't very light and I was tired. One bad step/move and that was that. My back was in worse shape then too. It's a lot better thanks to my chiropractor. My 4x10 isn't overly heavy. Only time it's lifted is when I put it in or take it out of the back of my vehicle. Same with the flip-top 4x10. Wheels, baby.

 

[Securb]

That is a beautiful bass I love the color, and the gold hardware pops.

 

[chadd]

I find 6x10 and 8x10 cabs often work better on stage than 2x10s. A horizontal 2x10 is so low that you need a deeper stage to get sound up to ear level, but the 8x10 is a lot easier to hear. That turns into less actual volume going out to FOH.

 

[Demanic]

Tomorrow I hope to be running through a 700 watt Peavey head pushing a Peavey SP-3 cab, a homemade 1x15 cab, ported, with a 4ohm 500w Gauss Cetek, along with a Hartke 280w 4x10" cab with the aluminum cone speakers.
The Peavey and Hartke are 8ohm. The head can push 700w@2ohms.
The 2x15 isn't part of the bass rig. It's connected to the Randall head out of shot.

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[some_dude]

I find 6x10 and 8x10 cabs often work better on stage than 2x10s. A horizontal 2x10 is so low that you need a deeper stage to get sound up to ear level, but the 8x10 is a lot easier to hear. That turns into less actual volume going out to FOH.

I think that if more players played with speakers pointing directly at their heads they'd dial in better sound, with far less top end, and play at a much lower volume than they do with the tiny little cabs pointed at their feat that are currently popular.