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Picked this up from Bass Direct yesterday... Well, more accurately @Bunion picked it up for me as the M25 was shut due to am accident. Anywho, here it is! The world's lightest 4x10 cab. 1200w with a tweeter and only 15kg. Will be giving it a test run later today, but it looks great and is an absolute pleasure to move around at a mere 15kg! Incredible.

I don't understand the trepidation behind not wanting to give a picture of yourself to a company like Reverb when 99% of the population plaster the interweb with pictures of themselves through social media. If you're one of those that swerve social media (such as myself!) then fair enough, but there still probably hundreds of sites out there that still have information on you, these days it's almost entirely impossible to avoid unless you live in a cave.

You sir are a liar!!! It's a well know fact that you can very carefully and neatly roll up or fold over a cable or wire of any kind, place it in a bag or simply leave the room for 10 seconds, and upon removing it from the bag or re-entering the room the cable or wire will be in some kind of un-untanglable knot. Fact.

I wasn't interested because there wasn't 4 of them.

You said you wouldn't talk about that!

I bet! You've earned yourself a sherry or two! My new cab simply floats itself upstairs. 😜

Sad to see that Mesa rig go... it was an absolute brut of a rig, but also weighed 120kg! Gone lightweight now with a GR AeroTech Carbon 410+ 1200w cab, a mere 15kg! And a Kemper Profiler Power Rack (to be collected tomorrow!)

Ian stole my beloved Mesa rig from me!!! But he did at least leave me a few pennies to go and buyer something lighter. Did a deal in a dodgy car park (the way all basschat deals should be done) had a chat, talked bass and parted ways having completed the deal. Another credit to basschat, I'd happily deal with Ian again!

Seriously though, this is and will evolve to be a very useful list for many! Top work @Friskydingo

If you REALLY cared about our needs you'd construct a bespoke algorithm to scrape data from all UK based sales sites and then create a mean, median and mode column of those prices. But clearly sir you are a slacker and are content with the bare minimum of effort! 😜

Price would be a fantastic addition too!!! (Bet you regret doing this now!)

Excellent work sir. However the GR AeroTech Carbon 410+ is 15kg and runs at 1200w (4/8ohm).

Yes - so long as there are Gorns.

One day your hair splitting and nit picking will require us to fight to the death Kirk and Spock style...

Absolutely valid point, you wouldn't carry two at the same time (in theory!) My spine is capable of some pretty heavy lifting, but I'm aware it won't be forever. Two 210s is a decent way to go for sure, but it does add significant expense. If I 'needed' the lightest of the light gear for medical reasons, then the need would outweigh the expenses for sure and I'd likely go for the two 210 option. I have, as of a few minutes ago, officially placed a deposit on a GR Duel 1400 and a GR Carbon 410+ which matching GR covers of course! Let's hope it was the right move...

I'm not sure what the benefit would be to that? Two 210 carbon cabs would come in at £1800 and weigh 20kg total. The 410 carbon is £1175 and weighs 15kg. I get going modular to save weight, but the 410 is already a mere 15kg. Cheaper and lighter that two 210 cabs.

I suspect the GR set up will be what I go for, but I'm always interested to see what the Basschat collective has to say on such a subject before going forward!

So with the Mesa rig going out the door soon, I'm in the market for a new rig. I'm looking to go as lightweight as possible and with some good power behind it! Been looking at a GR Duel 1400 head plus a GR Carbon 410+ 1200w cab. Head is 3kg and the cab is 15kg. Any other suggestions before I commit to the above? Ta.

Apart from needing a titanium reinforced spine, these would make for a disgustingly awesome rig... Mesa Boogie Standard PowerHouse 8x10 Bass Cabinet - 2017 Cream and Black https://reverb.com/item/40463856-mesa-boogie-standard-powerhouse-8x10-bass-cabinet-2017-cream-and-black?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=40463856

Martin was an excellent chap - we'd met on a good number of occasions either at a dodgy car park or him driving the long road down from Manc Country to pick up some form of disgustingly heavy cab he'd buy from me! He was the true embodiment of Basschat on every level and will be missed by many for a long time to come. The halls of BassChat will forever echo quieter without MB1.