lollington Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Evenin' bass cha'ers I'm currently using a LH500 mounted in a 4U flight case. I use this in conjunction with a rack tuner, compressor and power conditioner. The cabs I currently use are Markbass traveller 210 and 115. The flight case is too heavy for my little admin arms to handle. I'm also considering selling both Markbass cabs and exchanging for a Barefaced Super Twelve in the near future. I'm utterly lazy and can't be bothered with multiple trips to the car. I rather like having the flight case with the quality separate modules and flashy lights, but would be keen to switch the LH500 to a lighter amp with similar output. Help please - could anyone give me an idea of lightweight (class D?) amps that can be rack mounted? I used to own a Yamaha BBT500 which was alright, but ran full juice at 2ohm (and was rather noisy) I would prefer something at 4ohm. I'm window shopping at the moment, but don't know where to start. Any help/pointers would be appreciated. Cheers then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Markbass F1 is only 1u, 500W into 4ohm and there are rackmount ears available for it. A good match for your cabs too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrenochrome Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 How heavy are the power conditioner, tuner and compressor? Could you put the LH500 in a 2/3 unit plastic rack case and use outboard versions of the things you really need to go with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollington Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 [quote name='Adrenochrome' timestamp='1322558351' post='1452440'] How heavy are the power conditioner, tuner and compressor? [/quote] Yes, the more I think about it the more I'm inclined to sell the rack mounted equipment and buy a lighter, smaller amp. I'm not sure why I bought light cabs and a heavy amp... bit daft really. Hopefully shouldn't have too much trouble selling the stuff, the LH500s don't seem to last long here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Look for a Markbass sa450 second hand. Seriously light, but fills 2u nicely, perfect swap out, if anything it amy be a smidge louder than the LH500, but its vfery very close either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I'd agree with the above, I have a second hand F1 that is use as a spare/ back up head. It's great because I can chuck it in my gig bag, but it's powerful enough to look after itself when used in my big rig! It does indeed come with rack ears and I think the 2nd hand prices make it very attractive even to use as just a power amplifier! So very light! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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