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New Crazy 8 cab build from UK


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Marc, mine is in the back of the car ready for tonight's rehearsal, but I'm sure Silvie will take some pics of it for you tomorrow.

For country pub-type gigs a Crazy 88 will certainly be adequate (partly depending on the head you use, of course). I didn't do any actual scientific measurement, but my feeling was that the Crazy 88 goes louder than the OneTen, and is at least just as clear and undistorted.

This is not a super-lightweight cab, though. It is smaller and less bulky than a 210, but not that much lighter.

 

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Thanks for that Happy Jack
As an 88, is it 4 or 8 ohms? - Just wondering whether I could use it with another 8ohm cab, in the usual way? (where 2x 8 ohm cabs give me 4ohms and more power)
I'm looking forward to seeing the pics :)

EDIT: Thanks to Linus for resurrecting this thread
...... and giving me Crazy 8 GAS ;)

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My Crazy 8 is 4-Ohm and my Crazy 88 is 8-Ohm. If I were to pair them that would produce 2.67-Ohms which means that (given the amount of headroom I like) I'd be perfectly comfortable powering them with a 4-Ohm head.

[YMMV, resistance can go up as well as down, the value of your bass rig may be at risk, the poster takes no responsibility for burning power amps.]

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@Happy Jack - just found the website. They do seem a tad heavier than I would have expected, for a small cab
They list the C8 as 14 - 17 lbs, and the C88 as 25 - 30 lbs (I assume the variation is down to finish / grille? - I'm not sure)

That's still quite lightweight. My Epifani UL110 is around 25 lbs, I think. I really like my EPI 110, and it's good with both DB and Bass guitar
I'm always on the lookout for lighter weight gear though - it's good to know what's out there
On the site, they seem to recommend using the C8 or C88 with a high-pass filter too. Is that even more gear / cables to lug around though? Or in my case, more to forget! lol

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The HPF is either a small stand-alone unit (preferably either the FDeck by Francis Deck in the States or the Thumpinator by Max Greco of [sfx] here in the UK), or a feature of your existing DB preamp, e.g. the 'Depth' knob on a Fishman Plat Pro.

It's useful for (i) taming feedback, if you suffer from that, and (ii) reducing speaker excursion at very low frequencies.

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2 hours ago, Marc S said:

@Happy Jack - just found the website. They do seem a tad heavier than I would have expected, for a small cab
They list the C8 as 14 - 17 lbs, and the C88 as 25 - 30 lbs (I assume the variation is down to finish / grille? - I'm not sure)

It's also due to the sort of plywood used in many cases, but I'm not sure which builder's website you're referring to.

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