Kevin Dean Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 I just looked at Mr Foxtons bass Rig that I thought was large at 2x15 & a 4x10 , So I asked Mark Gooday from Ashdown what was the largest rig that He had supplied ? It was for Greg Lake 20 plus cabs including 21" & Acoustic amps for the High end ....Typical pub rig then . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 I seem to remember seeing a video of Van Halen where Michael Anthony had a wall of Ampeg 8x10's which would have found favour with Donald Trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Bigger than most pubs I`d reckon. I`d love to try a rig like that out, just to try and understand why people feel the need for them. I just always think of a "Back to The Future" moment when looking at rigs like that. Bruce Foxtons rig is nice though, he gets a cracking sound from it. Nice & twangy but with a good controlled low end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I would love to try two 8x10s stacked horizontally with a big valve amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 [quote name='thodrik' timestamp='1502500883' post='3351897'] I would love to try two 8x10s stacked horizontally with a big valve amp. [/quote] Me too, I have a stereo bass (individual pickup outs) and would love to try that through my QSC PLX2402 amp with a a rack pre-amp on each channel, plus a roland JC120 taking the high end out from pre-amp crossover output fed from the bridge pickup. However there aren't many gigs that I could do that setup and not annoy the sound guy. I'm not after the volume just the clarity and density of sound. That said I've done a few gigs at a large music college in town and the sound guy is happy for me to do that setup next time I gig there. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt on your Bass? Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 (edited) Biggest rig I owned was this one (tb1200, retro610, 210 and s15)...immense bass that rumbled the inners like nothing I've ever felt in a small rehearsal room. Nothing compared to that ashdown set up though! also no real practical application for gigs I play!! XD Big rigs rule. Edited August 12, 2017 by Salt on your Bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fitzmaurice Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 [quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1502458939' post='3351636'] Greg Lake 20 plus cabs [/quote]I saw him some years back with 'only' two SVT cabs, and you couldn't hear a note from them anyway, it was all PA. Giant rigs are OK for impressing the kiddies, but that's about all they're good for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 When the Grateful dead were using the wall of sound, Phil Lesh had a pair of stacks either side of the drums - 16 x 15inch cabs on each side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 [quote name='thodrik' timestamp='1502500883' post='3351897'] I would love to try two 8x10s stacked horizontally with a big valve amp. [/quote] Whenever I think about horizontal 8x10s, Nicky Wire (Manic SP) comes to mind... 4x horizontal 8x10s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 It's just all for show. A large PA can put out more bass than any 'Monster' bass rig. A guitarist I knew, years ago, toured with Michael Shenker. Shenker had the obligatory wall of Marshalls but was actually plugged into a little Mesa Boogie combo, which was hidden behind the 'wall'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 [quote name='gjones' timestamp='1502953961' post='3354562'] It's just all for show. A large PA can put out more bass than any 'Monster' bass rig. [/quote] On the other hand, John Myung has been pretty much inaudible since he stopped using on stage amps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 (edited) - Edited March 1, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 There`s also the - and we know it`s wrong, don`t we - point that many punters will expect big amps/speakers, and if they see small amps on stage they feel that the band can`t be a "real band, otherwise they`d have real amps". But then I suppose that depends on which scene you`re playing, metal, rock, punk, you kindof expect big ampage & cabbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Dean Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 I know you can put a cab on a table or beer crate , but a stack just looks the part . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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