Will 2x8 cab handle pub gig for rock band?

[chris_b]

3 hours ago, Ajoten said:

@Chris_b, I note your cautionary italics re good quality cab. Anything to avoid? 

We did a bass cab shoot out a few years ago at the bass bash in Addlestone and out of the ten or so cabs I could have gigged with any of them.

If I told you what I would avoid there would be a dozen posts telling you why they were the best cabs in the world! So I'll stick with telling you, in the last 10 years I've used Bergantino and Barefaced and I would recommend either to anyone. With the best one cab solution being a Barefaced.

Where are you?

[LukeFRC]

10 hours ago, Ajoten said:

I'd just like to point out BTW that's a random pic I found online and is not representative of curtains/skirting chez Ajoten.

well thats the important detail covered then

[RandomBass]

14 hours ago, Ajoten said:

Aaargh! Could do without all the music shops round closing down.

Feel I asked the wrong question to start with, really. My current amp, a 1999 Trace 15" 150W (I think) combo is 61x61 front on, but sounds beautiful and been brilliant at unPAed gigs. I'm really nervous of changing it tbh, given criticisms/inadequacies I read of alternatives. (But the garage is being converted to a little living room etc etc etc...)

I don't think you should be getting rid of this at all. 

[Ajoten]

Trace. I bypass the graphic, leave pre-shape off, ignore compressor, and it nails it. 

A smart dust cover and table it can neatly slip under might work...

[Lozz196]

7 hours ago, chris_b said:

We did a bass cab shoot out a few years ago at the bass bash in Addlestone and out of the ten or so cabs I could have gigged with any of them.

If I told you what I would avoid there would be a dozen posts telling you why they were the best cabs in the world! So I'll stick with telling you, in the last 10 years I've used Bergantino and Barefaced and I would recommend either to anyone. With the best one cab solution being a Barefaced.

Where are you?

And what was really interesting on that one Chris was those cheap Maplin PA cabs that were brought along. About a tenth (maybe twentieth) of the price of some of the cabs there, yet sounded very nice in comparison to their wealthier cousins.

[RandomBass]

1 hour ago, Ajoten said:

Trace. I bypass the graphic, leave pre-shape off, ignore compressor, and it nails it. 

A smart dust cover and table it can neatly slip under might work...

So basically everything set to flat on the amp 😀

Yeah I'd try the smart dust cover and suitable table thing first, if it were me.

[dannybuoy]

Tablecloth on top, vase of daffodils, job done!

[VTypeV4]

Keep the Trace - as clever, compact and light as the TC amps are, I can't see one keeping up with that 715 - irrespective of the apparent 'watts'.. 

[RandomBass]

4 hours ago, VTypeV4 said:

Keep the Trace - as clever, compact and light as the TC amps are, I can't see one keeping up with that 715 - irrespective of the apparent 'watts'.. 

Case closed, M'lud.

[mrtcat]

On 27/03/2018 at 08:00, RandomBass said:

I don't think you should be getting rid of this at all. 

+1 If weight isn't the issue then you're going to be spending a lot of money to find something smaller that outperforms what you already have. 

[fleabag]

In the real world,  any modern combo isn't going to be much less in size than that trace... maybe a couple of inches at best.

Your missus is not going to notice a couple of inches, is she. ?  Matron

Edited March 31, 2018 by fleabag

[RandomBass]

On 3/29/2018 at 14:12, mrtcat said:

+1 If weight isn't the issue then you're going to be spending a lot of money to find something smaller that outperforms what you already have. 

Or spending a lot of money finding something that doesn't outperform what you already have.

[RandomBass]

Stick with the Trace. Apart from the weight, nothing compares 2u.

Apologies to Sinead there.

[Maude]

On 26/03/2018 at 18:52, LukeFRC said:

It's a big wide hairy Trace.

I used to go out with her! 

[mrtcat]

1 minute ago, Maude said:

I used to go out with her! 

Hey, nobody dates my sister without asking me first!!! 

[Guest adi77]

Phil jones or the ampeg micro vr stack (?) 

[Guest adi77]

210 better i think

[Pea Turgh]

18 hours ago, adi77 said:

210 better i think

Barf! That looks like Mr Tumble specc’d it!

[Guest adi77]

1 minute ago, Pea Turgh said:

Barf! That looks like Mr Tumble specc’d it!

Who dat?

[Pea Turgh]

Just now, adi77 said:

Who dat?

A kids Tv clown

[Guest adi77]

must admit it looks hideous, but that wouldn't matter if it sounds great

[RandomBass]

1 hour ago, adi77 said:

must admit it looks hideous, but that wouldn't matter if it sounds great

That's no way to talk about Mr Tumble 😎

[Guest adi77]

1 minute ago, RandomBass said:

That's no way to talk about Mr Tumble 😎

my bad lol

[RandomBass]

He does a lot of deaf signing with kids, one of his famous phrases is 'Its time to sign...'

 

Gets me every time 😎🎸

[Guest adi77]

its been a long time since i have watched tv, like 10 or 15 years