Slim That Rig!

[sandy_r]

Making a more modular - and manageable - rig, downsizing the amount and weight!

For the last 20 years or so, my gear ranged across:-

 1. for busking/electro-acoustic-friendly gigs:

     a 4W battery-powered setup

     (where I could carry travel-bass & Ubass in one hand, tube 12" speaker in t'other,

     and have the amp & stands in a small backpack) [1 trip, car-to-stage]; 

 2. for small gigs and band practice:

      a Warwick Blue Cab 60W combo,

      (20kg of single-arm-extending tension) [1+ trips, car-to-stage];

 3. pub/mid-level gigs:

      Palmer Bass Preamp Plus 

      a 2x400W flat-EQ slave amp (17kg) Plus 

      2×12" 300W Eminence Gammas, plus tweeter, in re-purposed cab

      (27kg of excruciating side-handled pain, refitted with 2 castors + top-handle)

      [2+ trips, car-to-stage]

 

 

 

...but now the plan is…

1. as 1) above;
2. one channel of 2x 100W Class D amp + 1x 12" in compact & light cab;
3. both-channels of 2x 100W Class D amp + 2x 12" in compact & light cabs;

 

1st step along the way arrived today:-

•  2x channel Class D amp;

            2x 100 W into 8 ohm

            2× 180 W into 4 ohm

            1× 350 W into 8 ohm, bridged

•  19"x7", 1U rack height, weighs 2.4kg;
•  20-20,000Hz, 0.05 THD, 100dB Sig/noise;
•  Speakon o/ps, XLR/jack i/p, 2x Vol, 2x clip LEDs;
•  (£125 new & delivered)

 

      (old amp, standing on the floor in the background)

 

....next steps…

 retrieve 2x 12" Gammas from old cab; house each in separate DIY compact, ported, ply cabs;

 sell Warwick Blue Cab; sell 2x 12" cab with original 2×12" replaced

 

...TBC...

 

Edited September 8, 2023 by sandy_r