It is currently Mon Mar 16, 2020 3:24 pm

All times are UTC - 7 hours



Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 11 posts ] 
Author Message
Post subject: huge amps
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 11:02 pm
Offline
Amateur
Amateur

Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:11 am
Posts: 195
i have seen a lot of your amps in pics and one thing comes to my mind how the hell do you guys get em to gigs? i have a small 2012 wrangler and am looking into getting a stack any suggestions?


Top
Profile
Fender Play Winter Sale 2020
Post subject: Re: huge amps
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:18 am
Offline
Rock Star
Rock Star
User avatar

Joined: Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:50 pm
Posts: 7998
Location: ʎɹʇunoɔ ǝsoɹ pןıʍ
Two wheeled hand truck.
Ratchet strap.

_________________
Image
Just think of how awesome a guitar player you could have been by now if you had only spent the last 10 years practicing instead of obsessing over pickups and roasted maple necks.


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: huge amps
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 10:29 am
Offline
Rock Star
Rock Star
User avatar

Joined: Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:12 pm
Posts: 6355
Location: Albemarle, NC
Mercury Grand Marquis. I used to have a pickup truck with a camper top which held more gear but was harder to load.

There are now compact powerful combos that will fit your Jeep. If I had it to do over again, I'd not have a big stack at all. I have downsized now to a smaller gig rig, but I rarely use it and just take a combo with an XLR output jack to feed the PA.

Even outdoors I find that if the PA is adequate I don't need a huge stack. Of course people sometimes expect to see a big stack, but often it is direct out to the PA and in essence merely a stage monitor anyway with the bulk of the amplification for bass coming from a massive PA array. If you don't have an adequate PA, especially outdoors, you need big cabs and lots of watts. Not sure that any 4x10 cab will fit in a Wrangler, but a pair of 2x10's or 1 2x10 and 1 1x15 possibly would. Keep the head small and stay away from a big heavy rack mounted head as they take up about as much room as a 2x10 cab. The RUMBLE 1x12 and 2x10 cabs are steps in the right direction. Those two cabs together are a good easy to pack stack and the Rumble 350 head is really small. The Rumble 350 2x10 combo is a reasonably small powerful combo and is a very good sounding amp perfectly adequate for indoor gigs unmiked and outdoor gigs if miked or you use the direct out to the PA.

So part of the amp solution for you depends on the PA you have. You really want beefy subs in the PA array to carry the bass.

In the photo below I'm on the far right in the blue shirt. In front of me is what looks like a monitor on an amp stand, which is a small combo on a stand in front of me with an XLR direct out to the PA. There is no stack behind me because it is at the rehearsal space where it stays most of the time. It simplifies life but only works with a bass capable PA system. The sound tech loves it because before he had to balance the band to me, but now balances me to the band which gives him more control over the volume.

Image


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: huge amps
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 10:56 am
Offline
Aspiring Musician
Aspiring Musician
User avatar

Joined: Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:59 am
Posts: 492
A friend of mine used to gig with a rather expensive 8x10" cab. All well and good until he did his back in.

His approach to the newfound speaker transportation issue involved a power saw and then becoming the owner of two 4x10" cabs. :lol:

Weirdly, his rig sounded much better! :shock:


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: huge amps
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 11:13 am
Offline
Hobbyist
Hobbyist

Joined: Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:19 am
Posts: 84
Roadies my good man! (I wish, volvo estate!)


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: huge amps
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 11:25 am
Offline
Rock Star
Rock Star
User avatar

Joined: Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:12 pm
Posts: 6355
Location: Albemarle, NC
STAGE RIGS are not always what they appear to be from the audience. Sometimes they are for show, not go.

Image

From the audience looks sorta like this:

Image


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: huge amps
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:33 pm
Offline
Amateur
Amateur

Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:11 am
Posts: 195
hahaha good point my friends i suppose ill go with a nice combo amp with some balls that way its more friendly on my back and my jeep will get more than 5 miles to the gallon lol


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: huge amps
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 2:32 pm
Offline
Hobbyist
Hobbyist

Joined: Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:19 am
Posts: 84
5 miles to the gallon! thats only a bit better than a volvo, and as we Brits say, you may have to think about a diesel! lol


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: huge amps
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 5:16 pm
Offline
Amateur
Amateur

Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:11 am
Posts: 195
Lynottfan wrote:
5 miles to the gallon! thats only a bit better than a volvo, and as we Brits say, you may have to think about a diesel! lol

well it actually gets about 15 but you have to turn the truck off when going down hill lol


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: huge amps
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 2:41 pm
Offline
Professional Musician
Professional Musician

Joined: Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:01 am
Posts: 2842
I used a Wrangler to haul all my stuff in for the last 6 years. Ampeg HLF 4-10's cabinet. I could have fit another cabinet of some sort on top of it too. I had to stand up the bass case in the passenger front and my gig bag could go there or in the back on my RB 800 to the left of the cabs- guit stand too. So that Jeep will do the job. I could have put two Hartke 4-10's in there easily and two tops if I wanted. There's more room in a Wrangler than one might think. All of my hauling was "top up" too. Winter and Summer.


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: huge amps
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:38 am
Offline
Professional Musician
Professional Musician
User avatar

Joined: Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:00 am
Posts: 1226
Location: In the pocket north of Washington D.C.
I usually just use one 2x10 bass cabinet with a Little Mark II head.
It sounds great and it is very easy to move.

_________________
If thine enemy wrong thee, buy each of his children a drum.


Top
Profile
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 11 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 7 hours

Fender Play Winter Sale 2020

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to: