What amp/speaker config live?

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What speaker config live?

  • 1x12

    Votes: 3 23.1%

  • 2x12

    Votes: 3 23.1%

  • 1x10

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 2x10

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 4x12

    Votes: 4 30.8%

  • 4x10

    Votes: 2 15.4%

  • full stack!!

    Votes: 1 7.7%
  • Total voters
    13
Mr. C

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Just curious what the majority uses. I've always used a 1x12 with 30watt amp...going to 2x12 with 30 watt. (Tube that is..)
 
I used this at my last Starbucks open mic gig/poetry reading.....

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you don't waste any time in replying do you?! And I'll bet everyone heard you too...probably no one went to sleep during that reading!
 
Mr. C said:
you don't waste any time in replying do you?! And I'll bet everyone heard you too...probably no one went to sleep during that reading!
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I just dimed every amp and let the guitar feedback on a stand for about 30 minutes.
 
If I ever get back out gigging, no way will I go more than a 2x12 anymore.

So quarter stack or combo for me please.
 
Hey Guitargodgt, I live just down the road from you in Syracuse, actually Camillus. I work in Auburn.
 
Guitargodgt said:
If I ever get back out gigging, no way will I go more than a 2x12 anymore.

So quarter stack or combo for me please.
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Is that for sound, or easier hauling?

I always lol @ non drummers that complain about lugging gear.
 
Greg_L said:
Is that for sound, or easier hauling?

I always lol @ non drummers that complain about lugging gear.
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Lugging man, and I feel drummers on the gear thing but I have not picked up one single piece of a drumkit as cumbersome as handling a 4X12 on your own except for maybe a hardware bag. But the other reason is a 2x12 is still stupid loud and fits the bill 98% of the time where as a 4x12 can be overkill on some of the smaller bar stages I used to play.

Actually, I had a buddy who eventually gigged with a 4 piece (hats, crash, china, bell, ride) because he hated hauling drum shit so much. haha

I think drummers do some dumb ass shit with their setups though, like gigging with something over a 6 piece (4 tom) and/or using a rack (hey if you use a rack, more power to you but I have never seen them in action as something that tears down or sets up fast at all). I saw a guy who just laid out his rug with all of the drum positions taped on it and he had his setup done in under 8 mins (memory locked stands and he didn't colapse them all the way). Stands are the way to go.
 
a full stack w/ tube head, 2 guitars, and a pedal/cord case is at least as much of a pita to haul around as a 5-piece kit :)
 
Guitargodgt said:
Lugging man, and I feel drummers on the gear thing but I have not picked up one single piece of a drumkit as cumbersome as handling a 4X12 on your own except for maybe a hardware bag. But the other reason is a 2x12 is still stupid loud and fits the bill 98% of the time where as a 4x12 can be overkill on some of the smaller bar stages I used to play.

Actually, I had a buddy who eventually gigged with a 4 piece (hats, crash, china, bell, ride) because he hated hauling drum shit so much. haha

I think drummers do some dumb ass shit with their setups though, like gigging with something over a 6 piece (4 tom) and/or using a rack (hey if you use a rack, more power to you but I have never seen them in action as something that tears down or sets up fast at all). I saw a guy who just laid out his rug with all of the drum positions taped on it and he had his setup done in under 8 mins (memory locked stands and he didn't colapse them all the way). Stands are the way to go.
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I agree, although most 4x12's have wheels. :D

2x12's are great cabs and don't get used enough. I think people just like having a halfstack up there. It does look better - if image is important.

I agree that some drummers are totally stupid about the shit they haul around. I take about 15-20 minutes to set my kit up if I'm using the whole thing. Some of that is used bullshitting with people, getting a drink, or just taking my time. If I really hump it, I can do it in ten minutes. I have to break my hardware all the way down though or it won't fit in the hardware bag. I use memory locks and little sharpie marks on my stands so they go back together the same way every time. I'm anal about things being just right though. It throws my whole psyche off if things aren't where I like them to be, and forget about me playing someone elses kit. I hate that.
 
fat_fleet said:
a full stack w/ tube head, 2 guitars, and a pedal/cord case is at least as much of a pita to haul around as a 5-piece kit :)
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Maybe a full stack just because of the two cabs. But still you're just plugging in cables. Woopdy shit. :D
 
but dragging around a full stack is also kind of ridiculous i guess, though it does look awesome
 
fat_fleet said:
but dragging around a full stack is also kind of ridiculous i guess, though it does look awesome
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A full stack at any bar/club gis is ridiculous. I love full stacks, but really, that's like 6 speakers too many. That's like local nobody garage band drummers with two kick drums. I'm like, come on dude, just use a double pedal.
 
We talking guitar or bass?

Guitar, Mesa 212 open back with Black Shadow C90's. And if you're brave, custom order up a closed back cab with those C90's for some serious high-gain all-tube overdrive tightness. Braver still, modify the back wall to be a completely sealed back cab. Simple woodworking skills will do it just fine.


Bass, Eden D212XLT and D210XLT. Rumble from the 12's, punch from the 10's. Best bass tone I've ever owned. Still wanna snag a D210XST to put under the 12's. Because why do something, when you can overdo something!!!
 
Technically I use two 1x12s, mostly just because they don't have the 2x12 Orange cabs at work. Overall cabinet size is functionally the same, plus it's easier to carry in two pieces. I have a 4x12 now, but I suspect I will never bring it to gigs, largely because it's heavy and doesn't fit in my car as well as the two 1x12s. I lose out on some of the low end this way, I suppose, but I think I also get back some of the mids--which tend to be more useful in a live setting anyway. If I am ever famous and doing a real tour with roadies, I will absolutely bring a stage full of 4x12s!
 
I use a marshall JCM 2000 or 800 along with a 1960a. The main reason is for the rage against the machine tribute I do it helps big time, because I have to have feedback in order to do some of the solos and so being able to stand in stead of crouching down and getting the pickups right next to the speaker.
@3:20^^^.

I play guitar strapped really low + wheels on the cab, so I don't have to crouch but you get the idea. Even Morello has to crouch with a halfstack because he plays with the guitar so high on him lol.

I guess I could put a 2x12 on a high chair or something though.:rolleyes:
 
I play bass and usually use one of my 410s. I can hook up both and did once. But I've never actually needed to have any more than that. If I were playing guitar, it would be a 412 most likely. If it were keyboard, probably just a single 15 or 12. Maybe 212. Because I'd only really need to use it as a monitor.
 
I use a Peavey Classic 30 (1x12) Combo as my main gigging amp. For a long time I used to gig an epiphone valve Jr which is a 1x8, and I'd just pop a mic in front of it.

I really don't understand why anyone playing pub and club gigs would need a stack...
 
Capt Hair said:
I guess I could put a 2x12 on a high chair or something though.:rolleyes:
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So THAT'S how he does that solo! Creative genius. Also, you could just do the 2x12 vertically instead of horizontal. Which is essentially what I do with my two 1x12s. It's like a mini stack!
 
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