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I've just ordered a DOD Carcosa fuzz pedal from Hotrox. 

I am planning to swap out my Swollen Pickle for the Carcosa. 

Primus 'Tommy the Cat'.

I just don't have the patience. 

I absolutely love Doom. Almost as much as I love Black Metal. 

The new Bongripper LP is amazing. 

Current setup. Waiting for a Laney Digbeth DB-PRE, and a 60cm patch lead to connect the SP to the Wooly Mammoth clone. 

I don't think I like the Swollen Pickle on the board because the Splinter needs to be on to give it sufficient boost.  The Wooly Mammoth clone is very nice though. 

The chorus was £30 and due an upgrade to something else. 

I absolutely love the Orange Kongpressor. It adds a really nice flavour to the clean tone. 

DIY pedal board made from an IKEA shelf (remember this one kids!?).

The power supply is a Cioks DC7 screwed to the underside. 

I tend to play doom and black metal, but messing about with a 90s alternative rock cover band too. 

29 minutes ago, Mykesbass said:

Not so fast. Looks like some BWs had multiple uses. Check the model number if you can. Not sure if you could customise the cab to become a bass cab if the speaker was bass compatible, but there are those on here who could advise.

Theres a photo of the ID label (from the underside of the cab) in the OP.  

3 minutes ago, Paddy515 said:

The two B-112s running together produce higher volume than your 8 ohm 212 as they are each 8 ohm cabs so stacked would run at 4 ohms utilising the full 500 watts.

I know. 

5 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

 

Do you think the lack of energy you felt in the audience was due to the PA set up? I.e. if you were stage front you might have been in a "sound well" (dunno if that's even a proper term!) and those further back were getting the full benefit of the FoH sound? I'm guessing the bands themselves were giving out the expected level of performance energy themselves?

The bands were all Metal/Nu Metal acts. They performed as I'd have expected them to. They were proficient and knew their material.

It *might* have been the PA? I was at the front, with a barrier between me and the stage. 

I just felt deflated after the night ended. I had not seen an obviously ampless gig before. There was no on stage backline, and the bands shared members/equipment (practical re pay, setup etc)

As a punter, I hate it. I saw several tribute acts recently at a medium sized venue, who all played direct into the PA. I was stage front, and it was strange and lacking in Energy. 

As a musician, I like to feel my clothes flapping in the air coming off the cabs. It's ROCK AND ROLL! 

I'm a recent returnee to playing though and haven't arrived at the point where I need to decide on this approach. I might feel different. 

Kvadrat 'The Horrible Dissonance of Oblivion'. 

Fantastic debut from a Greek solo black metal artist. His future is promising. 

Kvadrat on Youtube

3 hours ago, Paddy515 said:

Sell the 212 and buy two Tech21 B-112 8ohm cabs, ideally suited to your VT-500. I should know, thats what I run with no connection to FOH and sounds fantastic with a loud drummer in an indie four piece.

It would be financially irresponsible for me to buy two 2x12s, when I like the sound I have now. I just want to move some more air lol. I'm waiting to hear back from a guy 2 hours drive from me who's selling a K212. That would be the ideal solution. 

If I could afford it I would probably try another brand but l I liked the combination of the head and this cab. Go figure. 😁

Trailer?

26 minutes ago, ardi100 said:

No worries, I'm waiting for a new amp to arrive, then I have to sell stuff to buy a cab, so I'm not really ready to buy yet.

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/782813433297897/

You're a star. Made him an offer. It's a 2+ hour drive for me lol. Yikes 

36 minutes ago, ardi100 said:

I'm in the near end of North Wales! One of them was in Telford.

That's feasible. Fancy sharing the info? 😬

8 minutes ago, Bill Fitzmaurice said:

You need to remove watts from the conversation. You're looking for more output, I get that, but of the half dozen or so factors that will give you that watts isn't one of them. You've already received some good advice, you should heed it.

I'm not sure I am looking at the watts. It's cheap, an additional cab in the same range,  and most importantly available to buy.  I'd just add a 2x12 l series but they're like hens teeth.

Buying two new 2x12s or 2x10s would be financially irresponsible. I  do appreciate the feedback. 

1 hour ago, ardi100 said:

I've seen a couple of K212s up my way for around £150. I'm thinking of getting  one myself.

Where's that? I'm at the far end of north Wales. Everything is far away. 

39 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

You can't...

 

But if you found the answer yourself maybe you should share it for the sake of other people who might have the same question in the future and find your thread through a search.

No idea about the impedance. 

Need to remove the back and disconnect the speaker wired according to the guide I found. Not today, Satan. 

It's a guitar speaker. The tweed version seems to be a pedal steel cab, but this is a straight guitar cab. This will be what it gets used for. 

My first mistake was assuming BW= bass. Amateurish error. 

I've just found a k series 4x10 for £180. Hmmmm. 600w at 8 ohms, but chunky.  Lol. I'm thinking about it. 

1 minute ago, warwickhunt said:

 

If the TC K212 is an annoying/impractical size I'd be selling it and getting a cab or cabs that work for you. 

 

Annoying, meaning hard to find a matching cab. I shot myself in the foot not buying a pair of them. 

How do I delete this post? 

8 minutes ago, warwickhunt said:

You want more volume than the (theoretical) 300w you are presently getting and another 8 ohm cab will (theoretically) get you 500w but that is only (give or take a few percent) 10% 'louder' than you are presently.  More speaker displacement is certainly going to help but it is going to make for a very loud stage environment... should the PA not be doing the heavy lifting? 

 

If you must be louder and have more speakers why a 15" cab to go with your 2x12"?  If you say for more bottom end you'd need to do some reading around on BC.  The ideal solution if you like how it sounds now is to simply add another 212. 

 

A suggestion might be to sell the 212 and get a better/more efficient cab, which should be achievable for your £600 (+ sale of TC cab)... but that opens a whole can of worms.      

Fair points. The bottom end isn't what I'm after; the k212 is a great cab and I love it. 

The cab is an annoying size. I'd add a 2x12 if I could find something that would fit tbh. 

4 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said:

Powered sub ftw then.

Even though the  head will put out 500w at 4ohms? The k-212 is 8ohms, so 300w. Full 500w with another 8 ohm cab!?

Advice needed on Peavey 115 BW

This is sort of related to another if my posts. 

I picked up a Peavey Nashville 115e 1x15 cabinet for £30. I'd hoped to use it as an extension cabinet with my 2x12. I had no idea what it was before I collected it! 

There's almost no information on this thing online. *maybe* it was made for pedal steel (hence the Nashville thing). Sounds decent enough with my small guitar head and 7 string. 

Can anyone tell me what the impedance on the speaker is, or at least how to find out myself, please?  

Thank you all. 

23 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said:

Get some really good earplugs.

 

Get another 212 same as the other one. Stack them tall.

 

The TC Electronic K series is really hard to find. They were discontinued years ago and an awkward size. 

They are indeed 8 ohms. 

I used to run a 2x15 back in the day lol. 

I hope someone has some ideas because it's stumped me. 

I have a TC electronic k-212 cab, which I use with a Tech 21 vt bass 500 head. 

Currently I get 300w output at 8 ohms, but need more volume as the genre of music I'm playing has changed. 

I want to add a 1x15 cab to go under the 2x12 cab I have., or a 2x12 that would do the same/stack on top. I ont want to drop £1000+ on two new cabs. 

I'm struggling to find anything suitable to do the job.  I need one that's big enough to stack the 2x12  on top of safely. 

The k-115 is incredibly hard to get now..

They all are. Ideally I'd get one. I didn't think ahead!! 

The cab measurements are:

W x H x D 690 x 395 x 456  (from the product page)

Budget is sub £600.

Thanks for reading. 

I took my daughter and her friends to the 'Forever Nu' Nu Metal tribute gig at The Tivoli in Buckley.  £16 a ticket for a 6 hour gig isn't bad. There was bands doing tribute to Evanescence, Korn, Machine Head, System of a Down and Marilyn Manson. 

My kid is a proper emo, who was born too late I think and she *loved it*.  It was nice for her to see live music and she played bass loads yesterday; learning Manson songs lol.