la bam Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Hi all, Just wondered if anyone used a 4x12 anymore? I used the 2x12 I have with the helix last night and it was awesome. Just thinking adding another for larger gigs? More a modular system if needed, but wondered if it would be over bearing or muddy? I know these used to be popular years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I haven't used a 412 since 1973! But I did use my 212 and 2x112's on a gig a couple of years ago. I used both TH500's to drive them. I was so loud that I had to turn the whole lot down to normal volume levels so that I could hear the guitarist! I could have been that loud with just the 212. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Used to. i had a pair of Marshall VBC412 cabs. They were brilliant. Still my favourite cabs ever, just too heavy for me now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 There's a few people with the Genz Benz Shuttle 12.0 heads and two of their matching four ohm 2x12 cabs which gives 600watts to each cab separately via two power amps and a tweeter in each. I'd imagine there's plenty of heft regardless of what some people say about class D heads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 37 minutes ago, fretmeister said: Used to. i had a pair of Marshall VBC412 cabs. They were brilliant. Still my favourite cabs ever, just too heavy for me now. I used to have one of these and agree, brilliant cabs, probably my fave cab I`ve ever had but similarly too heavy for me now. Got to use one just before Xmas and I was really tempted to get one but the common-sense-monkey in my brain talked me out of it. I also used to have two Barefaced Super12Ts - the amount of sound from these two was so immense that unless a really big stage I couldn`t use both, and at rehearsal rooms the sound was all-enveloping. In my opinion two lightweight 212s is a modular solution to pretty much all gigging needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I had a couple of Trace V-type 1248H cabs years ago. They sounded incredible but at 46kgs each were just too much for regular gigging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I had a Tech Soundsystems 4x12 cab, best sounding cab I've ever owned and only 27kg. Just a little bit to awkward for me to pick up and move through doorways. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) - Edited March 3, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fitzmaurice Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 A pair of 212s vertically stacked will sound better and makes for a much easier haul. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bam Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Thanks all. Yes, I'm thing 2 2x12 cabs. And 1 for small / medium gigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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