la bam Posted February 10, 2019 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
chris_b Posted February 10, 2019 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
fretmeister Posted February 10, 2019 Posted February 10, 2019 Used to. Ā i had a pair of Marshall VBC412 cabs. They were brilliant. Still my favourite cabs ever, just too heavy for me now. Quote
stingrayPete1977 Posted February 10, 2019 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!Ā Quote
Lozz196 Posted February 10, 2019 Posted February 10, 2019 37 minutes ago, fretmeister said: Used to. Ā 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
Delberthot Posted February 10, 2019 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
pete.young Posted February 10, 2019 Posted February 10, 2019 I had aĀ 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
Jus Lukin Posted February 10, 2019 Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) - Edited March 3, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote
Bill Fitzmaurice Posted February 10, 2019 Posted February 10, 2019 A pair of 212s vertically stacked will sound better and makes for a much easier haul. 1 Quote
la bam Posted February 10, 2019 Author Posted February 10, 2019 Thanks all. Yes, I'm thing 2 2x12 cabs. And 1 for small / medium gigs. Quote
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