DiMarco Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) This rig is arriving next week, standing about 114cm tall. I should tell you my other two rigs are a Trace RAH600SMX with an SWR Henry the 8x8 cab, and a Trace Hexa Valve with Barefaced Big Twin II. The main reason for the small rig is I don't see any bigger venues in the near future and play small jamsessions and in-house parties more. I went for as much utility value as possible hence the TC head with all its bells & whistles. Wonder how it will stack up to the bigger rigs. Tonewise I will probably be losing quite some heft and warmth I'm afraid. Edited December 26, 2020 by DiMarco 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiMarco Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 *I also own a Trace Elf mini amp, but that compresses the living **** out of my signal when it needs to deliver more watts than it was intended to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Too much amp overhang for my liking lol. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiMarco Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 15 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said: Too much amp overhang for my liking lol. Oh come on! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 I was joking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinehead Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 That looks good. I love small rigs too. My small rig is a Quilter BB800 with a Barefaced one10, or a pair of one10s if I'm playing a stadium. 😉 Frank. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 11 hours ago, DiMarco said: Tonewise I will probably be losing quite some heft and warmth I'm afraid. That's right...don't sell the big stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiMarco Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 1 hour ago, TheGreek said: That's right...don't sell the big stuff. No worries. My Hexa Valve is the holy grail of amps. I will never let that go. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiMarco Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 Yay! Tomorrow the cabs arrive. Amp later this week I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) My RH450 is a better fit on my Genz Benz STL-10T. I love the fact that when I'm out and about with my bass, amp & cab, the heaviest item is the bass.... Edited December 29, 2020 by Alec 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinehead Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Alec said: My RH450 is a better fit on my Genz Benz STL-10T. I love the fact that when I'm out and about with my bass, amp & cab, the heaviest item is the bass.... My setup for smaller pub gigs is a Quilter BB800, a Barefaced one10 and a Steinberger Spirit XT2 bass. I don't think I could go any more compact. Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiMarco Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) I owned a One10 but sold it. Just wasn't loud enough. These T-E cabs are really nice though. More top end then the One10 and the lows are great too. So far loving them! Now I only need that RH750 to arrive - The Elf does run out of headroom pretty quickly. Edited December 29, 2020 by DiMarco Multiple typos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodwind Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 hour ago, DiMarco said: on a tangent what bass is that? Viscount? Vincent? Looks interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiMarco Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, Woodwind said: on a tangent what bass is that? Viscount? Vincent? Looks interesting Vincent. I had it built by my specs. Passive, bridge pickup is switched single/single/parallel/series with the three jaguar style switches. Slanted neck pickup for more even bottom end across the strings. Lacquered bubinga fretboard because I love Rics. Meanwhile I received the new amp for this stack. It sounds very tight, solid and warm. "Tube tone" on the amp is a bs dial though, I see no use for that. The Spectracomp on the other hand is really nice. Here's some closeup pics of that Vincent bass: Edited December 30, 2020 by DiMarco Always typos 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiMarco Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Bass lessons for the daughter. How cool is this setup? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40hz Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 (edited) @DiMarco Lovely rig!! I've been long thinking about buying two of those TE cabs also for use with my TC BH550. How loud/low can they really get? Is there much punch to the set up? What about high end (these are tweeterless as I understand?) Edited January 28, 2021 by 40hz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiMarco Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) On 28/01/2021 at 09:46, 40hz said: @DiMarco Lovely rig!! I've been long thinking about buying two of those TE cabs also for use with my TC BH550. How loud/low can they really get? Is there much punch to the set up? What about high end (these are tweeterless as I understand?) Surprisingly loud, but I yet have to test them properly in a live situation. With the lockdown going on I haven't really had the chance to use them in the band yet- haven't practiced in over a month now. That said, at the local jamsession where there's two guitar combos and a drummer, usually a sax and keyboards too my old SWR 2x10" can hold its own just fine so I expect two 2x8" of this quality to be more then sufficient in that setting. On a bigger venue I will use the Barefaced 2x12" which is insanely loud. I play in a punkrock band where I have to compete with two 100w Marshall stacks and a hard hitting drummer so it remains to be seen if I can use the 2x8" cabs in that setting. But I mainly bought this small footprint rig for situations other then the group of overly noisy maniacs I call my band. 😁For the band I have a Trace Elliot RAH600SMX, Hexa Valve and an Ampeg SVT-4 Pro. Edited February 1, 2021 by DiMarco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiMarco Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 Here's a part-of-the-family pic. The RAH600SMX and SWR Henry the 8x8 cab are in rehearsal room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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