Greenboy Crazy 88 (by Tricky Audio) £500 Harrow

[Happy Jack]

So here's a game I play roughly once a year. I list a whole bunch of kit for sale (really not wanting to sell any of it you understand) and once a couple have actually sold 😩 I let the remaining listings slide down below the radar. Until the next time.

 

I'm not selling because I'm desperate for the money, and if I was John Entwistle then I'd just keep the lot and have an ever-expanding collection, but the reality is that almost all my gigs are with PA support so my Crazy 8 is perfectly adequate as a stage monitor. Common sense says that this gorgeous cab should get back out in circulation.

 

I have no interest at all in trades. Replacing a cab that doesn't get used with a different cab that won't get used seems like a complete waste of time and effort.

 

On the other hand, much of my amplification is pretty non-standard or left-field and therefore hard to price, so I'm not absolutely wedded to the figure stated.

 

I'm in Harrow HA1, close to Sudbury Hill on the Piccadilly Line, and I gig regularly throughout Beds, Bucks, Herts & Middx, with occasional forays into Surrey. Pickup in person is always preferable to despatch (from home, or a mutually-convenient pub, or at one one of my gigs), but I've had nothing but good experiences with DPD so if you live more than - say - 50 miles from Harrow then that's an option.

 

Here's something pretty exotic. It sounds great with electric bass (particularly fretless) and quite outstanding with DB.

 

 

It's not pristine. It's played enough gigs to pick up some scuffing to the grille and a couple of marks (see below) but it's a solid 9/10 on the cosmetics, and definitely 10/10 on performance.

 

 

Simple, recessed carry handle so your amp can sit atop it.

 

 

One side completely clean.

 

 

The other slightly less so.

 

 

That chip is about the size of the end of your thumbnail. Assuming your thumbnails are the same size as mine, of course. 

 

 

Can be daisy-chained and has a variable tweeter.

 

 

Jeez! Would you look at the log scales on that!

 

 

Edited August 31 by Happy Jack

[Happy Jack]

Basschat first got interested in these over 10 years ago - I blame @Clarky

 

 

It was that thread that led to me ordering a matching Crazy 88 from Guy Trigg (who seems to be no longer a Member here): https://www.facebook.com/trickyaudio/?locale=en_GB

 

He was/is building them under licence from Greenboy in the USA: https://www.greenboy.us/

 

https://www.greenboy.us/cabs/view.php?model=Crazy88

 

Just to confirm those dimensions in metric: H 57cm x W 27cm x D 35cm, Weight 12.5Kg

 

The cab is 4 Ohms.

[DS287]

I really like the look of this and the reviews and comments I've read sound great..

I have an EA Wizzy 10 at the moment but its struggling to keep up with an 18 piece big band with a loud drummer even in a rehearsal situation.Just wondering what difference would I notice with the Crazy 88. I'm on DB with a Realist PUP and a TecAmp 500 via a Fishman Platinum Pre-amp.

Cheers

Edited 2 hours ago by DS287

[Happy Jack]

My understanding is that the EA Wizzy 10 is all about the tone rather than the volume, and when I was selecting my go-to cab for DB nearly 15 years ago I decided that the Crazy 8 was by far the better package. Obviously things may have changed since then, but my Crazy 8 remains my go-to after all this time and maybe 400 gigs.

 

The Crazy 88 does exactly what you'd expect ... Crazy 8 on steroids. Obviously it's not actually twice as loud, but equally obviously it does go WAY louder than the Crazy 8.

 

For context, it can't possibly compete with my Barefaced 210 for sheer volume but I use the BF for maybe three or four gigs on DB each year (out of 60) so that's not particularly relevant. It's not as loud as my Trace 88, which I only use with electric bass, but the tone is far more attractive.

[DS287]

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