Opinion on combos?

Opinion on combos?

  • Love 'em! So convenient!

    Votes: 14 58.3%

  • Hate 'em! Ouch my back!

    Votes: 6 25.0%

  • Don't care, especially if I'm borrowing someone else's amp

    Votes: 4 16.7%
  • Total voters
    24
oh MY!!!!

I forgot the MG suffered that fate-- shame it was a damn METAL BEAST!

I never really "set out" to use heads or combos in "theory" jsut what ever seems "good" at the time and I have SPACE for
 
I’m learning to prefer separate heads and cabinets.

I started to develop this opinion a few years back with my Class 5. I have a later variant that incorporates a few tweaks from the factory to address vibration issues. Even then, at full volume you can still get some rattling.

This can be avoided by using a separate head.
 
I think there's a developing consensus that nobody likes gigging the big combos.

I haven't seen anyone yet say that they don't mind lugging one of those huge 212 combos like the Mace, Deuce, 5150, or JSX. Most people who gig combos don't have anything bigger than a Classic 30.

My friend with the Mesa Rectoverb 50 has been regretting buying it ever since he started gigging again six years ago but he's stuck with it really.
 
Dave Sloven said:
I think there's a developing consensus that nobody likes gigging the big combos.

I haven't seen anyone yet say that they don't mind lugging one of those huge 212 combos like the Mace, Deuce, 5150, or JSX. Most people who gig combos don't have anything bigger than a Classic 30.

My friend with the Mesa Rectoverb 50 has been regretting buying it ever since he started gigging again six years ago but he's stuck with it really.
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Definitely not in to “big” combos here....loved my Silkyn though...50 watts....1x12...64lbs(a shade under 30Kg?).

The classic 30, that I’ve inherited, was shaking itself apart upon arrival. The chassis was floating around...the cab was able to be pushed out of square...preamp tubes(two) were microphonic....a frikken train wreck. Now I keep up with keeping it tight, it has been fine. Swapped the stock speaker for a “made in China” Vintage 30...I actually like it very much, but I don’t lug it around too much these days. I did for a side project, for a bit, and it held up well. I’ve also pulled the reverb right out of it, at the board....happy that I did, as it was noisy as.... I still don’t like the dirt channel, but the clean takes my pedals really well. No, it’s not the greatest amp, but it has become serviceable.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
Definitely not in to “big” combos here....loved my Silkyn though...50 watts....1x12...64lbs(a shade under 30Kg?).

The classic 30, that I’ve inherited, was shaking itself apart upon arrival. The chassis was floating around...the cab was able to be pushed out of square...preamp tubes(two) were microphonic....a frikken train wreck. Now I keep up with keeping it tight, it has been fine. Swapped the stock speaker for a “made in China” Vintage 30...I actually like it very much, but I don’t lug it around too much these days. I did for a side project, for a bit, and it held up well. I’ve also pulled the reverb right out of it, at the board....happy that I did, as it was noisy as.... I still don’t like the dirt channel, but the clean takes my pedals really well. No, it’s not the greatest amp, but it has become serviceable.
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Is your Silkyn gone? Mine is still singing sweetly! No issues after the Xformer swap...
 
Sp8ctre said:
Is your Silkyn gone? Mine is still singing sweetly! No issues after the Xformer swap...
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Still gotta put it back together...this past winter was not obliging....too much business bologna.
I have the transformer sitting in the cab though....ready to go.:) Thank you!!!
 
eSGEe said:
o.k. dicking about aside—-
TBTH --- If I played gigs------

Id have this
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or better yet this
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and a LIGHT cabinet--- and be done with it these will almost fit IN the gig bag pocket of a bass.....and honestly I think the tc electronics wqould fit in the fl;ap compartment of the Thunderbird Gator case--(damn case is as big as my first apartment!
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Dammit! Because of this, I just bought a new bass head to stick in a combo cab(with a dead head).:)
 
The other issue with combos is that when you go up in power you have to go to a 212 combo (heavy) or one of the high-rated speakers, which usually are rather stiff and not very musical.
 
Dave Sloven said:
The other issue with combos is that when you go up in power you have to go to a 212 combo (heavy) or one of the high-rated speakers, which usually are rather stiff and not very musical.
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That’s what I liked about the Silkyn, the stock speaker sounded REALLY GOOD with it. It gigged well. I probably played 6-7 shows with it, and it was fantastic....
Great...good weather tomorrow, and instead of fishing for the first time this year...I’m probably gonna drill a chassis for a new power transformer, and solder-jockey all day....:wink:
 
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