To hell with lightweight

[AFKAEjay(retired)]

Just reinstalled an EV12 in a Thiele…preparing to sell it. Had been on the shelf for years cause a Kemper Kone occupied it, and the EV was too heavy anyway.

Played it and….That speaker ain’t going nowhere…even driven by a cheap HB poweramp it beats whatelse I got.
Can anybody recommend a good trolly? (Not kidding…im fiddling with a cheapass one..maybe a decent one takes away some reasons to focus on lightweight)

#rethinkingifweightstillmatterswithmax2gigsamonthwhereicarryamps.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Your bike trailer might not like it, though

 

[Achilles]

Played it and….That speaker ain’t going nowhere…

View over my right shoulder just now.......

I can't choose between it and a Greenback so I alternate them every couple months!

 

[JiveTurkey]

I’ll give it a couple of pumps on its tires!
The real question is…keep it in the Thiele…sell the Thiele and buy a separate evm and put it in one of my amps? Mesa express and a fender s sonic 60 as candidates…and an oversized pine 1x12.,but then I have to figure out a poweramp…a powerstation would fit in there probably..
Doesn’t fit the Blackstar stJames physically unfortunately…

Bummer on the St. James as that thing is light as a feather!

 

[la szum]

I have an old Coffee Can EV SRO I want to try and put in an "FRFR".

 

[FuzzyAce]

No point getting rid of a great EVM speaker unless you just don't have the space. I have 4 and they aren't going anywhere.

 

[paisleywookiee]

The nice thing about the EV is that if you’ve got an unexpected assailant in your homestead, you can dent their melon with it.

 

[Achilles]

you can dent their melon with it.

I couldn't lift mine that high!

* I'll stick to the Glock

 

[dronerstone]

The nice thing about the EV is that if you’ve got an unexpected assailant in your homestead, you can dent their melon with it.

If anyone broke into our apartment, I know which amps, although expensive, wouldn't ever be stolen.

3rd floor, no elevator.

 

[GuitarBilly74]

I once had the absolutely stupid idea to put 4 EVs in a Marshall cab. Truth be told, it sounded amazing. I put some heavy duty 3" casters on the cab and thought "oh this will be easy, just roll it in".
Well, the FIRST gig I played with it was in a venue where the stage was upstairs on the second floor. (Rainbow Bar in LA). I had to ask 2 band mates to help and by the time we got to the stage area we were all exhausted - and the gig hadn't even started yet!
That was also the last gig I played with that cab, under the threat of getting kicked out of the band if I ever tried it again.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I once had the absolutely stupid idea to put 4 EVs in a Marshall cab. Truth be told, it sounded amazing. I put some heavy duty 3" casters on the cab and thought "oh this will be easy, just roll it in".
Well, the FIRST gig I played with it was in a venue where the stage was upstairs on the second floor. (Rainbow Bar in LA). I had to ask 2 band mates to help and by the time we got to the stage area we were all exhausted - and the gig hadn't even started yet!
That was also the last gig I played with that cab, under the threat of getting kicked out of the band if I ever tried it again.

 

[Achilles]

Now figure out a way to conviently power it with tubes…any other single channel options then the fryette stuff that is compact?

 

[Achilles]

Cool option…ever used one?

I've owned the Ares 50 watt single channel head.
The PA50 is suppose to be the power amp of the Ares.

 

[dronerstone]

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That looks tasty! Almost 1000 bucks though. Are there ANY "affordable" tube power amp options? This is most definitely a niche market, I'm afraid.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

I've been looking at stuff like this too....if you want tube... just buy a neutral power section decent tube head, and run into the return. That's the most cost effective tube option.

Old Carvins are perfect and cheap and loud.

You can get 2 or 3 for that price ...run stereo or wdw!

 

[Orvillain]

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Sooooooo curious about these. I reckon two of them and two 4x12's would absolute rip your intestines out, rip them in half, lick the broken tip, and then shove them back in.

 

[Mongillo19]

Sooooooo curious about these. I reckon two of them and two 4x12's would absolute rip your intestines out, rip them in half, lick the broken tip, and then shove them back in.

They are coming out with a rackmount version via their newsletter email

 

[dronerstone]

If you’ll allow plugging into a return of head/combo….plenty

Mooer tube engine…around 350 retail.
Plenty affordable stereo powersections on the used market…Mesa/peavey 50/50, Engl goes cheap also.

The Mooer is 20W iirc, but true, used Mesa/Peavey/Engl heads are plenty and often cheap.

I was thinking about something in a similar format to the KSR PA50, but not 20W.

I'm fine using my Katana 100W head if need be, I guess that was just my usual GAS thinking out loud.