Aguilar tonehammer 500 powerful enough?

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Haven't you guys ever heard of NEO 4x10 cabs. They are like around 65 pounds and that's for the heavier ones. To each their own, but I'll never go back to lugging all that heavy stuff around. I couldn't get an 8x10 into my car either these days. lol
 
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Sandman64 said:
I hope this band is a serious touring act as that's just nuts in todays day and age. Most bands I've ever gigged with and we've played some pretty big outdoor events, have just used either combo amps or Mesa's with a 2x12 cab. I use my gear for stage volume and the P.A. for everything else. Granted some places don't have P.A.'s but that's still crazy!
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Yeah, it's too loud. But it sounds AWESOME!

Oh and for most situations, a good 4x10 or maybe two 4x10's and your TH500 should be plenty of volume.
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One 410 should be enough. But lots of times its not. So go big.
 
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Sandman64 said:
Haven't you guys ever heard of NEO 4x10 cabs. They are like around 65 pounds and that's for the heavier ones. To each their own, but I'll never go back to lugging all that heavy stuff around. I couldn't get an 8x10 into my car either these days. lol
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65 lbs isn't so bad.
Me personally, I'd never join a band that thought I needed an 810.
But hypothetically, if I did have to go big, I'd be looking into a dually with a couple 3015LFs in it.
 
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I'd say an 8 ohm 4x10 would be the minimum. If you get one and find it's not loud enough, then you can get another 8 ohm 410 and stack them.
I got by in metal bands for years with an SVT 3PRO (250W @ 8 ohms) and a 410, but I'd beg/borrow/steal a second 410 to stack (or an 810) whenever I could.
 
#31
I did a small festival gig a couple weeks ago and the bass backline was a Tonehammer 500 with two Aguilar 1x12 cabs. It sounded terrible. I was so disappointed. I was expecting to really like it. It wasn't very loud and the tone was horrible. I usually bring a Ampeg B100r to these type of gigs as an emergency backup, but I didn't this time. Too bad.
 
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dgrizzly said:
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I don't know whether to pity the over compensation or be longing to plug in Marty McFly style.
 
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shadven said:
I did a small festival gig a couple weeks ago and the bass backline was a Tonehammer 500 with two Aguilar 1x12 cabs. It sounded terrible. I was so disappointed. I was expecting to really like it. It wasn't very loud and the tone was horrible. I usually bring a Ampeg B100r to these type of gigs as an emergency backup, but I didn't this time. Too bad.
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Did you check that the -10db switch was not engaged?
 
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ShowKing said:
Did you check that the -10db switch was not engaged?
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Not sure if that was the problem or if he just hates the Aggie sound? I have a TH500 as my backup head (backing up a Fender B135) and the TH500 through two DB112NT is loud enough for any gig I would ever want to play. I played a large stage (full size theatre) without any bass in the monitors and that rig filled the stage, no problem. Two guitars, one using pro reverb, the other a super reverb and I had no trouble. And the sound of the DB112nt is perfect - all lower mids - I hate the modern bass sound that sounds like a PA sub, with crazy highs added up top. Just give me 60hz to 2kHz; anything else doesn't belong in the bass amp.
 
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lexington125 said:
Not sure if that was the problem or if he just hates the Aggie sound? I have a TH500 as my backup head (backing up a Fender B135) and the TH500 through two DB112NT is loud enough for any gig I would ever want to play. I played a large stage (full size theatre) without any bass in the monitors and that rig filled the stage, no problem. Two guitars, one using pro reverb, the other a super reverb and I had no trouble. And the sound of the DB112nt is perfect - all lower mids - I hate the modern bass sound that sounds like a PA sub, with crazy highs added up top. Just give me 60hz to 2kHz; anything else doesn't belong in the bass amp.
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My main rig is a TH500 and two DB112s. I love the tone 99% of the time. BUT I might understand what @shadven means when he says his experience was that it sounded terrible.
Back in November I used the rig for a venue of about 1,600 - 2,000 people. It sounded terrible. I couldn't hear myself at all out of the cabs. I guess the noise level from the guitar amps and the monitors were so loud I couldn't dial a good tone.
Now I must admit that particular band's stage sound was annoyingly loud, and to make matters worse all the musicians were anything but distributed throughout the stage. Up until that event I thought that my pair of DB112s combined with the TH500 would suffice any venue. Definitely not. From what I've read though, the TH500 can power a 1x12, an 8x10 and anything in between pretty well. So my answer to the OP is perhaps the TH500 is powerful enough, but look into something bigger like 2 4x10 cabs, a 4x12, a 6x10, or something that will push more air than my pair of DB112 cabs.
 
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SamuelSandoval said:
My main rig is a TH500 and two DB112s. I love the tone 99% of the time. BUT I might understand what @shadven means when he says his experience was that it sounded terrible.
Back in November I used the rig for a venue of about 1,600 - 2,000 people. It sounded terrible. I couldn't hear myself at all out of the cabs. I guess the noise level from the guitar amps and the monitors were so loud I couldn't dial a good tone.
Now I must admit that particular band's stage sound was annoyingly loud, and to make matters worse all the musicians were anything but distributed throughout the stage. Up until that event I thought that my pair of DB112s combined with the TH500 would suffice any venue. Definitely not. From what I've read though, the TH500 can power a 1x12, an 8x10 and anything in between pretty well. So my answer to the OP is perhaps the TH500 is powerful enough, but look into something bigger like 2 4x10 cabs, a 4x12, a 6x10, or something that will push more air than my pair of DB112 cabs.
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+1. A 500 watt amp can produce a lot of volume, if you put it into enough speakers.
 
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