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Postby maxrb » 10 Oct 2022, 11:43

Hi,
 I'm Maximo, a new member.
I’d like to know your opinion regarding PA for gigs with a loud rock and roll band.
I’ve read the FAQ (thanks!) and all the posts I've found. stil, I l have some questions regarding my particular case.


Details:

I’m playing my Nord Electro 5D through a Fender Super Reverb amp( I’m actually a guitar player discovering enjoying playing keyboards). 
I like my Farfisas and Hammonds through a slightly overdriven tube amp. 

Now, I’m playing more acoustic pianos (simple r&r stuff) and these sound terrible, flabby and lack of definition. For 
most of our gigs the PA is just for vocals, maybe a mic or two for drums, so I was thinking about a Roland amp but after reading the FAQ I'm looking a mono PA that could be use as a personal monitor inbigger gigs, so I don’t depend on the venue monitor mix only.



So, I'm looking for:

-A good reliable mono PA (not much van space) with enough power for small gigs with two guitar players and a loud drummer. 

-Not too heavy or too big.

-Good sound and bass extension for hammond and rock pianos (so 12 better than 10”, isn’t it?)
-Two channels and thru connection for a DI box, etc
.
-Budget: not too expensive bot too cheap :)


Questions:
Which one of those or do you think another brand or model will suit me better?
Yamaha 

DBR12

QSC CP12

Alto TS 412
Other brand or model?
Now I’m losing my tube overdriven sound so should I get a Vent 2 or Mini Vent with or without Tall and Fat for the organs?

 The Nord emulation but I don't think is great alone.
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Mono PA for small loud rock gigs

Postby Tasten-Bert » 10 Oct 2022, 19:57

Hi Maximo

and a very warm welcome to this great forum of nord enthusiasts.

For the organ sounds you mentioned, a tube amp seems lovely. I used to dream of Vox or Marshall amps for my Deep Purple covers. But a piano doesn‘t sound good there. I have this amp:

https://www.musicstore.de/de_DE/EUR/Fam ... 019474-000

which seems to give me all I need. I can play a great Jon Lord sound with it and my NE5D‘s internal distortion. My band has the same amp, so sometimes at small and middle sized locations we only use those two as the complete PA. Easy to carry and to adjust.

Cheers from Germany
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Re: Mono PA for small loud rock gigs

Postby catosim » 10 Oct 2022, 22:05

I would have tested a Bose system, maybe a second hand Bose L1 model2 (discounted).
https://www.proacousticsusa.com/brands/ ... odule.html
This system prefers a proprietary bose-mixer (different choices in the ToneMatch-mixers segment). A random mixer will work as well, but I recommend using balanced jack-cable in the analog jack-input of the base.
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