Head And Cabinet Vs Combo

Head and cab for bass.

Head and cabinet vs combo.

Other than the lack of reverb in the tm18 head and the price difference are there any real benefits or disadvantages of one over the other. When it comes to the bass guitar the same main differences between a head and combo apply as outlined about. As a bassist i always found it much easier to find powerful compact heads and cabinets. The downside of combo amps is that the smaller ones usually aren t very loud and the bigger ones are very heavy.

So coming back to the topic of the article i have two choices either i go for the tm18 12 combo or i go for the tm18 and the tm112 cabinet. Many people do not know the difference between head cabinet stack and combo amps. The combo amp is a favorite in metropolitan cities like new york where a player might potentially carry his or her entire rig on a subway or might have to carry the whole rig up three flights of stairs to the gig. A head and cabinet rig splits the weight of the amp into two pieces and can be easier to move but the real difference is that in a traditional stack the cabinet is a 4 12 with a closed back.

Here is a brief discussion of the differences between these amps. Stack is another term for a guitar head cab rig the two components being stacked on top of each other. Combo the second configuration is a combo short for combination of both head and speaker cabinet. Jimi hendrix pete townshend slash and the like.

However there are a few additional considerations. The stack was made popular by the rockstars of old.