mvdrums Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I had 12 ea. KP 480,s and 8 ea. Kp 302's toured 31 states. Ahhh, the stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxr dad Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 What the??? You cant leave us hanging like that... tell some stories!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdrums Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 O.K. Here's one. ........ . . . . ... Leaving a gig in K.C. MO., headed to a gig in Rapid City S.D. Someone forgot to shut the back door on the truck. Four K.P. 302's, two K.P. 480's and a Hammond B-3 ended up tumbling on I-90 at 68 mph. Everything worked at the next gig except the B-3. It was in about 68 pieces. Quite an emotional moment to see a vintage organ spread out on the highway. The cabs were really beat up, but worked. -Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxr dad Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Yikes! Thats not a story, thats a nightmare! At least you noticed em and was able to stop and get em back. Thats a hell of a testament of how well built those babies are. Well, except the organ. Did you put your boot up someones arse for that mishap??? That would suck looking in mirror and seeing these things flopping down the road!! Let me know your schedule, I may have to follow you around for a little while. Get me some KP's!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdrums Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 Actually, after everybody pointing fingers at each other, we arrived at the conclusion that the door probably was not latched all the way and a bump in the road jarred it open spilling out what was on the end of the truck. What I could not believe was one of the subs was made of wafer-board, and one marine ply. Same thing with the 302's. A couple were wafer-board. If I remember correctly, the ones covered in rat fur were wafer-board. -Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djk Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) I used a block of four LaScala per side, with a custom 48" wide dual 12 horn mid, with a pair of K400, with a MCM 1900 curved five-piezo tweeter array on top (circa 1981). http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g196/dkleitsch/dual12MantaRay.jpg (48" wide dual 12 horn mid) I carried twelve LaScala, but never ran more than eight. The K400 sounds fine when crossed over at 800hz (or higher), and the piezos sounded better than the JBL 2445 (titanium). A pair of the Atlas drivers ($68 pr), five piezos ($27), and the K400 (in fiberglass at $48 pr). were also a lot more affordable than the JBL 2380/2445 combo. Had a LaScala bottom go down two flights of stairs, and smash through the wall at the landing (cabinet intact, bent frame on the woofer). Edited April 6, 2015 by djk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdrums Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 Now that's a cool rig. Good thing there was nobody down below. -Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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