Bass Cabinets

[rickenbrother]

Just curious, what bass cabinets are you guys using for gigs and band rehearsals?
I usually use my Genz Benz NEO-X 212T. A very good sounding cab, but but I'm missing the sound of 10 inch speakers.

[woodyng]

My markbass cmd121p combo does both practice and bar gigs just fine. Occasionally i add a 2nd 1-12 Avatar cabinet. I like 12's these days,but i've used 2-15",,1-15 w/ 2-10's in the past. I have a minimark,but mostly use it to listen to Pandora throo my ipad.

[jps]

Try 8" drivers, Don at Low Down Sound has quite a reputation for making some killer 2-8 and 4-8 cabinets.

[antipodean]

I'm using a Schroeder mini 12 both as an extension cab for my GK 200MB combo and as the sole cab for my AC 50. I'm blown away be the big sound that I get from such a tiny cab....

[rickenbrother]

Try 8" drivers, Don at Low Down Sound has quite a reputation for making some killer 2-8 and 4-8 cabinets.

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned before that my favorite cabinet is the SWR Henry 8x8. I just don't feel like having to pickup that cab at the end of a night. I'd like to try the Markbass NY 4x8, but no GC near me has one in stock.

[johnallg]

Try 8" drivers, Don at Low Down Sound has quite a reputation for making some killer 2-8 and 4-8 cabinets.

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned before that my favorite cabinet is the SWR Henry 8x8. I just don't feel like having to pickup that cab at the end of a night. I'd like to try the Markbass NY 4x8, but no GC near me has one in stock.

yeah, but you can buy it sight unseen and when it gets in try it to see if you like it. What a business plan.....

[sloop_john_b]

Been using a Markbass Traveler 2x10 and a Standard 151 (1x15) for three years, but I'm selling the big 1x15 to get a smaller one - hopefully the Randy Jackson signature model, which I tried the other day and loved.

[jps]

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned before that my favorite cabinet is the SWR Henry 8x8. I just don't feel like having to pickup that cab at the end of a night. I'd like to try the Markbass NY 4x8, but no GC near me has one in stock.

Don can make you some very lightweight cabinets, it is amazing how much speaker technology has advanced since the days of Steve Rabe, as nice as his stuff was/is.

I did get to try two NYC804 cabinets, at NAMM 2010. Given the environment I was pretty impressed, but i did not crank it or play for too long as Jeff Berlin was getting ready to play then. The cabinets can be seen in this photo.

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Oh yeah, you asked what cabs we are currently using; I still use my two LDS cabs, and plan to for the foreseeable future, I might even ask Don to make a single 12 cabinet sometime.

[aceonbass]

Joey....I use a pair of GK NEO 2x10's. They sounded fine with the stock 16 Ohm Paragon speakers, but since I wanted them to be able to pull more power from my rig, I swapped them out for 8 Ohm Emminence DeltaLites. I think they're discontinued, but you can probably find some in stock or even used somewhere.

[qwezirider]

I have been very happy with my Avatar B410 Neo for the last year. Light, sharp sounding, boomy as I need when I need it.

[T28]

I interchangeably use either a GLASSTONE LIL'G or my fEARful 12/6/1 stack.

The Lil"G is my current favorite because it is small and compact, weighs about #28 and has 2-12" Faital Pro Neos running at 4 ohms.
It also has an OEM horn/tweeter with a adjustable 5K crossover which can really tweak the highs if you want to slap or have a brighter sound.

Either give me a huge sound in relatively small lightweight cabs.

[rickenbrother]

Joey....I use a pair of GK NEO 2x10's. They sounded fine with the stock 16 Ohm Paragon speakers, but since I wanted them to be able to pull more power from my rig, I swapped them out for 8 Ohm Emminence DeltaLites. I think they're discontinued, but you can probably find some in stock or even used somewhere.

I've been more interested in the GK MB combos and cabs since production was moved back to the US, I just wish they would list the full specs of their speaker cabs.

[aceonbass]

I've been more interested in the GK MB combos and cabs since production was moved back to the US, I just wish they would list the full specs of their speaker cabs.

My first NEO 2x10 was made here, while the second may have been made in China. The Emminence speakers I loaded them with were made here though. Each one of these cabs will take 500 watts without breaking a sweat, and they're modular in that they can be stacked in any configuration, or put on opposite ends of a stage. The mono signal out of my GK pre is split into stereo by my Zoom B3 and fed back into my Crown XLS 1000. They take the low B from my 4004CiiV and put my drummer (who never thought a 10" was a usable speaker for bass) and put him right in his place. These cabs are covered in Tolex and have nice heavy metal speaker grills, but part of the cost cutting measures taken to keep prices down when they came back to the US was to go with spray on textured covering and cloth grill covers.

[rickyfricky]

For larger venues: Ampeg SVT 410HLF cabinet powered with a GK 1001 RB.

Smaller rooms: SWR Wokingman's Pro ( ) Single 12 Combo.

Lately in rehearsal: Leslie 825 cabinet and pre-amp, and Fender '65 RI Twin Reject (Ric-O-Sound with bass p/u to the Leslie and treble p/u to the Twin).

This just in: Rickenbacker TR120B.

[aceonbass]

I used to have a pair of Ampeg SVT 410HLF's. Best cabs ever, but since I no longer have an SUV and didn't want to have to depend on anyone helping me load up gear, I went with the more portable and modular concept of a 4x10 split in half.