Avatar TB153...talk to me about it...ok?

[raul]

yes...gonna go for an Avatar TB153 but first want some feedback on it...tell me about this cab, ok? i really want to know about it. won't you please tell me of your experiences with it? i would love that!

i almost got an Ampeg 410HLF but this Avatar TB153 just seems like a bomb diggady bomb of a cab...right? isn't it? i hope so...TB153 tell me about it...

[billfitzmaurice]

Originally Posted by raul

yes...gonna go for an Avatar TB153 but first want some feedback on it...tell me about this cab, ok? i really want to know about it. won't you please tell me of your experiences with it? i would love that!

i almost got an Ampeg 410HLF but this Avatar TB153 just seems like a bomb diggady bomb of a cab...right? isn't it? i hope so...TB153 tell me about it...

Search Avatar 153, there are more than a few very long threads about it already posted.

[jlepre]

Start here:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/search...archid=8100405

[raul]

cool did some searching...looks like a good one, no a great one! TB153 instead of an Ampeg 410HLF...ok, i guess so...that's what it is...seem slike the TB153 will have the great lows of the 410HLF but will offer much more rich tone with that big speaker and be able to have a nice upper range...

[wcriley]

Or kick it a notch and buy/build a fEARful.

[raul]

ok...threads on fEARful are looooong...where does one buy a ready built fEARful? i have no wood shop skills at all. where do you buy one? are they super expensive?

[Bean639]

I suggest before you buy anything, spend and hour a day for 2 months reading. TB is a great jumping off point, then the rest of the interweb is only a click away. Good luck!

SideNote... Don't let that time take away from your practice time. Trust me.

[wcriley]

Originally Posted by raul

ok...threads on fEARful are looooong...where does one buy a ready built fEARful? i have no wood shop skills at all. where do you buy one? are they super expensive?

List of authorized builders:
fEARful™ enclosures for bass/drums/keys

Also, you can get lots of info here:
fEARful

To see build threads by someone with "no wood shop skills at all" look here (built from scratch):
Wcriley - TalkBass Wiki

and here (built from a kit):
fEARful 12/6 Flatpack Deluxe Kit From Speaker Hardware Build Thread & Review

[AwkwardLoudness]

I have a couple TB153 cabs. They are f***in awesome. They sound best from at least 20 to 30 feet away. LOUD in the low mids. The Eminence 3015LF speaker is a beast. The sound is very modern, clear, defined, and articulate. I don't just use them for bass playing....I also listen to music through them.

The fEarful 15/6 and similar Low Down Sound nEarful are a tad better: lower weight, larger port, tuned a little better.

[wardak]

Just plain awesome, is what I think of my 153. I like the sound of a 15" bass cab though... And I like a 2x10 with a 1x15 type rig.

I use it with an Eden E210XST, a GK1001RB and a SansAmp VT. Does anything I want, very capable in terms of volume--highest I've used on a gig is "2" or 9 o'clock on the main Vol. Lots of full, beautiful bass, any EQing that I might do usually has to do with adding or going flat on mids, along with some Character and drive adjustments on the VT pedal. I like the Eden tweeter better. Never short on bass with flat EQ, even down thru low B, that rig just sounds right to me.

[MichaelVee]

The price keeps popping up on the TB153s. That was their advantage. Not so much now.

The fEarful kits from Leland Crooks are not that much more expensive at this point if you can handle the assembly and finishing.