Bag End Club. - Page 18

WildWes · #**341** 09-09-2012, 09:23 AM

Received these BE 15's from a TB'er last Thursday. Sweet!

emblymouse · #**342** 09-09-2012, 09:27 AM

Greetin's! I have a fresh stack in birch S12 and S15. Just breaking them in, they sound great with the little Mesa Boogie head.

JGR · #**343** 09-09-2012, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by emblymouse

Greetin's! I have a fresh stack in birch S12 and S15. Just breaking them in, they sound great with the little Mesa Boogie head.

Feakin beautiful! I've been thinking about a WA head for my S15 stack for a long time. How do you love it?!!

BassManPatsFan · #**344** 10-04-2012, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by emblymouse

Greetin's! I have a fresh stack in birch S12 and S15. Just breaking them in, they sound great with the little Mesa Boogie head.

Awesome rig! I say that because I will have an almost identical one in a few days. I have the WA head, but I'm in the process of upgrading from the Scout 112 cab to a BE S12-D and S15-D. The 12 just arrived at my apartment a few hours ago and I should have one of the 15s in my possession soon.

One question for you and other Bag End enthusiasts: Do you ever miss having a tweeter? Many of the S cabs are tweeter-less and I know a lot of you stack multiple tweeterless BE cabs, so do you ever miss them? I play rock music and like more of a vintage sound. I don't slap and I have no interest in the hifi kind of tone, so I don't think I'll need a tweeter, but I just want to make sure.

EduardoK · #**345** 10-04-2012, 05:46 PM

Hi Alex,
Congrats on your wise decision to go with BagEnds
Welcome to the BagEnd club!!!
A small but very loyal club and for very good reasons!
Nope, you'll never miss having a tweeter, even if you slap now and then...

How do your like your new Fano? Drop me a PM.

chetmz · #**346** 10-04-2012, 06:08 PM

I have the same S15 and S12 powered by either an Ampeg PF500 or Eden WT330. For the sound I am looking for (basically a smooth, full old school tone), I don't miss a tweeter.

BassManPatsFan · #**347** 10-04-2012, 11:04 PM

Thanks for the input, guys. S12-D/S-15D stack here I come!

winston · #**348** 10-05-2012, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by BassManPatsFan

Thanks for the input, guys. S12-D/S-15D stack here I come!

Sounds great! Are you gigging in the Bay Area?

BassManPatsFan · #**349** 10-07-2012, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by winston

Sounds great! Are you gigging in the Bay Area?

Yep! My band, Adios Amigo, just played the Elbo room in the Mission Friday night. Now we might do a little recording, but our next show is Nov. 3rd at the Makeout room.

This might be a silly question, but what's the difference between the two power handling ratings on Bag End cabs? Both the S12 and S15-D are rated at 200 watts continuous sine wave power handling and 400 watts music program power handling. What's the difference? I ask because although I'll use both cabs when I play live at loud volumes, I plan on using just one to practice by myself. My walkabout is 300 watts at 4 ohms and 150 at 8, so I guess it doesn't matter, but I'm curious as to what the difference is.

I should have the S15-d in a couple days. I'll post a pic of my stack when I receive it. Loving the S12-D so far!

emblymouse · #**350** 10-08-2012, 09:12 AM

Big YAY for your soon to be stack! It is different that a 2 S15 stack.

I've been gigging just the S12 lately and I'm actually starting to prefer it to using just the S15. I never noticed before, but the handles on it are installed the opposite way as the S15 which let's me turn it sideways and use the handle as a tilt up. I don't know if this is intentional but it is handy as hell.
I always assumed the power handling specs were like the old days of 'RMS' and 'Peak'. I gotta tell ya tho, I've been abusing Bag Ends for 25 years and never lunched one, even running 800W bridged into 2 big 15's.

EduardoK · #**351** 10-08-2012, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by emblymouse [/QUOTE

is different that a 2 S15 stack.

I've been gigging just the S12 lately and I'm actually starting to prefer it to using just the S15

Could you please elaborate?
Hoy do S12s and S15s compare tone wise, alone and stalked?

BassManPatsFan · #**352** 10-12-2012, 07:33 PM

Count me officially in!

My apartment has bad lighting and the only camera I have is the iPhone, so excuse my poor photo.

Just got the S-15D today to complete my rig! Sounds incredible so far. The true test will be on 10/25 during the next gig. I'll try to take some better pictures then.

larryelwood · #**353** 12-30-2012, 10:17 PM

Hey all,

Curious how the s12 compares to the s15 vol and tone wise? and btw- I have a mint s15x-d I'm looking to trade for a s15d or an s12d.....pm me. Thx!

emblymouse · #**354** 12-31-2012, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by larryelwood

Hey all,

Curious how the s12 compares to the s15 vol and tone wise? and btw- I have a mint s15x-d I'm looking to trade for a s15d or an s12d.....pm me. Thx!

I've done both combinations, it's good either way! You won't lose any volume with a 12 in there. I transitioned away from horns and tweeters and the s12-s15, it is a good middle ground. The 12 on the top will get you some more clarity on stage. I can't say you'd notice any appreciable difference out in the crowd though.
For me it's also more flexible in that I use the 12 for EUB gigs. it just sounds better with that. They stack perfectly but the s12 only saves you a couple lbs.

voodoobassist · #**355** 01-04-2013, 05:19 PM

Maiden voyage of my s15/s12 rig last night. Running them with a GB 12.0 shuttlemax. The results were very impressive, clean, clear, punchy and loud! One of the biggest and best, IMHO, things that I noticed about this rig, was how much it cleaned up the stage mix. None of the typical "big boom" of most bass cabs muddying things up, but still plenty of solid low end response. One other big plus, the entire rig fits into my 2 seater roadster!

Glad to be back in the Bag End world again. These little boxes are the shiz!

JGR · #**356** 01-04-2013, 05:39 PM

Here's the impedance curve of an S15D I just measured in case anyone is interested.

iammr2 · #**357** 01-04-2013, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by JGR

Here's the impedance curve of an S15D I just measured in case anyone is interested.

Very nice, JGR. And thank you.

Can you do a frequency plot too?

JGR · #**358** 01-04-2013, 06:48 PM

Not yet, but I hope to get something that will allow me to in the near future, and will certainly post when I do.

voodoobassist · #**359** 01-06-2013, 07:12 PM

Well,..I really didn't NEED this,...but,...I picked up a BE S15B-D today off GC's used site. I have an S15D and a S12D,....but when I saw the price,.....there was no way to resist! Are you ready for this???.........Are you sure????...I'd suggest sitting down if you're not already........

The price was,..........$49.99, plus 20 bucks for shipping!!!

The sales guy plugged it in and put it through it's paces and called back and said it was solid as a rock. Hell,...for $69.99 I won't be upset if it arrives with the speaker shredded! Should arrive late this week,....will let you all know how it turned out. I'm still in shock, awe and disbelief myself!

Got2SadowskyNYC · #**360** 01-06-2013, 07:36 PM

I didn't notice any Bag End artist endorsers on the list so i guess I'm the first.

My PQ10BXD. I'm the only one running a Bag End power section.

Myself, Jim Wischmeyer the CEO of Bag End, and the guy that played bass for Brian Setzer. I can't remember his name. This was right be fore the floor closed, on the last day the NAMM show a couple of years a go. We were all really tired.