Good cab for my Carvin B1500

[ariff]

I bought a Carvin B1500 head a few years ago and have been playing it through my old Carvin RL 4x10 and 1x15. I have decided it is time to upgrade. I have had the old RL cabs for about 12 years. They have served me well but it is time to move on. Now I have to decide what to get to replace them. I play in a few bands punk rock and Cover band (mostley rock n roll covers). So I am hoping to get something that will work well with both typs of music. I have considered two BRX 10.4N cabs, Mesa boogie powerhouse 8x10 or 4x12, and GK 4x12 neo. I,d like to stay under the $1000.00 price tag. Anyone have any other suggestions to look into? Or any thoughts on what I am currently looking at?
Thanks!

[Blues Cat]

With that much power available you should be looking at an LDS 156

[ariff]

LDS 156.. Who makes this cab?
Thanks..

[Mo'Phat]

Low Down Sound (LDS) makes custom cabinets. The 15/6 is loosely based on the fEarful cabinets that Talkbass member Greenboy designed. It's a full-range cabinet which utilizes the Eminence Kappalite 3015LF 15" woofer, coupled with either an Eminence Alpha or 18Sound 6" midrange driver.

Capable of huge power handling, and an extremely wide frequency range without the compromises most commercial cabinets have.

If you want big (which looks like what you're going for), LDS can make you pretty much anything you want for less than $1,000.

[Mo'Phat]

You already have the Carvin BRX10.4 listed, and the Mesas...which are what I'd suggest for the sound you're trying to achieve. Others might be the Bergantino NV series, Genz Benz Uber or XB series, etc.

[Sparkdog]

I don't know what THE cab for you would be, but I will share my experience in mating my B1500 with a few different cabs.

Carvin BRX10.4neo - Nice cab, seemed like it could take anything the head could dish out, but the tone never quite knocked me out. Heavy too, especially for a neo.

Carvin BR810 - Great cab! All the highs, lows, and presence you could ask for. Not even all that heavy for an 8x10 at 118 pounds, but until I have roadies and don't have to deal with soundmen and club owners asking why I brought the bass boat onstage it's too much.

GK 412 neo - Awesome box, just crushes with the B1500. Heavy, but not awful at 99 pounds on casters. I probably would have gone with this one had I not found...

Schroeder BMF412 neo - This bad boy has 810ish character and output, big fat mids, and is truly fear inducing with the B1500. And it weighs 65 pounds. That ended the search for me. Disclaimer: I only use this rig in

1. Really big rooms
2. Outdoors
3. With stupid-loud rock bands.

It's really overkill for most of the gigs I play, which get handled with a GK MB212 combo.

Happy hunting.

[39-Bassist]

I play a Carvin Bx1200 and I have used ALOT of different cabs (and I have used carvin cab also for years) and my BEST sounding cab for ALL different types of music, metal, blues, jazz has come with me using Accugroove "EL Whappo" your amp WILL project and sound great! Just my humble opinion. Good luck on your decision.

[ariff]

Thanks for the other ideas.. I am looking for the cab to give me a few different sounds. In my punk rock gig I compete with two guitar players one with a Mesa Dual rectifier and a orange 4x12 the other has a VHT head and 4x12. So it is loud. I'll need to be able to cut through in the mids and highs with my Stingray. Now on the other hand with the cover band mostly playing 70's and 80's rock tunes I like the more low end punch and not cutting through so much in the highs. Using my P bass and Stingray HH. So there is my dilemma I need to kill two birds with one stone ;>)
And since pretty much what I have known for the last 12 years has be the 4x10 and 1x15 combo I am looking to educate me on other options out there that might be better for me. Specially if I plan on dropping a grand or so on it.
Thanks guys.. Keep the ideas comming.

[jellymax]

how about a Berg NV610? i have seen them used for 750-800

[Mo'Phat]

PS> in 99% of the cases, a 4x10 plus a 1x15 is a really bad match. It was a marketing ploy for music stores to convince you that you needed MORE BASS!!!1 when you were just going to buy that 4x10.

You could get a Mesa or Gallien Krueger 4x12, so you'll know you at least have the same cone area as one of your guitarists.

If you haven't checked out Low Down Sound or the Fearful threads...Lost of good 'covers all bases' options there. There's even a 2x15/2x6 option that would crush both of your guitarists.

[groovaholic]

Your least expensive option would be to just buy another 410 to go with the one you have.

There's some very nice "more than the sum of it's parts" action that goes on when you play through multiple 410s.

I'd say, play into your existing Carvin 410 and try to identify what it does well and what it needs help with.

Then, find a 410 that gives you those qualities.

I used to play through a Peavey 410TX--a seriously underrated cab that had big lows and highs, but a bit too much mid scoop to punch through in loud situations.

At one rehearsal, a friend of the band had his Mesa/Boogie 410 there and it had this really growly midrange bark--didn't sound great by itself, but when I stacked it on top of my 410TX, the sound was HUGE; they totally filled each other's voids.

Sadly, the guy would not sell his Mesa cab...

But, I've been sporting a pair of Sunn 410's since 1999 and nothing has ever been able to knock them out of my stable.

Good luck in your quest!

[rpsands]

A pair of Jack 112s with 3012HOs, given your genre. They're so insanely loud I doubt you'd need much more.

[ariff]

I picked up a Mesa Power House 8x10 here locally and it sounds great.. Thanks for all the ideas.

[elolomet]

I run mine thru a Schroeder 610L....
AMAZING!!!!

[greenboy]

One or two of these will smite thine enemies, gather a harem unto thee, endow thy loins with progeny unto a dynasty, and maketh thou a legend:

[jeff7bass]

Great Googly Moogly!!

[ariff]

That thing is Awesome.. What is it?

[Jaco who?]

Originally Posted by groovaholic

Your least expensive option would be to just buy another 410 to go with the one you have.

Don't get the two month old revival like it was yesterday, but what the heck, unless he gets another old beat to heck RL410, any other 410 will be different enough t/s wise to be a crap shoot anyway. (ahh, infamous tb overworked phrases, gotta' love 'em)

I say a pair of the fEarfull 2x15/6.6 too, mmmmmmmm good.

[vinxbass]

I'd say go with the BRX10.4, a real unsung hero of a cab. It's a real winner.

[greenboy]