S15D - Look at how many TB'ers pulled f/s ads and kept 'em!

[Standalone]

GK/Bag End Rig

Bag End S15 and Bag End S15d F.S. Only

Bag End S15D, Needs a Good Home!

FS Only - Bag End S15B-D

I just traded my Genz for a pair of Bag End S15D cabs. I ran a search on them to see what the going value is and what people have been saying about them. I sure love them-- they really suit my club rig needs.

The first page of results in the classifieds yielded a bunch of threads where the owner thought better of the sale and kept the cabs. The consensus among them seemed to be "they sound great, I'm keepin them!" I was psyched to see this.

[3rdcurve]

I have a pair that I have been toying with the idea of selling, but haven't been able to bring myself to do it.

[JGR]

Yup, they rule. Gonna pick up a pair of the S15L-D's sometime this year. Good tone never goes out of style.

[bassjam]

I used to have a pair and wish I still had them.

[Jeff Scott]

I sold both of mine over ten years ago and have not looked back. Maybe because mine had black carpet, not red.

[Standalone]

I guess no cab is a do-everything cab. I wouldn't have been able to trade my cab for them if they really were the perfect ideal holy grail cab of light loud lowness and able to pull off several different kinds of ideal tone.

The Red Carpet may be the key...

Tonight I'm going to fire up the protaflex and see what it sounds like running through one of them. Haven't heard it through a modern cab since everything I've had on hand has been 4 ohm.

[JGR]

I have a Fusion 550 on the way and am looking forward to pairing it with the 2xS15D stack. My 800 and 2001RB always sound/sounded great through them. I will shoot a video demo next week.

[MrLenny1]

I recently heard a pair with a GK 500 mini amp @ NE GTG. They kicked ^%$.
Sounded great when slapping too.

[Standalone]

Originally Posted by MrLenny1

Sounded great when slapping too.

Definitely. I have never had a slap tone or technique that was ready for prime time. Most of the time it's a matter of hard to tame volume and tone changes that happen when I switch from fingerstyle.

This was totally not the case with these cabs-- my slap tone is naturally compressed but still punchy, clear and defined. The volume falls right in line with everything else. Found out in rehearsal Monday that I can now somewhat credibly slap over my band's rendition of So Danco Samba.

[pudgychef]

I have been playing with a black carpet S15C that makes me want to try a S15D.....hmmmm or a pair of S12Ds....

[jasper383]

The s15 stack is a classic. Everything is there sound-wise, except the low lows.

There are lighter cabs nowadays, but if weight isn't a huge factor, used Bag Ends are maybe the best value out there.

[wave rider]

Who else uses a plastic food container to plug the port when not in use?

Caught my cat half inside mine one day...

=wr=

[One Drop]

Originally Posted by jasper383

The s15 stack is a classic. Everything is there sound-wise, except the low lows.

There are lighter cabs nowadays, but if weight isn't a huge factor, used Bag Ends are maybe the best value out there.

This! Those lack of low lows make it the perfect stage monitor as well, not flooding the stage and mucking up the FOH mix.

I use 1-2 for small stage gigs, the rest of time they are my home practice rig.

[Standalone]

Originally Posted by pudgychef

I have been playing with a black carpet S15C that makes me want to try a S15D.....hmmmm or a pair of S12Ds....

I think that the C refers only to the color of the carpet, and not to any functional difference, if I recall what I read in various threads. You could add either a -C or a -D and they'd match tonally, if not visually.

The TB'er I traded with needed a cab that could handle what his larger 800 Watt Markbass amp could throw at it in a larger two-guitar band rock setting. He soundedgreat through me MB. I think that I'll look to getting a third S15d to use with my 800RB if I ever need to get a bigger sound.

I don't know how the s12d cabs compare. I think a lot of what makes a Bag End cab what it is is the driver design. My first experience with BE was playing a used SWR Big Ben with the original spec Bag End driver in it. I was so impressed with the quick, lively, and full tone of the cab by itself that I changed my TB screen name to "Standalone."

[jnewmark]

Anyone ever tried the 15 cab with the coaxial tweeter?

[pudgychef]

Originally Posted by jnewmark

Anyone ever tried the 15 cab with the coaxial tweeter?

saw one for sale in Toronto ---- $500 they are asking!

[Count Bassie]

I finally did sell mine to a local venue- I needed the cash and they needed good speakers- they sound killer in there! Yeah, I'm kinda sorry alright. But they're still nearby, and I might get 'em back someday. Meanwhile I'm putting a 3015 into an old EAW cab. Keep walkin', keep playin'...

Effin' great cabs.

[wave rider]

Originally Posted by jnewmark

Anyone ever tried the 15 cab with the coaxial tweeter?

I've got a S-15LX-D, it's got the 15 w/coaxial tweeter in the same box that the 2x10 deep uses. Bigger than the S-15 but is said to go deeper. I find the tweeter smooth and easy enough to EQ with amp/bass since there is no attenuator. Lots of folks stack a S-15X-D on top of a S-15-D with pleasing results, at least that's what I've read in multiple Bag End threads.

=wr=

[Standalone]

I get all the snap I want/need sans tweeter.

[rok51]

Originally Posted by wave rider

Who else uses a plastic food container to plug the port when not in use?

Caught my cat half inside mine one day...

=wr=

did just the same with my Peavey 410TXs...the hole was just too inviting to critters!

Kim