sealed 15" or similar for large wattage tube amp?

ZisBass · #1 01-21-2011, 11:58 AM

I've been playing in a new project/band that's a guitarist on an ac-15 and some drum machines/real drums.

Anyhoo I've got the big aggie 680/728 which I bought about 5 years ago and paired with an epi 410 ul. For 13 years before that I was playing a peavey 210 combo that finally ate it. So I don't have huge experience with tube amps in general. I'm not completely happy with the epi and think I want to sell it/trade it.

Since I've been playing for the past 5 years I've evolved my niche of bass land- no tweeter, flatwound strings, p-pickup only 99% of the time.

The one time I played an svt/810 I loved it. Recently I also played through a sealed 15" peavey cab and was really happy with it. I also share a practice space with a bassist that uses a bassman 135 head with a sealed GK 2x10 that I think sounds great.

I'm in NYC so the 810 is kinda way overkill size wise. And playing with a cranked ac-15 I could probably even get away with a single speaker cab. Since I won't be one of the 50 getting the heritage b-15 what are my options cab wise?

NV-412 - I think I'd really like this but it's big
bag end sealed 12/15/18
Orange 15 (ported I think)
2 ampeg sealed 2x10s

Looking for larger cones, tweeterless, sealed stuff...suggestions?

rpsands · #2 01-21-2011, 12:00 PM

Two Basslite S2012's in a sealed box, 2cf per woofer.

That's how I'd roll anyway if I were going to do an affordable sealed box for a tube amp.

JimmyM · #3 01-21-2011, 12:02 PM

i'd wait until the ampeg portaflex cabs come out. one will be a sealed 115. price is right...$400. march is the proposed release date in the us.

**Freddels** · #4 01-21-2011, 01:07 PM

The Bag Ends are not sealed. They're ported. However, I would think that any cab without a tweeter would work pretty well with a tube amp. A pair of Bag End 15's sounds great with mine.

ZisBass · #5 01-21-2011, 04:38 PM

Is that portaflex sealed 15" the only one on the market right now? That sounds like the sweet spot, especially as I could probably sell the epifani and have a little cash left over.

I think bag end had a sealed 18" that was supposed to use the infra processor but I'd be curious to plug it straight into 400 tube watts and see how it sounds. not sure if they still make it and never seen one in reality but thanks to the internets I know at one point that dinosaur existed.

thanks guys.