Sunn 215BH

[LuckyStrike]

I'm a total newbee so, be kind please.

Just scored a Sunn 215BH. Man! That thing is furniture. Big as a fridge!

Has two newer black widow speakers in it, but is missing the logo plate that goes on the front. If anyone has a Sunn logo plate for a 215 bass cab they will part with please contact me.

I have a Coliseum 300 head unit currently being fixed up by a local repair shop. It should be able to support a 2 Ohm system if you wanted to get all the power out of the head unit, according to what I have read. Stock this cab was a 4 Ohm unit. I'm not sure what version of black widows are in it currently so I'm unsure of what its actual Ohm rating would be. I'll take a look at the speakers soon.

I think I did OK on the deals. I got the head at a yard sale for $35.00, but it will take around $200.00 to fix whats wrong with it.

The 215BH, with black widow speakers, I scored for a cool $100.00

So, I should be into this rig for just around $335.00 Which, as far as I can tell, is not too bad.

Any advice on this setup is welcome. I'm playing on a borrowed EB3 in keeping with the vintage theme.

[zachoff]

Hell yeah, dude! I've seen 15" BWs go for $50 each without a cab.

[nysbob]

I had one of those for about 7 years.

Roaring low mids, no fun to move, but it'll gitter done.

I had JBLs in mine.

[BassGreaser]

NICE!! reminds me of an old Randal 2x15 cab I had for a short period of time as that sucker as HUGE and weighed way too much for me

[LuckyStrike]

Just playing some very simple early punk rock in a geezer garage band, so I'm thinking roaring low mids will be OK.

The handles are good and having casters on one side helps a lot. The weight is not really a problem for me (I'm 6' 188 and work out) but its size is just a bit awkward. However, the size is also a plus at the moment because I scares my band mates a bit... hehehe.

[tbirddad]

Nice! Brings back memories - I had two of those cabs - placed on either side of the drums - powered by a Sunn Coliseum head. Didn't like the eq much though, so I used an IVP Intersound preamp with it. Huge sound!

[will33]

That's a killer deal, especially since the amps been gone through and brought up to snuff. If you don't have an ohmeter, post the model #'s off the back of the speakers, we can tell what they are.

[craig.p]

I have fond memories of my 215BH back in the late '70s. IMO it was Sunn's best bass cab ever, even though it probably violated a slew of design rules that we take for granted today. (Or maybe it lurched uncontrollably into them and things just happened to work out.) Good luck with that thing!

[Blues Bass 2]

As long as you don't mind moving it around you did very well . The ones I heard in the 70's were with Sunn Concert heads and they sounded great back then to me . Seemed like they could go pretty deep and still stay loud and clear .

[KramerBassFan]

$335 for that whole rig?

You done' good!