What is your favorite cab for your upright

[Ric Vice]

Originally Posted by DukeLeJeune

I've done some protoyping with the Faital 8PR200, and think I could build a pretty decent double-bass cab using a pair of them. But it would fall short of a Kappalite 12-based cab on electric bass, so it would sort of be a one-trick pony unless I marketed it for other instruments as well. I'm not sure there's really a market niche for such a cab at this time.

Mike mentioned that I use a 15" Faital woofer in one of my recent cabs, and I've been very happy with it. Not quite the air-moving ability of the 15" Kappalite variant I use, but still very capable.

Duke,
Judging the differences between a Euphonic Audio VL 108 and the Euphonic Audio VL 208, I'd say you are right on the mark. If you have to push the single 8" speaker in the VL 108, it just can't keep up. I'm sure that the Crazy 8's are much better at handling that, since they use the Faital. I think it would be very sweet to hear a two eight Faital cabinet combined with that exquisite crossover and horn the you use in the TC 112, but ultimately you're probably building a cabinet for a niche market, where others have already built a very fine product. There's also the weight differential between a single 8 and a pair of them, in the VL Cabinets it was one of the factors that bumped the weight of a VL 208 to 48 lbs., vs the weight of a VL 108, that was 27 lbs. In the end, the TC 112 is all I'll ever need. I used it last week in a club and the sonic results were stellar, all the other players loved it, and so did the audience.


Ric

[kerrycares]

http://youtu.be/JA8K-UXuAh4

I just played one of these and loved it.

I tried the:

Acme B1 Series III
Phil Jones Flightcase 150
Eden 210
Genz Benz Neo 112
Genz Benz 110
GK 112

[Vunz]

Glockenklang Acoustic Art.

Cheers,
Vincent

[McGryff]

Originally Posted by jobo4

I'm using the TC Elec BG250. Sort of low end compared to the suggestions so far, but at 35 lb. and 250w it is plenty for me.

Glad to see someone else using this amp for upright. I've experimented with it a little, and I've gotten a good sound out of it without too much of a fuss. I do get a low-mid "pop" I don't like too much, but only on the E string. I'll figure out how to EQ it out sooner or later.

As an aside, the BG250 is golden with my P-Bass.

[lrhbass]

Using the
Thunderchld at the moment ,a great cabinet for upright and electric.At the moment awaiting the arrival of the Big E.The quest never ends for tone....

[Jazz Cat]

Avatar SB112 ceramic. More info found here: Doubler Setup: Avatar SB112 and AI Focus SIII 2R Amp

[powerbass]

I have a Crazy 8 by Mike Arnapol that is fantastic. I use it for big band, small group acoustic groups and a loud sextet. My bass is a Thompson RM200/Hybrid, the pickup is a Rev Solo II and the amp is a Genz Benz Shuttle 3.0. I prefer to go directly into the amp and not use a pre. I have an Fdeck pre ver 2.0. The tone is richer going direct into the amp. My favorite application is small group acoustic gigs where I use just a touch of amp volume to fill out my sound, "my bass only louder". The cab is ridiculously light too.