10’s for short scale - any truth to this?

[project_c]

Heard someone mention that 110's and 210's are the best cabs for short scale basses, I'm struggling to work out the reason or if there's any truth to this.

My experience is that 15's can maybe sound a little boomy, and 410's sound great with almost anything, but I've never thought that a particular speaker size is best for any specific scale length.

 

[bholder]

Nonsense. Hogwash. Whackadoodle ridculosity.

 

[gtirard]

It's a double nonsense:

1. There's no such rule like "10's sound like this, 12's sound like that, 15's sound like blablabla". It's different for every brand, model. For example Barefaced have a 10 inch series of cabs that sound "colored", and the 12 inch "neutral", while Jad Freer makes the exact opposite.

2. There's not such rule short scale sound better on some amps than others…

 

[ezstep]

It must be true. I saw it on the interwebz.

 

[WRM]

I always figured the job of the amplification system was simply to make the sound of the instrument "louder". I doubt many folks can "hear" scale-length, or driver diameter, differences in a "blind test"?...

 

[Aussie Player]

Heard someone mention that 110's and 210's are the best cabs for short scale basses, I'm struggling to work out the reason or if there's any truth to this.

My experience is that 15's can maybe sound a little boomy, and 410's sound great with almost anything, but I've never thought that a particular speaker size is best for any specific scale length.

Never heard that in over 50years playing short scales and 15", 12's and 10' in sealed and ported cabs and combinations of both. It's nonsence and certainly not based on anything substantive.

 

[gln1955]

Besides 10's, 12's or 15's not all sounding the same, not all short scale basses sound the same. The whole idea is simply absurd.

 

[5StringBlues]

 

[Killing Floor]

Best thing is to stack 18" for your B, 15"for your E, 12" for your A string, 10" for your D and 8" for your G.

 

[abarson]

Heard someone mention that 110's and 210's are the best cabs for short scale basses, I'm struggling to work out the reason or if there's any truth to this.

My experience is that 15's can maybe sound a little boomy, and 410's sound great with almost anything, but I've never thought that a particular speaker size is best for any specific scale length.

I don't know where you are getting such opinions from but avoid their advice on places to eat and stocks to purchase as well.
And for heaven's sake don't marry into the family.

 

[Andre678]

.... Whackadoodle ridculosity.

Ridiculosity. I hope I remember this word if I ever get a chance to use it. Very nice.

 

[micguy]

A short scale bass isn't fundamentally different enough than a full scale one to make different demands on amplification of cabinets.

The only thing you can say for certain about different driver sizes is that, if they have the same linear excursion (aka Xmax in the Thiele - Small parameters), you will likely need more drivers if they're smaller, and that has nothing to do with the scale of your bass.

 

[bottomzone]

Where are you getting this erroneous information from? Please let us know.

 

[Hounddog409]

Heard someone mention that 110's and 210's are the best cabs for short scale basses, I'm struggling to work out the reason or if there's any truth to this.

My experience is that 15's can maybe sound a little boomy, and 410's sound great with almost anything, but I've never thought that a particular speaker size is best for any specific scale length.

Um. My short scale bass sounds like my regular bass. Both kick as througg 2 1x15 cabs amd my mesa D800......

 

[Bassdrifter]

I have heard that IEMs are the best option for an U bass. For transport.

 

[lightninz]

Best thing is to stack 18" for your B, 15"for your E, 12" for your A string, 10" for your D and 8" for your G.

OMGGGG, that's is absolutely the best idea ever.
[insert mindblown meme]

 

[agedhorse]

That's not an idea I've heard before either.

 

[lunarpollen]

in my opinion, 2x12 is the best cabinet for all basses and guitars

 

[WRM]

in my opinion, 2x12 is the best cabinet for all basses and guitars

Or, in my case, stacked 112s?...

 

[Pings Bass]

Somebody told me in the 00s that 18s are bad for stage use because the sound waves they produce are too long to hear at close distance.

Me knowing enough about physics to be dangerous: you're saying the wave length of a given note varies with speaker size?

Anyway... Any decent bass amp with any decent bass will do ya fine.