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15" club

I played a Sunn 215B loaded w/JBL's back in the 80's... Got this beautiful Accugroove Tri-115L last year.
 

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yo man, love the 15 inch sound, but im 50.. back in the day thats what we all used and we still sound good..jammin a mid 90's model peavey combo 115 now,300 watts still sounds great...i might ,just coz im gettin a little pressure from outside sources ,pre amp a 2-10 on top,but these same peps suggested a new rig some time back and wanted me to go 4-10 ,and no 15 ,they still wear the scares from that day...15 for life....
 
Sweet rig and sexy P-Bass! Slightly off-topic: what's up with your E-string?

Heh, that's my unique setup. I did a lot of experimenting with all
kinds of stings (it was a very expensive experiment by the way). I found
that I liked TI Jazz flatwounds best on the high end. However, they
sounded very dull on the E. They lacked that classic old school P-bass
growl which the Fender 8250 roundcore(taperwounds) gave me.
After some more experimenting, I found that the Fender 8250 E and
A strings transition very nicely into the TI Jazz A, D and G strings.
I could have chosen either the Fender or the TI string for A and it would
sound almost identical.

So, I ended up with a Fender 8250 roundwound on the E and TI Jazz
flatwounds on the A, D and G. I think the setup sounds great --
especially through a 215. :D

So, that's just my oddity. Don't knock it until you've tried it.
 
lol I do the opposite. I string flatwounds on all and then add a roundwound for the G string. I like the sharper tone for pops. It works for me.

Heh, that's my unique setup. I did a lot of experimenting with all
kinds of stings (it was a very expensive experiment by the way). I found
that I liked TI Jazz flatwounds best on the high end. However, they
sounded very dull on the E. They lacked that classic old school P-bass
growl which the Fender 8250 roundcore(taperwounds) gave me.
After some more experimenting, I found that the Fender 8250 E and
A strings transition very nicely into the TI Jazz A, D and G strings.
I could have chosen either the Fender or the TI string for A and it would
sound almost identical.

So, I ended up with a Fender 8250 roundwound on the E and TI Jazz
flatwounds on the A, D and G. I think the setup sounds great --
especially through a 215. :D

So, that's just my oddity. Don't knock it until you've tried it.