Fair enough. Thats a good price if its legit.I'll tell you tomorrow after I buy it.
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215 Cabinet's. I have seen the light!
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ah ok! That got me too! I rang them about that a few weeks ago and of course it is their website out of date. I think you will find they don't have any unfortunately. I ended up buying a Super Bassman from them for just a little more.
I also saw the Gumtree ad that the seller of your cab was running recently and thought it was a great rig but like you said, the head is a bit overpriced even considering the price of a new SB300.
I used to play through a Fender Bassman with 2 15s in the 70s & 80s. I loved it. It served me very well indoors and outdoors. If you like the sound then by all means go for it bro! 
It would nice to see Ampeg make a sealed 215, with Classic and nubby options. Enough with this ported stuff. Only problem would be they'd put different tolex on it, and the guys with nubby would have to "upgrade" to the Heritage line cause they know we're freaks about that stuff.
It's just like Harley...for years you either had a Evo or a Shovel, they never changed the frames for the bikes. You had many aftermarket options that fit everything. Now, they change frames, engines, everything every couple of years to stay ahead of them and you have to buy EVERYTHING from Harley.
And IMHO, all the new Harleys look like they have been dragged through a Kuryakyn book.
It's just like Harley...for years you either had a Evo or a Shovel, they never changed the frames for the bikes. You had many aftermarket options that fit everything. Now, they change frames, engines, everything every couple of years to stay ahead of them and you have to buy EVERYTHING from Harley.
And IMHO, all the new Harleys look like they have been dragged through a Kuryakyn book.
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I use 2 115s and a 410 but I play metal. If I didn't I'd use a 215 for everything!
Very underappreciated cabs, IMO. It's really pretty hard to make them sound bad.
Those are Down Under drivers? Can find precious little info. Do you know specs, especially sensitivity & Xmax? What did you pay for the cab?
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
It isn't the size of the speaker. If you aren't lifting it, we all know the goodness of the Ampeg 8x10.
If you are willing to do some lifting, you can get great deals on great sounding heavier cabs.
If you are willing to do some lifting, you can get great deals on great sounding heavier cabs.
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Yikes!
I sure hope it sounds good because your wallet and your back are going to hate you.
it is my understanding that the 300 pro is the better of the two heads since it has revisions that make it a better operating head. same tone as the sunn.
I LOVE my Trace Elliot 1528 cab. It's lighter than my Trace 1048 and incredible sounding. My low B is effortless, deep, real and pushes more air than a hurricane. Here's a pic of it on stage beneath my AH500X head (I left the rest of the rig at our practice space).
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OMG, I had that same Trace rig for years!
loved it!
Sold it to some kid who wanted to play punk rock, and he was sold the moment the first note came out of that thing.
I carried 2 215's for years, and really it just got to the point where the PA was pushing more than my cabinets, and that is when I went small.
I did the MB Road Ready cabs, and those things were beasts to carry but sounded so good!
Enjoy it while you can, cause one day you will be all into the 3.8 lb class D flavor of the moment because it is so light and easy to load.
loved it!
Sold it to some kid who wanted to play punk rock, and he was sold the moment the first note came out of that thing.
I carried 2 215's for years, and really it just got to the point where the PA was pushing more than my cabinets, and that is when I went small.
I did the MB Road Ready cabs, and those things were beasts to carry but sounded so good!
Enjoy it while you can, cause one day you will be all into the 3.8 lb class D flavor of the moment because it is so light and easy to load.
Cool! 2 2x15's would be incredible! Trace actually made a 4 x 15 (I've seen one - once), which is too big for anything other than a semi and a road crew to deal with... but wow... 2 2x15 cabs... I can feel the ground shaking at the thought of it.
Running a pair of 12's now but thinking of going back to at least a single 15. There's just something about 15" drivers.
yes .. another convert!........I use a Acoustic 370 with a Acoustic 106 (2-15") cab, nothing like it.
