4x10 w/ or without tweet...

Unless you're using the cabinet as the sole bass speaker for FOH, a tweeter is kinda pointless.

If the cabinet is being mic'ed, chances are the mic placement won't pickup HF content from the tweeter, so in the end the tweeter is really only for your own stage sound/monitoring.

If you're not mic'ing or DI'ing your rig into a PA, and using the cabinet's stage sound as the FOH sound, then a tweeter *might* help the sound "sing" a bit more.

I'm always mic or DI into a PA, so I ignore the tweeter on my 4x10 (I also continually blow the protection bulb also which annoys me).

 

whats a tweeter anyways??

 

The high-frequency driver (speaker) in a cabinet that reproduces all the treble sizzle.

 

Off to Amps.

 

I have a Tweeter in my Ampeg 4 10 and I keep it almost all the way off anyway so, I vote no Tweet!
I haven't heard one I liked yet!
JMHO

 

I voted tweeter.

It seems to bring out my pbass with the quarter pounders and SVT head.

It's overkill with the stingray.

I have not tried it with a G&L yet.

Makes the jazz more slap/pop friendly.

 

Xnay on tweeters for me. My 2 Edens have them, turned off.


Mike

 

I've yet to hear a really good tweeter, but they are prolly out there. I built my cabs w/o the tweeter because of this. I don't see myself needing one either...

So (Pumps shotgun) no tweeters (Cah-Boom)

 

You need to have at least one cabinet in your rig that include a tweeter or you will lack the highs which will in turn make your sound muddy. If the 4x10 is your only cab then it MUST have a tweeter!

 

Tweeters suck.

I LIKE a crisp, articulate high end, but tweeters are just overkill.

 

I have a Warwick Sweet 15 combo (15")without a tweeter.... when I play on his big brother, with tweeter, the bass will sound much better !!!!

okay..the sweet15 is a very "warm" amp, but I miss the tweeter !

 

Just a quick question. When you turn off the tweeter, does it disengage the internal crossover. It seems to me that if you turned off the tweeter, that it would cut ALL of your high end.

Just wondering.

 

Get a 4x10 with a continuously variable attenuator for the tweeter. If you don't like the tweeter you can simply turn it off, no big deal. Or, you can adjust it to taste.

I use SWR cabinets, which are very bright. I roll the tweeters *almost* all the way off, but I don't like them to be completely off.

 

i vote yes, because you can always turn it off.


on my goliath jr i have it probably 75% on, the triad is maybe 20% on.


i like it bright



jason

 

Tweet tweet!

 

I'm not enough of a nit picker to really demerit the Tweets, but I am more concerned with low end. (Damn that heavy metal!). I keep mine at about 1/3 on for the occasional slap lines I get that require the higher registers.

 

I've found tweeters add hand/fingernoise and the harsher overtones.

Then again, you can still turn it off.

 

They're nice to have plus you can always turn it off, unless of course your cabinet doesn't allow you to. But for slapping (oh no not the S word) it makes a big difference.................