if I owned a first rate reggae club this cab would get some consideration for the house rig. As long as I matched it with a head that couldn't blow it up. I would not want to travel with that. I'm going Neo for my next rig.
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4x15? GAHH!!!1
- Thread starter thunderbolt
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Everything in this photo just screams BAD A**, and it is only $15,000.00 for the bass & rig, Lemmy is priceless!
That 4 X 15 is the bottom cabinet of for Marshall's reissue of Lemmy's bass rig that he affectionately named "Murder One".
Power comes from a 100 watt tube head.
100 watts may not sound like a lot compared to today's standards, but remember that is not just 100 "tube watts", it's 100 "Lemmy watts".
I had no idea my cabinet thread would turn into a tube vs. SS thread. And just for the record, if you really think "a watt is a watt" and that SS is just as loud as tube heads, take a listen to an Acoustic B200H and an Orange AD200B. The Acoustic will be plenty loud, but the Orange will make you have a bowel movement on the spot.
I don't get what everyone's bashing it for. Yeah, it's big. But there are bigger. A fridge is probably about the same volume, narrower but taller. There's a guy here with two 3620's.
Has anybody here actually heard this cab? Besides on Motorhead records I mean? Let alone played through it?
Has anybody here actually heard this cab? Besides on Motorhead records I mean? Let alone played through it?
I have the Fender 215 Pro which cost $999, so based on that the price for this tank is great. I run my cab with a Fender TB1200 which would be enough for this thing. 
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UNDERPOWERING! does that mean loudspeakers sound bad if you are not currently supplying a signal level, just under that which would normally vaporize the voice coil at 1khz and at 40hz impact the spider/voice coil former glue line with the flux gap front plate, but with
slightly less force than normally required to fracture afore said glue line.
Or X lim as its known in the trade.
I am not sure speaker compression gained between X max and X Lim in a modern 4 X 10 is quite as good tonally in a Jazz lounge as
quality compressor pedal with a rig twice that size but operated at half that power.
Did anyone remember that Lenny doesn't have to move that thing he has people that do it for him. Just think about moving that thing, not just into the club, but after the gig is over, lets say around 2:00am, heck your band mates wont want to help you with it. hahahhahahha
I'm not gonna bash the cab because I haven't heard it, but when I did see it my first thought was it would sound muddy/lack clarity. I have to go get a strobe tuner later today so, if they have one of these on the floor I'm going to give it a try to see if my initial thought is correct.
As for the weight, yeah it's heavy but, it's got casters so moving it isn't probably that bad. You'd just need some help picking it up which is not really that big a deal.
Yeah, and a fridge weighs about half as much - that's a huge difference in user terms...
- georgestrings
Really??? - do you really think that lifting a 300lb cab would not be "that big a deal"??? My Mesa PH610 weighs around 140lbs - I can't imagine gigging with something that weighs more than twice as much...
- georgestrings
that reaction seems about right!
And where exactly, besides someone's sarcastic post on this thread, does it say it actually weighs 300 pounds? I've been trying to find the weight on it, and so far nothing's turned up.
Yes, we carry Marshall bass stuff at the music store I work for and it's utter crap. I have much more interest in the Fender Rumble series of bass amps...
I couldn't find anything on its weight either. I didn't even think to ask them at the shop today what it weighed. As for the cabs tone. IMO It had a very muffled/muddy sound and lacked clarity. The lows were also kinda boomy. Of course this is all IMO.
Why are there GK amps in the background at :47?
It's impressive because it might weigh 300lbs and Lemmy posed in a black and white photo with it? Who gives expensive gear a second look when it's marketed without specs? Maybe that's the design needed to get the Lemmy sound (and image), but us mere mortals have many cab options now that may be more efficient and fit in the back seat of a passenger car. And even better stuff is coming soon.
Wondered what the specs were - the cab seems shallow in depth for having 4, 15's? Are they Ceramic or Neo.
