Bag End Club.

[BasturdBlaster]

I really like the artistry on the paint!

 

[EdwardofHuncote]

I got to try out this combination at my Friday night gig this weekend... Alembic Persuader 5-string, Acoustic Image Clarus II, BagEnd S 10-D on top of the S 15-D. Very clean, plenty LOUD. My favourite things.

 

[wave rider]

As I remember, @Brad Johnson was fond of his 10" over 15" stack a few years ago.

 

[Brad Johnson]

As I remember, @Brad Johnson was fond of his 10" over 15" stack a few years ago.

Yep... mine are both coaxes and the 10 is sealed. Great combination.

 

[iriegnome]

played my first gig with my new rig. DNA 1350 - DNA DNS-112 - Bag End S-15b.. Wow what a difference that beautiful 15 gives my rig. Just a full fat tone.

 

[iriegnome]

I am really digging this rig

 

[briandavismurph]

Nice cab...

A question: S15-D users, have you ever tried to partially close the port on back of the cab to tune-out some of the lows, like the old Trace Elliot bass cabs were marketed to do?

I'm curious, as last gig I played with a major FOH thing the bass was pretty muddy. This was probably due to the huge low-end being pumped by the sound system, and monitoring everywhere.

I wonder if I could lessen the apparent lows to just deliver more 'punch' without incurring the 'mud'?

one time at church someone taped a note written on 8x11 paper over the port on the back of my BE 15 unbeknownst to me. I came in the next week and was met with this hellacious buzzing noise from my rig and could not figure it out for the life of me. You guessed the problem, the paper was buzzing like a kazoo. Kinda like when one of your "friends" stuffs a potato or a banana in your exhaust pipe and you can't figure out why your car won't start

 

[briandavismurph]

Here's my contribution to this thread...

2 S15Ds
1 MB500
1 Lakland 5501/w NTMB

I've also used a Little MarkII to great effect with this stack as well as numerous other heads along the way...I keep coming back to the Bag Ends.

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I'll be using the identical setup tonight in a smaller club with only 1 S15D

 

[briandavismurph]

hi all - I scored this Bag End stack of 15s off a fellow TBer, and they just came in yesterday. That's an S15X-D on top of an S15-D, with a Lakland 35" P fiver through a Genz Benz Streamliner 900. Getting pretty close to my ideal sound.

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Simply magnificent

 

[briandavismurph]

Absolutely. These are incredibly efficient cabs. They only take 200 watts RMS, but it'll sound like 500.
You could blow it with a MB800 or maybe MB500, but it'll get really loud before it dies, so you'd probably have plenty of warning.

The 18B-D has enough low end that it sounds a bit muted compared to the S15-D. For recording I think I might like the S15-D better. You can add the low end in with eq, and the tone has more personality.

for small rooms OK. for years I ran S15D with Musicman 120B which is 120 into 4ohms and 80 into 8ohms. Really was impressively loud although the MM was dime'd

 

[briandavismurph]

Thanks for that SVTB15! I have been curious for a long time, I've never seen one in person. They just appear to "float" hehehe.

essentially they do float but they NEVER EVER rattle

 

[briandavismurph]

I've been wondering too. I love my rack but, I hate hauling it. The bags are so efficient that a 500 watt class d may actually be enough with them. Maybe.....

gigged my 35 year old S15 [one cabinet] last night with new GK MB500 an it absolutely slams. although I have an Epifani 2-12 I'm still thinking another bagger might be in the cards for modularity and portability reasons, maybe a 12 for a good pairing with the S15

 

[briandavismurph]

Like I said I had a S15D/S15XD stack years ago and loved it. Also at the time I put together a decent PA that was all Bag End stuff. The few times I had issues the guys at BE were super awesome, not quality issues but when stuff got dropped or abused and I needed parts. I have this romantic idea that I should have some sort of dual 15 set up although I certainly don't need it. At 38lbs each and front ported the Mesa's seem pretty attractive. The one draw back to the S15 and the rear port is they could be a bit finicky where you place them or if you are outside but the low end in most cases is so nice and tight.

just a thought on the rear port compared to a sealed or front port. My drummer loves the rear port with the S15 speaker to his side. It gives him great audio bass monitoring with the main dispersion happening out front of him. He never fails to express love for the Bagend, every time I use it, mostly for small to med size rooms.

 

[briandavismurph]

I live 4 miles from where Bag End started.
I used to live even closer to their current location, though they weren't there at the time.
My dad played in a band with a Bag End dealer and bought his cabs direct before I was born.
Bag Ends were the first cabs I ever played through, and I have owned many of my own over the last twenty years.

I've always thought that the name came from The Hobbit, and referenced the round rear ports looking like a hobbit's door. Specifically Bilbo Baggins' home, Bag End. I've played with several Tolkien fans who freaked out when I showed up to gigs with BAG END on my cabs.

I went to their "new" location in Algonquin to have my S15 looked at. First of all finding the place is job in itself. even their next-door neighbor doesn't know they are there. It's like a hidden "skunkworks" operation. I wanted to be sure my 35 year old driver was still performing up to par after many years of gigging and to be honest a lot of banging around. The head engineer ran a few tests and even A/B'd my old driver against the new version and told me to save my money. My old BE driver from 1980 performed nearly as well as one that was new out of the box. A real testament to the quality of these cabinets. BTW I bought my BE 15 from the factory direct when it was a few miles away in Barrington at the original factory. With all the mass produced stuff coming from other countries it's great to be part of a true US family of high quality products and yes when you call them or visit them they treat you like family. If you are ever in Chicago I highly recommend you visit with them.

 

[briandavismurph]

I was using an S12 on an S15 (oiled birch with cab corners added) with an AMP BH-250 in the era that everyone was using GK heads on Hartke 4x10 and 1x15 cabinets. I'd often got chuckles from other bassists over my 'mini stack' until after my set. I generally moved more air & filled the stage better... they would drill me with questions afterwords about my 2 'unknown' / 'homemade' brands

I haven't posted an a while in this thread... still using and loving my D12-B... still pushing it with a 40 tube head
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Funny you say that, I will very often get the same reaction with people asking how long it took me to make my speaker and where did I get the plans? They think it's homemade. Always cracks me up.

 

[briandavismurph]

I wanted to ask the Bag End owners a question regarding the S15-N cabinet, is it possible to use it as a stand alone cab.
I'm 55 years old and I've played everything cabinet wise since 1980 and I'm done using big ASS cabinets.
My first amp and cab I bought when I was young was a Lab Series L2 head & L2 115 cabinet and I totally regret ever selling that but I wanted something bigger and louder so I got a Ampeg SVT & 810 cabinet, well I'm done with that too so I want to get a S15-N and I just wanted to know if it makes a good stand alone cabinet, I'm not playing big venues or anything just small places and just simple jamming and rehearsing.

Been doing just that [one S15] since 1980, Bonus: they are very efficient and make the very most of the watts you provide them.

 

[jazztonebass]

Anyone choose the L versions of the S15? The slightly larger cab may add weight but I wonder if it is overall more balanced???

 

[fivestringdan]

Anyone choose the L versions of the S15? The slightly larger cab may add weight but I wonder if it is overall more balanced???

I have both, what type of balance are you talking about?

 

[iammr2]

I have both, what type of balance are you talking about?

How's the tone of the L model, Dan? Does it work well with the S15-D?

 

[fivestringdan]

I have a S15x and S15L. They both sound amazing separate and together. Big difference with one cabinet not having a horn but I can't find a way to make the cabinets sound bad.