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Best portable all aroung Bass Cab

Thebluesman666

Thebluesman666

Nov 25, 2019
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Montreal, Canada
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Hey guys I could use your help to orient me toward the best buy possible.

I looking for a Bass Cab that is lightweight and portable (35 to 40lbs) that would be versatile enough to cover many styles of music.

I'm using a Fender Jazz Bass (passive), I play Blues, Funk, Rock, Country and Jazz music.

What the best speaker configuration 1X15, 2x10, 4x10 ?

Thanks for your Help.
 
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Thebluesman666 said:
Hey guys I could use your help to orient me toward the best buy possible.

I looking for a Bass Cab that is lightweight and portable (35 to 40lbs) that would be versatile enough to cover many styles of music.

I'm using a Fender Jazz Bass (passive), I play Blues, Funk, Rock, Country and Jazz music.

What the best speaker configuration 1X15, 2x10, 4x10 ?

Thanks for your Help.
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What amp are you using? What is your price range? You really haven't given us much to work with.
 
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I've been listening to a few YT videos and I know it's not the way to go.

I seem to enjoy the Gallien Krueger GK MB150S and EBS Reidmar series seems pretty awesome too.

I'll definetly have to stop by my local music store and try a few amps out. I just don't have any experience with Bass amp ... jeeeesss :p
 
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Do you mean just a cab? what amp do you have? How much volume do you need? While I don't subscribe to the belief that speaker size makes no difference, there are other factors that are every bit as important for the sound, so I fear that its difficult to automatically eliminate cabs on the basis of config. Sealed or ported, for instance, is a huge difference.
 
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JimChjones said:
Do you mean just a cab? what amp do you have? How much volume do you need? While I don't subscribe to the belief that speaker size makes no difference, there are other factors that are every bit as important for the sound, so I fear that its difficult to automatically eliminate cabs on the basis of config. Sealed or ported, for instance, is a huge difference.
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@JimChjones
Hey Jim these are all question I'll have to find answer to, my goal is to gig in small to medium venues such as clubs and bars.
I don't have any knowledge as if a 250W amp will be enough to push the air need to be present and be hear in the room.
Would you say a ported cab is similar to an open back guitar cab and sealed to a close back cab. Ported will be more dimensional and sealed will be more directional.

I'm currently using a Line 6 Helix (modeler) and a FRFR speaker EV112p.
 
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Thebluesman666 said:
I looking for a Bass Cab that is lightweight and portable (35 to 40lbs) that would be versatile enough to cover many styles of music?
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1x12 with high frequency driver

Aguilar GS 112

I use one for rehearsals and small venue gigs. Two for large venues.

For really small rooms or studios I use an Eden EX110. It's not as flat a frequency response as the Aguilars, but it does the job.

To drive them I use two different heads: a TC Electronic BH250 for one cabinet, and a BH800 for two.
 
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I'm old-school and have funny ears, so I don't like 4-10's (the technically adept will apply the right technical term to this, but I hear all sorts of filtering standing in front of one). 2-10's aren't as bad for me, but I far prefer a single driver cab (though most have some sort of high-end driver / tweeter), so for me, it's a solid single 15 all day long. Mesa's Subway 15 would be just the ticket for me. Requires a bit more care with high power (all the power is going to one driver, instead of being distributed to a set of drivers), but still my fave, and if I got to, I'd stack a pair, but I'd rather stay with a single and let the FOH do the heavy lifting.
 
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Thebluesman666 said:
Hey Jim these are all question I'll have to find answer to, my goal is to gig in small to medium venues such as clubs and bars.
I don't have any knowledge as if a 250W amp will be enough to push the air need to be present and be hear in the room.
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It depends... If you're competing with a drummer who's determined to be heard in the next city and guitar players with 100W amps and 4*12s then no, but personally I don't suppose any of my amps has ever delivered more than a few tens of watts into a single 15in driver.
Also worth noting that speaker area makes more difference than amp power.

Thebluesman666 said:
Would you say a ported cab is similar to an open back guitar cab and sealed to a close back cab. Ported will be more dimensional and sealed will be more directional.
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Not in the least I'm afraid. Ported tends to give you an extended bottom end, but with a bit of a tendency to be a bit more "boomy" if you're not careful/if its badly designed.
 
#18
It weighs 54lbs but is compact enough to be transported relatively easily by a 57 year old 5'9" sedentary male (me) and is by far the best small cab I've owned; the Bergantino HD210. I own two but one on its own is amazingly capable of deep lows, solid mids and high notes at volumes it's hard to believe from a 210.
 

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