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Big E Speakers Part 4 - Quadraphenia

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kesslari said:
Photo from the July 12 recording date. MAS 1,8. Zon fretless. Mesa WD-800 head. Sonic bliss.
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Great minds think alike! Well at least you have one anyway. I wanted a 2 ohm capable easy to take to rehearsal and gigs amp to power any combo of my MAS cabs and agedhorse told me yes on the head. One of the bandleaders instantly said "Yes" to the head. Best solid state I ever bought.
 
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mntngrown said:
Great minds think alike! Well at least you have one anyway. I wanted a 2 ohm capable easy to take to rehearsal and gigs amp to power any combo of my MAS cabs and agedhorse told me yes on the head. One of the bandleaders instantly said "Yes" to the head. Best solid state I ever bought.
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I've done a few recording sessions using it as a DI and it gets a lot of respect in that role as well.
 
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radbass said:
I just got one of Mike’s 4x5 towers. I’ve currently got a 2x8 Bodai and have had many MAS cabs and many, many other cabs in my 55 years of playing. I’ve also, thanks to friends, had the opportunity to try most of the current high end cabs available. The 4x5 is the best sounding bass cabinet I have ever played through. The clarity, and weight to the notes is incomparable. It almost feels like it anticipated the note. This thing just pounds on you, which makes my drummer happy. I was just using an antique closed cab because it looks cool and I had to stop and angle the cab towards him in order for him to hear it. The 4x5 could face away from him and he was still happy. This characteristic is common to any of my MAS cabs, but the sound is even more amazing. This isn’t the loudest cab, but it keeps up with a non Bonham drummer. A powerful, but sweet sound.
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Very late to this conversation, but have you ever played through a MAS 112 cab? If so, how would you compare the new 45 tower to the 112? I'm a big fan of the aggressive nature of the 112 along with the high end clarity, but I've always been curious about the 45 tower. Would you say it's more of a hifi cab or can you get it into the territory of midrangey paper cone breakup?
 
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I'm still quite happy with my two MAS16's, although they don't get much use lately outside of the house since most of my gigs are through the PA now. I have an early version with the 6" + 3" speaker configuration. Out of curiosity, does anyone know what the drivers are in these? I think the 3" is a stock Faital, but is the 6" (or 6.5", whichever it is) custom?
 
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Been a few months since I talked with Mike but my impression (which might not be 100% accurate -- also things could have changed, since) was that they were narrowing the range of the cabs down to a few standard models that would be built and sold by the Big E guys (Mike seemed enthusiastic about the workmanship and cabinetry skills of whoever it is who'd be doing the actual building -- don't know who that is).

I also got the impression that he might build the odd cab outside of the standard line, himself, but I don't know if that's still the case. (I'm sure that he'll continue to build stuff for his own use and enjoyment and to inform his design work.)

The standard line was to include a new version of the Bodai 112 (at least relative to the one I know -- I think mids and/or treble were to be adjustable via an L-Pad, but don't know any details) and a couple of the smaller cabs (don't recall which, sorry).

I don't know if production is up and running or if they are taking orders, yet.

I'm not much help, I'm afraid -- if I learn more or different, I'll share.

@kesslari, @Stephen Regier (if you still read this), or anybody else, please feel free to correct or expand upon what I've said.
 
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MarkA said:
Been a few months since I talked with Mike but my impression (which might not be 100% accurate -- also things could have changed, since) was that they were narrowing the range of the cabs down to a few standard models that would be built and sold by the Big E guys (Mike seemed enthusiastic about the workmanship and cabinetry skills of whoever it is who'd be doing the actual building -- don't know who that is).

I also got the impression that he might build the odd cab outside of the standard line, himself, but I don't know if that's still the case. (I'm sure that he'll continue to build stuff for his own use and enjoyment and to inform his design work.)

The standard line was to include a new version of the Bodai 112 (at least relative to the one I know -- I think mids and/or treble were to be adjustable via an L-Pad, but don't know any details) and a couple of the smaller cabs (don't recall which, sorry).

I don't know if production is up and running or if they are taking orders, yet.

I'm not much help, I'm afraid -- if I learn more or different, I'll share.

@kesslari, @Stephen Regier (if you still read this), or anybody else, please feel free to correct or expand upon what I've said.
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I’m sad to hear this for selfish reasons, as I’m looking for a 110 sub as the bottom half of my Flex…
 

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