black widow, 800 watts??

What model Black widow is it? There are three types Old, Standard, and Black widow x.
How much money do you want to spend on a head?

 

Assuming the cab sounds ok (not sure if a black widow in a fender would sound good). Then I'd get a Peavey NitroBass head, or FireBass head if you can afford it.

 

First off, I dont think he paid 300 for a Black Widow. Second, if it is 800 watts, I am assuming it is an 18" speaker, you will need at least 1000 watts to give you enough overhead. Thirdly, depending on your style of music, I dont think you will like the sound of the 18 alone. While it will drive your low end quite well, the mids and high will sound very muddy.


Mike

 

I don't think fender makes an 18" Bass cab. Meaning it must be a 15. The midrange Blackwidows are 700 watts max, the new ones are 1000, I don't know of any that are specifically 800.

 

I know of two older-design Fender cabs that used 18" woofers. One was a front-loaded 1x18 with 2x10 in it, and the other was a folded horn design they sold with their huge 400PS tube amp. There may have been others I don't know about.
- Mike

 

Peavey use to make an 18" Black Widow driver, back in the late 70's and early 80's. It was rated at 400 watts RMS, and 800 watts peak.

 

I personally think you could get a better cab used for that kind of money. Check eBay, bassgear and HC.

 

The Black Widow was originally rated @250 watts rms. It was redesigned in the 80's, using a Kevlar impregnated cone and new former material. Power handling was thereby increased to 350 watts rms.

This year the BW was again improved, and the rms power handling is now 500 watts. This series is called the BWX, to differentiate it from previous versions.

In addition, there is now an over the counter only Black Widow 18" called the "Lowrider". This model is rated @ 800 watts rms.

As always, the "program" (music power) rating is twice the rms (continuous) rating. The peak rating is twice the program rating. This means that the Lowrider handles 3200 watts peak!

There has obviously been a lot of progress in speaker design in the last 20 years. Engineers tell me that the "indestructable" speaker is just around the corner. Advances in materials and design will someday soon make power handling specs relatively unimportant.

 

If you want some crazy deals on speaker cabs, go to Musiciansfriend.com and type "alumabass" in the search box! CRAZY!!!

 

Hey, dude, you're making us play 20 Questions here.

Pull the grill of the cab and count up the speakers. Then pull the speakers and see if the ratings are noted on the back.

If you keep playing this guessing game, you're never going to figure it out. And we're not going to be able to really help you.

 

well you havent said what kind of sound you like, or what style of music you play, or how much power you want...profile buddy, profile