BassIan said:
BassIan, that's a killer setup. I used 2 Goliath Sr's years back before I owned a 5-string. I can imagine combining a Big Ben w/ a Goliath SR would be brutal!
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Cab for Low B String--
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BassIan, that's a killer setup. I used 2 Goliath Sr's years back before I owned a 5-string. I can imagine combining a Big Ben w/ a Goliath SR would be brutal!
inazone said:
My HT322 does low B really well and really loud (if you want it loud).
I wish someone could convince Jim B. to build an HT410. As good as the now discontinued HT310 sounded, that would be a truly awesome cab.
I would like to hear some Accugrooves too.
The Acme Low B-4 is the lightest, cheapest, and cleanest (uncolored) 4x10 cabinet out there for reproducing the fundamental frequency of the Low B string.
Any arguments?
Also, IMO, it's the best sounding, punchiest, and coolest looking cabinet...ever. Thats' just MO.
(ps. I'm the guy getting the two B-4's through the PLX 3402...the audience goes
) I've got one B-4 right now, and the other one is somewhere between here and Colorado in a big white FedEX truck.
Any arguments?
Also, IMO, it's the best sounding, punchiest, and coolest looking cabinet...ever. Thats' just MO.
(ps. I'm the guy getting the two B-4's through the PLX 3402...the audience goes
) I've got one B-4 right now, and the other one is somewhere between here and Colorado in a big white FedEX truck.
Mo'Phat said:The Acme Low B-4 is the lightest, cheapest, and cleanest (uncolored) 4x10 cabinet out there for reproducing the fundamental frequency of the Low B string.
Any arguments?
Also, IMO, it's the best sounding, punchiest, and coolest looking cabinet...ever. Thats' just MO.
(ps. I'm the guy getting the two B-4's through the PLX 3402...the audience goes
Is that two 4ohm cabs?
Let us know how you like gigging with these when you get the chance.
IIRC, he bought 8 ohm cabinets so that he can bridge the 3402 into a 4 ohm load.
The original thread isn't too far away, I'm sure.
The original thread isn't too far away, I'm sure.
Mo'Phat said:
Yup. Sort of
... -3dB at 41Hz is hardly good reproduction of the fundamental of the low B at 31.5Hz. It's a vented design so it rolls off at 12dB/octave below 41Hz. Rough figurin' gives about -9dB at 31Hz. That's not so great.That being said, that figure is better than most bass guitar cabs and I'm sure the cab sounds great but you are not going to get true sub-40Hz performance out of 10s, no matter what you do with them.
Personally, I don't think you need a whole slew of fundamental to get good tone, but that's just me. There's relatively little fundamental compared to the second harmonic in a bass guitar signal anyway.
My low B sounds totally amazing with my NV-610 even though the cab starts rolling off at about 50Hz....
Bag End 4.10" shallow version... fast, clean and deep. Handles my Warwick Streamer Stage's low B VERY well.... you should really try it!
Fantastic thing and off course I would love to have another one, but I'm already in deep financial ****...so that ought to wait I think.
Fantastic thing and off course I would love to have another one, but I'm already in deep financial ****...so that ought to wait I think.
lo-freq said:
Billy's right, I got 8 ohmers. The 2nd one is on its way right now, and I'll be gigging on Saturday with both of them.
QSC PLX 1202 + Aguilar GS112 = 
low B
I've been pretty happy with the low b reproduction on my Modulus Q5 using the above combination. Depending on the size of the room and style of the gig, I use 1 or 2 112's. I'm pushing the aggies with the 1202 bridged mono. 1200 watts at 4ohms.
I use to own a Hartke 4.5xl. Unlike some of the other responders, I didn't care for the way it reproduced the low B. Although I was only pushing it with an SWR SM500 amp. So my lack of power may have contributed to the rather anemic low end response. YMMV.
low B I've been pretty happy with the low b reproduction on my Modulus Q5 using the above combination. Depending on the size of the room and style of the gig, I use 1 or 2 112's. I'm pushing the aggies with the 1202 bridged mono. 1200 watts at 4ohms.
I use to own a Hartke 4.5xl. Unlike some of the other responders, I didn't care for the way it reproduced the low B. Although I was only pushing it with an SWR SM500 amp. So my lack of power may have contributed to the rather anemic low end response. YMMV.
alexclaber
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Mark Reccord said:Yup. Sort of
According to Andy it's -6dB @ 31Hz. He's nothing if not straight up so I'd believe that.
Alex
When I had my B2, I measured the tuning frequency and IIRC it was around 32 or 33 Hz.
The T-S specs for the woofers have been shown here in another thread.
The T-S specs for the woofers have been shown here in another thread.
and if those specs are from an anaholic (however you spell the dang word) chamber, then once you put it on the ground, in a room the freq range rolls of later and slower. meaning....more low powa!!
alexclaber said:
I tried an Eden WT 400 through and Eden 410 (not the XLT) as well as trying a Hartke 410 XL. Neither could handle my Marcus Miller low B at a moderate to loud volume. Unless you ike fart noises. I now have an iAMP800 running a Bergantino HT115. No probs with the low B. Will add a Bergie 210 once I have paid of my generous financiers at Visa and Mastercard.
