Conflicted Over Cabs

For the past few months, Ive been rehearsing and gigging with a Mesa/Boogie Bass 400 (KT-88's) and a Goliath III 4x10/Mesa Powerhouse 4x10 cabinet setup.

When I was using 6L6 tubes, even at pretty high volumes, the cabinets were being pushed pretty minimally, and sounded great mixed. However, now that I have a lot more power with this head I am finding that at gig volume, the Goliath III is getting pushed to the point where you start noticing its lack of heavy low end.

I was plugged into just my Mesa cabinet this afternoon and fell in love with the tone all over again. Since the G-III is a lot more efficient than the Powerhouse, that tends to be what you hear more, but the Mesa tone is what I really like.

I still like this setup, but am starting to consider two alternatives-

Trade/sell off G-III, pick up another Mesa cabinet.

Sell off G-III and other cabs I have, pick up one of the larger Schroeder cabinets as a standalone. Supposedly Schroeders make all your dreams come true.

 

I used two 1x15's in the past and dug it, and some other combinations (4x10/1x15, 1x15/2x10, 2x15 with a few different brands). However, the 8x10 wall of sound is my favorite out of everything I've tried. For my niche of music, well-defined low mids are a priority.