Favorite lightweight bass cab with good low-end?

[57pbass]

Bag End S 15 ..

 

[alleyonemusic]

well. i'm not a loud player. i use a roland cube 60 orange from the 80's. actually bought in the 80's.
if i have to be louder the pa does it. i also have one more with the amp removed used for an extension cab.
great tone. sometimes used with an upright.

 

[franchitto]

RevSound bass cabs..celestion speakers and i walked into a gig once carrying 2 10' cabs bass and head and had a phat sound...Bass Cabinets | RevSound

 

[HomesickBob]

A solid 2x10" or 12" on 300 -500 wattsover will do fine, most of us wouldn't' t really use more... unless you play stadiums.
I use a Behringer Ultra Bass 1200, a single alu-cone 12" x 120w, this pushes undistorted 105-115 dbs (93-96 realistically needed) over a MXR Bass d.i.; Never failed.

 

[billhw13]

I think the Revsound cabinets are worth looking at. Very light, well made - call David Luke. He'll listen to what you're needs are. Bass Cabinets | RevSound

 

[rustyg61]

I replaced an Eden stack that had a D115 XLT & D410 XST with an AccuGroove "Wedgie" that has a 12/6/dual tweeter combination & it sounds way better than the Eden stack & only weighs 29 pounds! It has tons of low end & handles the low B on my Series II Alembic very well. I searched for 40 years to find the sound I wanted & found it with AccuGroove.

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[George_Foster]

Last year I got a cab from Mike Arnopol Soundworks. MAS-109. Lightweight and very big, clear sound through the whole spectrum. Kind of amazed. Suggest you check him out.

 

[Agosix]

Genzler 123 are great deep tone and light. Tweeters are super smooth. Two of these would suit really well and give you the option of using one or two.

 

[PondsEdge]

Hi all, I've been currently running a Darkglass M900 into a Mesa powerhouse 212 for the last year or so, and i like the tone, but I've been having to haul around my rig more often, and this cab is getting old moving around all the time. I like the tone of it, but it is a little harsh on the treble side. I've cut the tweeter, and have my treble rolled back a good amount on the amp.

My question to you is, what are some good lightweight bass cabs that have a more low end focus? Maybe even a cab that doesn't have a tweeter? I was looking at the Mesa Subway 115's, but don't know much about them. I've owned lots of GK NEO's in the past, but still found them more treble-y than I prefer.


I was thinking 2 1x15 cabs might be good? Opinions? I would not like to spend more than $1000 on a pair of cabs, or one really good cab that is 500w at least.


Another idea was getting 2 Orange OBC115's, and swapping the speakers for a neodymium speaker. I've always been an Orange fan.

Try a Schroeder 410L or 210PL, you'll never go back.

 

[Eddie LeBlanc]

My two Schroeder Cabs are by far the best I've ever played thru, and are the lightest. Jorg builds some real bad ass stuff that is light with a small stage footprint. (After all he is a bassist)

Currently I'm using a 12 12 light (Dual 12 Neo B&C drivers with one mounted in a corner folded horn configuration) weighs about 40 lbs; and a 12 PL (12 Neo B&C driver) weighs around 28 lbs. I love B&C Neo drivers, they to me seem far better than Emenince or Fatals. The cabs stack nicely on stage, and can be turned on end to gain some height for the rig if necessary.

Both cabs have 35 to 20K freq. response, are 8 ohms each, can handle 800 watts RMS, and have a sensitivity of 103 db for the dual 12, and 102 db for the single 12. Pretty much more powerful than most other cabs of similar construction on the market.

(Doubling of sound intensity (acoustic energy) belongs to a calculated level change of +3 dB. +10 dB is the level of twice the perceived volume or twice as loud (loudness) in psychoacoustics − mostly sensed.) This means a 3 db change is a perceivable change in loudness. Most similar cabs (including Markbass) are doing good to have 97 or 98 db sensitivity. This is one reason I went with Schroeder cabs, above all the rest.

I can carry the both at the same time onto a stage, one in each hand. And every sound tech I have ever been around are amazed by their sound since they are so small. Other bassists say the same thing.

 

[mspielman]

I've been using a pair of Schreoder PL 112s for 6 months now and could not be happier. Punchy and clear. Reasonably priced relative to the market. Easy to move. Sounds good with all styles. I moved my old SWR 410 for the last time this weekend. Call Jorg. You will like him.

 

[grimmchaos]

I went from a Mesa Powerhouse 212 to a Barefaced Four10 and couldn't be happier. Lighter, easier to move, louder, better dispersion on stage. The cab will pretty much take whatever you throw at it in terms of EQ, and has sounded great with every amp I've thrown at it (Ampeg V4B, Mesa Prodigy, GK MB series, Darkglass M900, Mesa Subway). I don't think you could go wrong with Barefaced if you can bump up your upper budget just a little bit.

 

[mobax]

I like Epifani.

 

[Nvr2old]

Greenboy fEARful or Fearless all the way! Light, loud, full range, flat response.

I've got a fEARful 15/6 + 15sub rig, and I'm satisfied for the foreseeable future.

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Seconded! I have a fEARless 112, worried I should have bought a f115, and had all doubts removed once I started gigging with it. I can carry it easily with one hand, and I've never failed to fill a room. If the venue was so large that it wouldn't be enough, I've plugged into the their system and used it as a monitor. As to clarity, we do charity events where they have an emcee and need a microphone/speaker, and it works great as a crystal clear monitor.

 

[Rob bassman]

Hi all, I've been currently running a Darkglass M900 into a Mesa powerhouse 212 for the last year or so, and i like the tone, but I've been having to haul around my rig more often, and this cab is getting old moving around all the time. I like the tone of it, but it is a little harsh on the treble side. I've cut the tweeter, and have my treble rolled back a good amount on the amp.

My question to you is, what are some good lightweight bass cabs that have a more low end focus? Maybe even a cab that doesn't have a tweeter? I was looking at the Mesa Subway 115's, but don't know much about them. I've owned lots of GK NEO's in the past, but still found them more treble-y than I prefer.


I was thinking 2 1x15 cabs might be good? Opinions? I would not like to spend more than $1000 on a pair of cabs, or one really good cab that is 500w at least.


Another idea was getting 2 Orange OBC115's, and swapping the speakers for a neodymium speaker. I've always been an Orange fan.

 

[Don Hall]

Hi all, I've been currently running a Darkglass M900 into a Mesa powerhouse 212 for the last year or so, and i like the tone, but I've been having to haul around my rig more often, and this cab is getting old moving around all the time. I like the tone of it, but it is a little harsh on the treble side. I've cut the tweeter, and have my treble rolled back a good amount on the amp.

My question to you is, what are some good lightweight bass cabs that have a more low end focus? Maybe even a cab that doesn't have a tweeter? I was looking at the Mesa Subway 115's, but don't know much about them. I've owned lots of GK NEO's in the past, but still found them more treble-y than I prefer.


I was thinking 2 1x15 cabs might be good? Opinions? I would not like to spend more than $1000 on a pair of cabs, or one really good cab that is 500w at least.


Another idea was getting 2 Orange OBC115's, and swapping the speakers for a neodymium speaker. I've always been an Orange fan.

Lightweight with big low end tone is the holy grail, and difficult to achieve! It would help to know (a) what your stage cab is for, i.e., just to hear yourself, or project to audience too, and (b) how light is "light." I use an Eden D210XST with freq response down to 30 Hz (it is actually Eden's lowest freq cab). If you don't like tweeters, just roll it off completely. It weighs 59 lbs. Handles 500 watts. Costs under $1,000. It will fill a medium size room. Tone is incredible.

 

[Blue Gordo]

GK MB210 I've had bigger, I've had smaller but this is now my workhorse. It's big enough on stage against a drummer and, if you want bigger, stick it through the PA. And I just love the sound in combo with my Aguilar limiter.

 

[bassplayinguy40]

Talk to Don at Low Down Sound (LDS), he'll fix you right up.

Low Down Sound is out of business

 

[Hammerman777]

I run a customized Warwick Corvette $$ 5 string through a Little Markbass II into a Markbass 2x10 (102) traveller and a 1x15 (151). The 210 is really light and I can lift it with one hand and its great for small gigs. For larger stages where the bass isn't going direct I bring out the 115 to get more bottom end. It's a little heavier than the 210 but still can be lifted with one hand.
I also have a Fender Rumbler 35 for basic practice at home or when I play in a small trio with my fretless (Godin A5)... the head fits into an old Xbox carry satchel with the cables so its really light.
Back in the day I ran my Ricky through an Ampeg V4B into two twin 15s....great sound....hell on wheels trying to move them around .....

 

[Xhaxo]

My lightest and best-ever rig is a G&K MB500 head (500W in a laptop bag) and a Jack 12 (1 x 12) cab I built myself from a design on http://www.billfitzmaurice.com. Eminence Deltalite EDL22512A neodymium driver. I have the parts for a second 1 x 12 cab but I've never yet needed it, as one on its own is so efficient. Great bottom end and light enough to carry in one hand, with the bass and amp head on my back.
You need fairly decent DIY skills or you can get them built for you. The design includes tweeters but I left them out and there's enough top end for my not-very-slappy style.