I'm in need of a new cab and a friend of mine has an old fender 2 15 bassman cab up for cheaps. So my question is how do fifteens handle fuzz? I always used 10s so I have no idea how this is gonna sound. My head is an old tray or bass master and I use tons of fuzz ( bigmuff, tone benders, octave fuzzes, etc.) so should I hit this up or is my fuzz gonna hurt it?
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Fifteens and fuzz?
- Thread starter Bearstripes
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They sound fine? There is no way to really answer that. One speaker size isn't going to be inherently better or worse for effects.
It's certainly not going to hurt the cab.
It's certainly not going to hurt the cab.
I realize they won't sound better or worse. I'm more concerned about different. I always found fifteens to be more boomy an less focused in the upper mids. With that being said I feel like hitting them hard with a big muff or a high gain fuzz would result in a more muddy less focused sound. I really just looking for input from people with experience with these because I won't be able to try it for at least a week.
rratajski
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15"s love fuzz and dirt. They're just going to sound different than 10"s or 12"s. Years ago, I would have never thought I'd play through a 15", but here I am playing through a 2x12 1x15. I depend on that 15" for a low, beefy growl. I even have my crossover set to a roll off at 1/1.5k, dropping off a lot of the highs. Muffs, RATs, B:assmasters, etc sound great through 15"s!
Speaker size isn't the only factor for frequency response. Some say it has nothing to do with it and box tuning has much more of an impact. Play a pair of Bag End S15D's. They have tons of mid content and not much in terms of low end.
Of course a different cab is going to sound different than what you've got now, I'm just saying don't lump all 15's into one category because of old wives tales that won't die.
