I finally got my BA410 series 2 last week and haven't used it at a gig yet but have played it at a decent volume every day since I got it. I'm a tube guy so have used it with both an 85 watt Fender Dual Showman head and a 200 watt Marshall Major bass head. This cab sounds beautiful, for the first time I can walk all around the cab from side to side and still hear the higher mids and high end, that is what sold me me more than it being smaller and lighter than most 410 cabs. I've tried it with a variety of basses including two different P basses (one a '54 RI with Rotos on it) and a Fender Hot Rod P/J. A Rickenbacker 4003S and a Gibson EB-3. All with round wound strings. Every bass so far has sounded punchy and clear as a bell. I may even grab another one of these as I'm so used to SVT 810 bottoms. These cabs have a very nice bottom end too, very apparent with the EB-3. I can't wait to try it with a good clean SVT.
I have one here at my house but it needs a cap job so..... got the caps on the way from Fliptops. I'm not going to drag my other one up these stairs just to try it so it will have to wait. The Marshall sounds so nice with it maybe I'll gig with that. But anyway, I can wholeheartedly recommend these. It also seems efficient but of course I am only going by the volume control settings on these amps, that will have to wait until I get in a big room. I'm very impressed with the overall design and sound of these cabs. Oh and yes, when I got it out of the box and picked it up to bring it upstairs my first reaction was, wow! Is this thing light. I'm so used to 410 cabs that weigh a ton I almost didn't believe my brain at first. Yes, the design and now the sound sold me, the lighter weight is a plus. It sounds like it was advertised, it really does spread your whole bass tone all around rather than just the bottom. That used to always drives me nuts, I would have a nice tone out in front of my cabs but the drummer on the side was just hearing all bottom. 5 stars
