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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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rust_preacher said:
Boutique cabs only have an edge over traditional ones if you have a boutique bass. For us traditionalists with Ps and Js, a single 18" works as well as any cab 10x the price.
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Some people care a lot about weight, and traditional cabs tend to be quite heavy. So I'm not so sure I can agree with you.
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Stumbo said:
Official Revsound Bass Cab Club

You can call David (builder) directly to discuss what you need. His number is on his website home page.

His 1x15 and 2x15 look good and are light weight.
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Thanks @Stumbo ! I'll do that! Happy Friday!

Passinwind said:
Some people care a lot about weight, and traditional cabs tend to be quite heavy. So I'm not so sure I can agree with you. View attachment 2917591
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Odd, @Passinwind ... I've always had this perverse desire to build a cab with a single 18" speaker in it, with the smallest possible dimensions that the speaker would allow. I've even considered a 2x18" cab! :laugh: I guess it has to do with all those years playing small combos when guitarists were using 412 Marshall cabs. I think if I lay down the desire will pass.... :roflmao:

Actually, I started using combos in the 80's. I always had my own PA and van so I could run FOH and didn't depend on anyone else. So going smaller was nothing new to me. What's new to me is the light weight and power available nowadays. But I think it's all relative. A Peavey TNT only had 160 watts but I played many an auditorium with that amp, it was mostly cranked but never failed me....
 
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alaskaleftybass said:
Odd, @Passinwind ... I've always had this perverse desire to build a cab with a single 18" speaker in it, with the smallest possible dimensions that the speaker would allow.
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Ah, so something around the size of the Empire State Building. Good call!
 
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BassmanPaul said:
My first amp was a VOX AC50 with the 18” Foundation cabinet. I’ve detested 18s ever since. :(
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Yeah, and those Acoustic 360 with the folded horn. Man, too much mud for me.

I went with Sunn 2000s and JBLs along with my trusty Fender Jazz. So clean and smooth. Not ear shattering but never without enough power. I heard it a couple of times FOH when someone sat in. Also different type bands: horn, latin, oldies & RnB, 3 piece rock n' blues.:)
 
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Stumbo said:
Yeah, and those Acoustic 360 with the folded horn. Man, too much mud for me.

I went with Sunn 2000s and JBLs along with my trusty Fender Jazz. So clean and smooth. Not ear shattering but never without enough power. I heard it a couple of times FOH when someone sat in. Also different type bands: horn, latin, oldies & RnB, 3 piece rock n' blues.
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Dude! Back in my road days, before the Army, I played a Ric through an Acoustic 371 (same folded horn) for one pickup, and a Sunn Coliseum with 2 410 cabs for the other pickup...2 of the cabs fit in the trunk of my 64 Olds Jetstar 88...
 
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Ken Morgan said:
Dude! Back in my road days, before the Army, I played a Ric through an Acoustic 371 (same folded horn) for one pickup, and a Sunn Coliseum with 2 410 cabs for the other pickup...2 of the cabs fit in the trunk of my 64 Olds Jetstar 88...
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Geez, with the SPL that that rig was capable of, you must have been playing in a Blue Cheer cover band!

Back in the '70s I saw John Entwhistle and his band touring for his first solo album at the Masonic Auditorium in Detroit. He had 3 Sunn Coliseum stacks and the guitarist had a Twin Reverb and a Leslie. All you could hear was the bass and a little bit of the vocals. There I was, a bassist and big Entwhistle fan, but eventually the sound levels got to be too much for even me and we left early. As we got to my car a city block away, you could still clearly hear the bass. I wonder if they had to check the building for structural damage after concert.
 
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agedhorse said:
WD-40?
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Engineers are always thinking about preventive maintenance....! :D

ric426 said:
Geez, with the SPL that that rig was capable of, you must have been playing in a Blue Cheer cover band!

Back in the '70s I saw John Entwhistle and his band touring for his first solo album at the Masonic Auditorium in Detroit. He had 3 Sunn Coliseum stacks and the guitarist had a Twin Reverb and a Leslie. All you could hear was the bass and a little bit of the vocals. There I was, a bassist and big Entwhistle fan, but eventually the sound levels got to be too much for even me and we left early. As we got to my car a city block away, you could still clearly hear the bass. I wonder if they had to check the building for structural damage after concert.
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Saw the Who and Entwistle at different times. Both were wayyyyy too loud, and I was into loud rock and roll back then. Now Pete says he's lost most of his hearing because he was too cool to wear earplugs.... uhhh what did you say....? :headphone:
 
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ric426 said:
Geez, with the SPL that that rig was capable of, you must have been playing in a Blue Cheer cover band!
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Heh...

Naw...but I’ve always had a thing for headroom. We were playing some large/huge clubs, and PA support ranged from poor to none. Never played loud, but it was dang sure full.

The 2 guitar players both used Ampeg V22..louder than Twins, heavier than a pickup
 
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