Much thanks Duke for a very cool project. Could you provide us with your feedback on the primeVibe?
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Low-cost DIY practice/coffeehouse tweeterless 110 [long]
- Thread starter DukeLeJeune
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Thanks for the help guys. I am playing it without pushing it now.It is surprising loud. I keep switching back and forth beween my Hartke 4x10 and it is in the ball park.I am happy with it,I will leave it at the practice place with one of my GK MB 200.
Glad to hear you're liking yours, BillyK. I know you waited a good long time to get all the parts in and to get it built. Mine sounds better and better as the days to by. It does take some time for the driver to get broken-in.
I gave up the idea of hooking up the cab to my little Marshal and bought a GK MB 200 for 200 bucks on EBAY.They will be here wed. I see the amp is 3lbs but my package is 74 lbs.Interesting,I wonder if a warehouseman put a case of MB200 on the fedex truck.Or they are sending the wrong product.Let you all know.Love my speaker running it at low levels now with my Hartke 1000.
update got the MB 200 and the little box kicks ...... So happy I made one. The company that sold me the amp saw the weight they were charged and they are looking into billing. Seems somebody is skimming........well if you are on the fence about building one of these speakers I tell ya go for it best 100 bucks spent on a cab.
Update.I just made 2 more boxes with Tone Tubby speakers.They rattled the whole house.What an awsome set up.Check out the spec page on their web site.The list of top name artist that use them is very impressive.
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I have an Ampeg Micro VR ordered for my two TB110s, which will give me the full 200 watts with a four ohm load.
OMFG! The Basslite S2010 has practically DOUBLED in price - $139.99.
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Congrats to those of you who jumped on this early and didn't procrastinate like I did, thinking it would be a nice summer project to tinker with.
Oh well...
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Congrats to those of you who jumped on this early and didn't procrastinate like I did, thinking it would be a nice summer project to tinker with.
Oh well...
Yep....bummer.
A few pages back theres a place listed that has the speaker for $120, but then you're adding shipping and hassle (I'm assuming).
Still a worthy project, but a little less "cool cheap DIY cab" appeal.
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I'm think of something like this instead:
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I'll put a small sealed box behind the 6-1/2.
With a 4" dia by 8" long port the cabinet will be tuned to about 45hz
It'll come in just under 50 lbs, right about $200.00.
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I'll put a small sealed box behind the 6-1/2.
With a 4" dia by 8" long port the cabinet will be tuned to about 45hz
It'll come in just under 50 lbs, right about $200.00.
Mine are currently shelved projects until the drum painting project is done. I hope to revisit it in a few weeks but it will probably be July before I get to it again. Good to know I could probably recoup my investment, I guess.
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I have one basslite and one Tone Tubby. The basslite sounds like a transistor radio. I am amazed at the difference.the Tubby will take anything you throw at it.just check it out guys the TT is so fat,warm,punchy,and freaken loud , I am pushing it with the GK MB 200. With two boxes I can now play a bar gig. Blows my Carvin 2 x10 out the water.and my Hartke 4x10 is for sale cheap.CL special some stoner kid will want it for the size.I drank the freaked cool aid fo sho.
I'm no expert, but that is not quite a full range speaker. If you look at the specs you'll see "40hz - 2khz."
I can't speak for it in the cab in this thread, but I've got the four ohm version in a 1x10 cab. You definitely want something to pick up the 500+Hz range. It's a great sounding speaker but it wants a larger cab (I'm at about 1.6 ft^3) with a low tuning (I'm at 31 Hz).
I like the cab a lot, but I'm building these because I want something smaller and lighter. I can carry two of these as easily as I can carry my single BP102 cab. Lot's more firepower, so it's more versatile, at the expense of absolute low end.
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I like the cab a lot, but I'm building these because I want something smaller and lighter. I can carry two of these as easily as I can carry my single BP102 cab. Lot's more firepower, so it's more versatile, at the expense of absolute low end.
KO
Wouldn't make much difference for my purposes...all my basses have flats, I run amps "flat"...I like old school "thump", so there isn't a ton of high content in my tone anyway.
Thanks Duke!!
Here is a picture of my micro/mini me. I built it just like you described. Like everybody else I find that it is "surprisingly loud". I will build another one shortly. Great fun and all of my "big" stuff is in the garage waiting for the next gig. Makes my wife really happy.(LOL...)
Here is a picture of my micro/mini me. I built it just like you described. Like everybody else I find that it is "surprisingly loud". I will build another one shortly. Great fun and all of my "big" stuff is in the garage waiting for the next gig. Makes my wife really happy.(LOL...)
