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Low Down Sound Club V3
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The other thing you will notice is that after about an hour or so of playing (I don't hear much difference after that), the low end will open up a bit more with that particulary driver (I haven't really noticed any additional change after that first extended playing session, even though I'm sure it continues to open up a smidge over time). It happens pretty quickly, but it is noticable.
I posted a few new pics in the fEarful wiki.
Handsome guy I must say, even with his eyes a little too far apart...
Handsome guy I must say, even with his eyes a little too far apart...
very neat amp, man! I got a call from Don today. my 4x10+6.5"/1x18 cab is fully done and will be shipped on monday. should be here around wednesday/thursday. I'm ******** excited!
all of it is in one cab. on the top is the 4x10's and a 6.5" midrange driver instead of a tweeter, and on the bottom is the 1x18. it's roughly the same size as an Ampeg fridge cab. moving shouldn't be too hard. it's got removable casters 3" on the bottom, and it weighs about 80-85lbs. oh, and it's covered in tweed with oxblood grill cloth... ^_^
Interesting choice, I am curious to ss/hear clips the end result. Do yoiu bi-amp?
yep. I my bass has dual outputs that I run in stereo. a Carvin X100B 100w tube guitar amp goes to the top half of the cabinet, and and SWR Workingman's 4004 goes to the bottom half. hopefully I can get a Sunn 1200S for the low amp soon. since both halves of the cab are 4 ohms each, I'd like to get an amp that could be ran in 2 ohm mode if I ever want to run it with one amp.
the Carvin 4ohm 18" driver. it was capable of handling 800w, and had 4ohms. I hope the dB sensitivity was high. I couldn't find much specs on it...I should have called Carvin, I suppose. he said they make great electronics/speakers...didn't say much about the rest of their products, though. I have a Carvin X100B I run the top end through, and I gotta say, that amp freaking rules.
The B&C Carvin speakers are all reduced xmax from the standard B&C xmax, from what I've read.
Okay. So. There aren't any places I can try out nice cabs in Phoenix (NV610 and 610l are having a battle in my brain purely due to reviews here), but I keep going back to the LDS site, going "ooo". Part of it's the blue cabs. I have a thing with deep smurfiness. And the offset speakers. They look like they're making 
faces.
What? I'm a gemini. We're twits. I accept this.
The fEarful designs sound awesome, but throw me a big loop. Don't have enough experience with cabinets to do anything other than get my hands on em, hear, and go, "Grog like." "Grog NOT like." I have a pipe dream of getting some pant flapping in the mix, but my back is seizing as I type that, trying to make my finger hit backspace - since I'm not sure that's possible without 8 10's or something similarly massive.
Will my playing style narrow me down to a couple options rather than a kerjillion? I play assorted things with B strings (sometimes drop A, so 29Hz), I tap (naaaw), slap (double/triple thump), we go from silky coma-patient drool jazz to swedish mathy metal, and a mix of pretty much everything in between. My ultimate tones range the entire gamut from warm and comforting to articulate and cutting to punchy to growling to synth pedaling lows to....yeah.
Would a fEarful build be the way to go on this, or am I 8x10 footprint or bust? I may easily stick my fingers in my ears and forget about any pant flapping bit if I have to, especially since our volume levels aren't atrocious.
Can post a clip to give an idea of what we do, if it'll help. Would call Don, but I got some health issues that make it hard to focus on the phone for more than five minutes at a time.
Hopefully that wasn't too all over the place. Anyhoo. Am I screwed?
faces.What? I'm a gemini. We're twits. I accept this.
The fEarful designs sound awesome, but throw me a big loop. Don't have enough experience with cabinets to do anything other than get my hands on em, hear, and go, "Grog like." "Grog NOT like." I have a pipe dream of getting some pant flapping in the mix, but my back is seizing as I type that, trying to make my finger hit backspace - since I'm not sure that's possible without 8 10's or something similarly massive.
Will my playing style narrow me down to a couple options rather than a kerjillion? I play assorted things with B strings (sometimes drop A, so 29Hz), I tap (naaaw), slap (double/triple thump), we go from silky coma-patient drool jazz to swedish mathy metal, and a mix of pretty much everything in between. My ultimate tones range the entire gamut from warm and comforting to articulate and cutting to punchy to growling to synth pedaling lows to....yeah.
Would a fEarful build be the way to go on this, or am I 8x10 footprint or bust? I may easily stick my fingers in my ears and forget about any pant flapping bit if I have to, especially since our volume levels aren't atrocious.
Can post a clip to give an idea of what we do, if it'll help. Would call Don, but I got some health issues that make it hard to focus on the phone for more than five minutes at a time.
Hopefully that wasn't too all over the place. Anyhoo. Am I screwed?
I read somewhere that a guy did a 2x18/2x10 setup, or something similar. it apparently sounded pretty freaking beast. also, if the cab is huge, get removable casters on the bottom to wheel it around. that's what I'm doing with my cab. y
ou might also be able to get a 2x15 cab with a 6.5" midrange driver, or two, for the highs. I'm 22, and not very strong, but I've been able to pick my friend's 2x15 up and move it by myself. instead of 8 heavy 10" speakers in there, you only have to deal with two 15" speakers, and if he uses light weight plywood to keep the weight down, it shouldn't be that heavy. I'm not a master on cabinet designs, though. there's many on here that are.
as far as pant flapping volume? my motto is go big or go home...again, I'm no cab expert.
ou might also be able to get a 2x15 cab with a 6.5" midrange driver, or two, for the highs. I'm 22, and not very strong, but I've been able to pick my friend's 2x15 up and move it by myself. instead of 8 heavy 10" speakers in there, you only have to deal with two 15" speakers, and if he uses light weight plywood to keep the weight down, it shouldn't be that heavy. I'm not a master on cabinet designs, though. there's many on here that are.
as far as pant flapping volume? my motto is go big or go home...again, I'm no cab expert.
Okay. So. There aren't any places I can try out nice cabs in Phoenix (NV610 and 610l are having a battle in my brain purely due to reviews here), but I keep going back to the LDS site, going "ooo". Part of it's the blue cabs. I have a thing with deep smurfiness. And the offset speakers. They look like they're making
What? I'm a gemini. We're twits. I accept this.
The fEarful designs sound awesome, but throw me a big loop. Don't have enough experience with cabinets to do anything other than get my hands on em, hear, and go, "Grog like." "Grog NOT like." I have a pipe dream of getting some pant flapping in the mix, but my back is seizing as I type that, trying to make my finger hit backspace - since I'm not sure that's possible without 8 10's or something similarly massive.
Will my playing style narrow me down to a couple options rather than a kerjillion? I play assorted things with B strings (sometimes drop A, so 29Hz), I tap (naaaw), slap (double/triple thump), we go from silky coma-patient drool jazz to swedish mathy metal, and a mix of pretty much everything in between. My ultimate tones range the entire gamut from warm and comforting to articulate and cutting to punchy to growling to synth pedaling lows to....yeah.
Would a fEarful build be the way to go on this, or am I 8x10 footprint or bust? I may easily stick my fingers in my ears and forget about any pant flapping bit if I have to, especially since our volume levels aren't atrocious.
Can post a clip to give an idea of what we do, if it'll help. Would call Don, but I got some health issues that make it hard to focus on the phone for more than five minutes at a time.
Hopefully that wasn't too all over the place. Anyhoo. Am I screwed?
I have both a fEarful and a LoPhat 15/6/1 you are welcome to come by and try them. I live in Metro Phoenix area. I think you might be in the 1515/66 range of volume requirements potentially but it's hard to say. Still half the weight of an 8x10 though.
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