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Double Bass MAS 18.5

radbass

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May 15, 2007
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south of chicago
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Owner RAD Repairs and RAD Engineering ,guitar, bass, and amp repair and limited custom instrument and amp building.
Mike is probably not going to make any more cabinets in the near future, but he does have two 18.5s available. I heard him playing his upright through one and when I went to the wash room in a decent sized restaurant, the paper towels were vibrating out of the holder. These are deep and very high fidelity. You can contact him by messenger on his Facebook page, Mike Arnopol Sound Works, or PM me for contact info.
 
At present, as far as I know, Mike has retired from the cabinet building business, while I can’t speak for him personally , I can understand why. He only built a handful of the 1/8.5’s, so unless your fortunate enough to find one used their are far more 1/8’s out their than the 8.5’s. Barefaced makes a great 1x10 from what I’m gathering on TB “You can spend your entire life looking for the holy grail” Just my take of course.

Addendum, based on Mikes Facebook it appears as if he built three 1x8.5’s last summer one that he sold. So there is that.

My two powered Mike Arnopol Soundworks CabinCabinets a MAS 4x5.5 and a MAS 1/8 v1

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