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No more 15s for me!

#81
One Drop said:
Probably using backline supplied for many gigs. In any case most go through the PA, so you're not hearing the 8x10 anyway. I haven't seen may reggae bassists miking their cabs either, Family Man is a notable exception- he mixes a miked feed with a DI. I used to see a lot more Ampeg rigs but these days everything goes.

The bass is usually handled FOH by a heap of 18" subs at most of the shows I've been to over the years. Pant flapping goodness.
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yes i was at the best of best concert(sizzla, barrington levy, buju, beenie man, bounty killer and way more) and they all used same ampeg setup but, in the clubs with the artists backing band is usually a 8x10 but you are right... (i goto a lot of reggae shows)
 
#82
That Reggae comment wasn't really made in a very serious tone to be honest. But I do prefer the sound of the fat bass you got from the old 60s and 70s reggae recordings, which sounded to me like they came from nice sack sounding 15s.

Good post though count, my sentiments exactly. I do like to know a little science for some situations like recording a EQing sometimes, but I prefer to try and thing about stuff like that only when I need to. I prefer to try and work things out with what seems logical before thinking in scientific terms, like if amps are sounding a little harsh, thin and in your face at gigs, push them back a little to get them to project more and get a fuller sound etc.
 
#83
billfitzmaurice said:
Side by side drivers are fine if they only operate up to the frequency where their centers are less than one wavelength apart. I'm not aware of any commercial bass cabs that adhere to that rule.
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I believe the Acme Low-B4 woofers cross over to the midrange driver at ~1kHz, which adheres to that rule.

Alex
 
#84
Sure, working with it until you can't get it, and then dipping into the science-bag. I'm mostly scienced-out since learning my PC recording software on my own! :rollno:

I know what you mean about the old recordings too- sometimes in some of the old King Tubby recordings it sounds like the lows of the bass are about to push the speaker right out of the cab! It's just at the edge of extreme, and kind of adds a touch of urgency to the event. Maybe because it's a familiar sound from my own experience!

I've been trying for some of that great big warm fat old-school Dub bass tone, but I find that with the Marquee Bass, being a med-scale bolt-on there's an inherent 'murk' to the sound anyway. I've been setting the amp so there's a lot of blooming low-end, but keeping it a little 'tight' as well. Not a very articulate (scientific) description, but it's a nice effect- even sounds a little modern. It's phat and dark, but very coherent and focused. And it goes through a tube head and a 215 cab loaded with Peavey BWs.
 
#85
Kinda always thought that ported 15's were the shiznit. Then, got a sealed 810. The particular cab I got doesn't need a x-over as the drivers are fine well past 6Khz. After owning a sealed cab, chances are you wont go back..... kind of like going from a bandpass MTX hatchback box to a sealed JL audio enclosure. You figure out why the bp box sounds like crap...too much speaker excursion, with no suspension, or projection. Everyone knows that sound quality is as subjective as beauty. Everyone has their own opinions, and none are particularly correct. Some perfer a boomin', unarticullated sound, while others like a punchier more defined tone. DSFDF:)
 

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