Question about small cabinet with 5 string

[micgtr71]

i currently play a Modulus Quantum 5 through a gk mb500 and a 410. I wanted to pick up a smaller cab for smaller gigs and wondered what experiences people had with smaller cabs. Please let me know what you play and why. I'm especially interested in how they handle a B.

Thank you in advance.

 

[Korladis]

I have two cabs. One is a Sunn 2000S 2x15, and the other is an Ampeg SVT-15E 1x15. I've played my BEAD tuned bass through both of them, and both sound fine on the low B, though I like the tone of the Sunn a bit more. The little Ampeg does fine, though. Just not as clear on the top end as the Sunn.

 

[micgtr71]

Thank you. The 1x15 may work but I'm thinking more in the line of 210 and 212.

 

[chris_b]

How small?

I went from a 410 to 2 112's. These days my main cab is a 212 but I kept one of the 112's for very small gigs.

I'd recommend Bergantino and Barefaced.

 

[Zooberwerx]

No problems here. Any well-designed enclosure will work perfectly well. A handful of us, including Bassman Paul, gravitate towards the Acme B-2's. Hey, it even sports a big-a** "B" on the front so you know it has to be good.

Riis

 

[ubernator]

I used to have an eden d210xlt, props to that cab, though it is onenof the largest and heaviest 210 cabs. D210xst is lighter and a little smaller, newer type speakers, neos I think.

 

[lomo]

A pair of good 112 cabs (or a single 212) will easily fill a small bar without PA IME, even with a loud rock band/heavy drummer. Right now I have a Mesa mPulse 600 on a pair of GB Neox 12s and the stack is plenty loud and handles low B with ease.

 

[cfsporn]

What about the GK NEO 212?

 

[Mystic Michael]

i currently play a Modulus Quantum 5 through a gk mb500 and a 410. I wanted to pick up a smaller cab for smaller gigs and wondered what experiences people had with smaller cabs. Please let me know what you play and why. I'm especially interested in how they handle a B.

Thank you in advance.

It seems the premise of your question is that small cabs share enough common performance characteristics that one can reasonably discuss them as a class. That premise would be incorrect.

It really is a matter of which specific make/model of small cab you mean. Small cabs vary as widely as medium-sized cabs and large cabs. And performance, as ever, comes down to choice of components, dimensions, tuning, porting, and all the usual design parameters. About the only thing one can say about smaller cabs is that they generally move less air than larger cabs.

MM

 

[Nephilymbass]

Its always either a 410 or an 810 for me. Small cabs are great for a lot situations. My bands just not one of those situations. The 410 is as small as I can go with everyone in the band wanting so much guitar and vocals in the monitors.

 

[alexclaber]

About the only thing one can say about smaller cabs is that they generally move less air than larger cabs.

I don't think that's a terribly accurate generalisation - you could probably say that generally cheaper cabs move less air than more expensive cabs, regardless of size.

What you can definitely say is that smaller cabs are less efficient (sensitive) at low frequencies than larger cabs. Some of the more expensive small cabs are able to handle more power which allows them to make up for the lack of efficiency and still move as much air as a larger cab.

 

[silvertone]

I have several basses but I do own and play a Q5 often into an Eden 210XLT. It sounds just fine. No issues.

 

[micgtr71]

Thank you for all the great info. I have not been able to try a 212 but now I am going to. Also I am going to try the single 12. Being that 10s and 15s were always the main cabs, I never tried a 12 for bass. I am intrigued.

MM-I did not intend to make the premise that all cabs are in the same class or that they behave the same. I wondered only about experiences with smaller cabs handling a low b for lower volume gigs. Thank you.

 

[dgrizzly]

I have a pair of Avatar B210 neos that I have been very impressed with. I got them with the upgraded Eminence Deltalite2 2510 speakers. I never need both cabs for practice or small gigs and the low b sounds great.

 

[ThatLowEnd]

I currently have a TC Electronic K210 cab and it handles my 5 and 6 String basses amazingly. Great lightweight cab!

 

[theduke1]

I play 5 string and use a Ibanez Promethian 3110 with an Overton 110. 300 watts and also has a DI
I also run a Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 12t combo with a 12t ext cab when needed
both rigs handle the low B just fine.

 

[theduke1]

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[Arthur SX]

I tried small cabs and they sound ,well small stick to the 410 if you have to I would go with two 112s , G' Luck

 

[PeaveyPlayer]

I use the carvin brx 10.2 pro series (sometimes)

It says it was designed for a low B and I think it sounds pretty meaty

Defiantly puts out the volume with my tc electronic head

 

[esa372]

I have not been able to try a 212 but now I am going to. Also I am going to try the single 12.
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I wondered only about experiences with smaller cabs handling a low b for lower volume gigs. Thank you.

A fEARful 12/6 would be worth looking into.