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Speaker Sizes?
- Thread starter dajman1800
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Well I'm a 115/210 guy but if I have to pick and use only one size speaker I'm going with the 12".
5's kick!!
+1
Just switched to Phil jones Bass gear - couldn't be happier. Amazing tone and clarity out of an array of 5" drivers. Read Phil's website. Makes a good argument for having speakers of the same size in your rig. All firing at the same time - the same way - the same speed etc - makes more volume - range - clairty etc. Says that mixing speaker size is like using round wounds and flat wounds on the same bass at the same time.
Seems to work.
4 X 10" + 1 X 15, If I had to choose just one-I d go to the middle ground a 12"...04 a Neo 4X 12 cab from Mesa or GK...yup so I voted for 12
I love my GK 2x12 Neo Stack. Those four 12s give me exactly what I want.
The sealed 1x8 practice amp is nice too, but you're limited to bed room practice.
In the past I've also tried ported 2x10, ported 4x10 and ported 1x12. The 1x12 sounded the best of those.
The sealed 1x8 practice amp is nice too, but you're limited to bed room practice.
In the past I've also tried ported 2x10, ported 4x10 and ported 1x12. The 1x12 sounded the best of those.
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I can never decide, so I have two 410 cabs, a single 15 cab, a single 18 cab, and will probably pickup a 212 cab or two 112 cabs, in the future. That way I can use what ever I'm feeling like , on a whim, when it comes up.
I prefer and use 10"'s...they just provide my sound with plenty of high-end response! I'd love to try one of those PJ amps with the 5" speakers though!
10's and lots of em. 
I would think that 4, 6, or 8 10's a side should do it. Run the
Eden D410xlt on the top
Eden D210xst on the bottom
and
WT800 to drive both sides of the stage...Of course it should be a fairly big stage
JMO
I would think that 4, 6, or 8 10's a side should do it. Run the
Eden D410xlt on the top
Eden D210xst on the bottom
and
WT800 to drive both sides of the stage...Of course it should be a fairly big stage
JMO
12s for me. I love my Glockenklang Double (2x12). It screams and it sounds phenominal. There is nothing missing from that cab. If I come into a musical situation which demands more juice, I'd probably add another one (rather than 10s or 15s for example).
I currently use 1-15 and a 2-10. I like the sound, but I also like the flexibility. For small practices without a drummer I just bring my head and the 2-10. For small situations with a drummer I bring the 15 and for performance I bring the whole rig.
First post, thanks for having me. I voted 10's, cause I think all around they're the tightest sounding speakers by them selves. But, I like a 15 in the mix to give a more full spectrum sound overall.
I voted for 12's
from October to December last year I spent every Sunday at a studio that had an old Peavey cab 2x12 with a horn, WOW!!!
I've been on a few amp sites, it seems no one is making cab's with 12's i.e. ampeg, peavey, trace elliot, kustom, Hughes & Kettner. GK has a 2x12 & 4x12
who else has them?
from October to December last year I spent every Sunday at a studio that had an old Peavey cab 2x12 with a horn, WOW!!!
I've been on a few amp sites, it seems no one is making cab's with 12's i.e. ampeg, peavey, trace elliot, kustom, Hughes & Kettner. GK has a 2x12 & 4x12
who else has them?
1 x 410 & 1 x 212 cab each running into a 2 channel amp with a balance to bias each cab. Having your cake and eating it too.
Never looked back!
Never looked back!
Depends on the gig. I play a 212 in my rock/blues band where I need to stay out of the way of the guitars, but run a 210/115 combo for church where I need more clarity to accent our keyboardist.
I prefer the sound of 10's, although I'm not opposed to 12's, 15's or even 18's. I've never owned an 18, and haven't played through one in years, so I'd like to give the 18 a go at some point.
I've never played through 8's either, although all this talk I've been seeing lately of Henry 8x8's and Yorky XC808's has got me interested in trying one of those...
I've never played through 8's either, although all this talk I've been seeing lately of Henry 8x8's and Yorky XC808's has got me interested in trying one of those...
I voted 12s. I play through a GK 4x10 and a GK 2x12. If I'm playing a gig and I can only take 1 cab, I take the 2x12. I'm thinking of getting a 1x18, possibly even a folded horn type to use with the 2x12 but I may just get a second 2x12.
My reason for wanting to try an 18 is because I've recently joined a Stoner/Doom band and I think the extra bottom end would be good. The GK 2x12 is a very full-rangey sounding cab so I think that and an 18 would be just great. Maybe I'll try an SWR Big Ben as well as trying a folded horn...
What does everyone think to my ideas? Right road, wrong road??
BTW, my amp is a GK 1001RB.
My reason for wanting to try an 18 is because I've recently joined a Stoner/Doom band and I think the extra bottom end would be good. The GK 2x12 is a very full-rangey sounding cab so I think that and an 18 would be just great. Maybe I'll try an SWR Big Ben as well as trying a folded horn...
What does everyone think to my ideas? Right road, wrong road??
BTW, my amp is a GK 1001RB.
