Yes I’ve used that little Ampeg Rocket bass combo - it is formidable!
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Who here rocks a single 15?
- Thread starter Jason Hollar
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I’ve always been curious about these Hydrive cabs - never had the chance to audition them.
I started with a 210 years ago, then migrated to Hartke 210XL and 410XL with a GK 800RB. Later, when I found Bergantino, I got their Ref 210 and 112 and used that stack. Then one day I heard their NV115 at Long and McQuade and I just had to have it. So that's now my baby.
It's a closed design with a 6" driver for higher frequencies and straddles the vintage and modern tones. Expensive, but worth the price. It's all I need for what I do, but I would love to have a stack of two.
It's a closed design with a 6" driver for higher frequencies and straddles the vintage and modern tones. Expensive, but worth the price. It's all I need for what I do, but I would love to have a stack of two.
DIY 15, emi BP1525 with a modified dust cover: View attachment 3265005
Calipers on top vibrated and add a bit of HF reverb
That Neox 400 head is a very sweet unit! Nice rig...
It's rare I bring this full stack to a gig (full disclosure: I use venue-supplied backline for probably 85% of the gigs I do, so it's rare I bring any cabs to a gig!) but that middle cabinet, an early 90s Eden David-series D-115, is the bees knees when used by itself.
I also have a Flite Sound 1x15 that I use by itself for a lot of small gigs.
Thanks bro. Jbone! I really like it. Exceeded my expectations for sure. And that was after acquiring a pair of Streamliners. This one has a sticky note inside, indicating a checkout by the @agedhorse which shall remain in place until death do we part
It SHOULDN'T work. Too little power, ported cabinet, all the things TB'ers don't like. Except it always does. Plenty of pop in a club, and FOH guys always dig it.
Sometimes one, sometimes two. 80’s EV TL606 bins with EVM 15 L & B drivers. Haven’t needed to pop in Faital 15PR400s yet. The EVs sound beautiful.
Not missing using 10’s one bit.
I used to have a 4x10, but it was getting too tedious to lug around. I found a good deal on a matching set of SWR cabs, a 1x15 Son of Bertha and 2x10. I pretty much only use the 15 by itself now; its so easy to carry, sounds great, and I cannot imagine playing anywhere where I would need as much volume as it is able to get from the GK 700RBII that I run through it.
The 2x10 sounds great with the 15 btw, its just so much easier to bring the one cab, and it sounds great on its own.
The 2x10 sounds great with the 15 btw, its just so much easier to bring the one cab, and it sounds great on its own.
For decades, I've dug the sound of 12" speakers for bass. When I started playing seriously (hobby serious, that is) around 2006, I gravitated to 1-12" cabinets, loving the convenience of one small, capable cabinet, with the ability to scale up to a pair. But I've now pretty much transitioned to 1-15" cabinets. IIRC Ken Jung used to post a lot on TB, and had good things to say about some 1-15 cabinets that were on the smaller side, and had been designed to punch rather than to thud. I had some good backline experiences with cabinets fitting that bill, and over the years I've converted to pretty much 5-string, exclusively. I then picked up a dirt-cheap GB Contour 500 combo when Fender pulled the GB plug, and was blown away by how effective this is in small-medium bar settings, even without FOH (to be fair, the band I play with, with that amp, does Cowboy Gonzo Americana, and the drummer is unusually skillful and attentive to appropriate dynamics). I continue to keep that combo in Colorado for jamming and gigs out there. At home, I still have a pair of GB 6.2 1-12 cabinets (with a Shuttle 9.2 in the saddle); that combo head/cabinet gets a lot of use due to sheer convenience. But when it really counts, it's one of my 4-ohm Audiokinesis 1-15 cabinets...I have the original 4-ohm Thunderchild, and a 1503 Hathor Changeling.
The 1-15"s I like best tend to have a tight, punchy presentation. Perhaps not the lowest extension (although the Thunderchild is quite good that way), nor the most efficient, but I seem to get good room coverage and a good place in the mix (footnote - the HPF control on the Subway 800+ is a great tool in this regard). Besides Audiokinesis, I'd expect the Subway 1-15 also to deliver the kind of performance that's currently getting my attention. Also gotta respect the Greenboy fearless 115 - a great cabinet, with both full range and punch! - but not a good form factor for my many-staired hillside house.
The 1-15"s I like best tend to have a tight, punchy presentation. Perhaps not the lowest extension (although the Thunderchild is quite good that way), nor the most efficient, but I seem to get good room coverage and a good place in the mix (footnote - the HPF control on the Subway 800+ is a great tool in this regard). Besides Audiokinesis, I'd expect the Subway 1-15 also to deliver the kind of performance that's currently getting my attention. Also gotta respect the Greenboy fearless 115 - a great cabinet, with both full range and punch! - but not a good form factor for my many-staired hillside house.
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This one gets the nostalgia award - great GK head and Yamaha BB P/J (fretless?), as well as those old EV units. Oldies, but goodies!
I’m really glad to hear this. I use the same GK head with an SWR G3 210. I’ve been thinking of trying an SOB (or two) as they pop up on CL at pretty reasonable prices.
Audiokinesis Thunderchild 15. 35lbs and can handle any stage ive ever been on.
I use a Little Mark 250 Blackline through a Fender Rumble 115 cab.
My wife bought them for my birthday a few months ago. Great wife!
My wife bought them for my birthday a few months ago. Great wife!
I have played through every speaker configuration over the years, especially back in the bi-amp/tri-amp days.
But I have always come back to the sound of 15s, and especially the 2x15 cab. Right now I am all 15's across both sides of my rig. My roadwarrior Ampeg BP115HP combo is handling the "clean" side and my Peavey VB2 feeding a Genz Benz 215 on the FX side.
I still have my Peavey MkIV which was my only amp for almost 2 decades. It has been used with every kind of cab and has always sounded best through a 215 cab. I think that applies to most every bass amp that Peavey designed. ACC amps and Fenders had been my mainstays before the Peavey and they sounded fantastic through 15s.
Don't get me wrong, I like all kinds of cabs and I still own my 410 and my 118 and I like the sound of 212 cabs too. I like having the options.
But if I could only have one type it would be 2x15 or a pair of 1x15s
But I have always come back to the sound of 15s, and especially the 2x15 cab. Right now I am all 15's across both sides of my rig. My roadwarrior Ampeg BP115HP combo is handling the "clean" side and my Peavey VB2 feeding a Genz Benz 215 on the FX side.
I still have my Peavey MkIV which was my only amp for almost 2 decades. It has been used with every kind of cab and has always sounded best through a 215 cab. I think that applies to most every bass amp that Peavey designed. ACC amps and Fenders had been my mainstays before the Peavey and they sounded fantastic through 15s.
Don't get me wrong, I like all kinds of cabs and I still own my 410 and my 118 and I like the sound of 212 cabs too. I like having the options.
But if I could only have one type it would be 2x15 or a pair of 1x15s
I'm dying to try a Reeves 115, but I'll be using this 215 after the winter.
Eden d-115s are to me one of the best sounding cabs ever made. Nobody’s interested in a 200w 1x15 anymore I guess but they sound so sweet and full. The 400w versions all sound much stiffer with clunky highs.
I regularly use just my mesa powerhouse 115 these days. I try to encourage lower volumes so the band can actually sound good to listeners.
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