TylerDeadPine wrote:
Dr Tony Balls wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 9:23 am
Big cabs are *cool* but I dont know that they sound better. Also I can make a small box plexi that weighs 8lbs less than what Marshall offers and I can guarantee you they sound the same.
But do they
feel, like they sound the same?
haha! good point!
FM Eliya just gave me back my old Silkworm cab (very generous, he bought it from me 15yrs ago).
It's a Mesa 2x15 with EVM-15Ls in it.
It weighs approximately 1000lbs.
It sounds great, now that it's been glued and screwed back into non-rattling shape (must-do process with those guys, not the greatest workmanship in some respects).
And...I think the new lightweight bass enclosures sound kind of lame.
Just not enough inert mass to get the low end out of them or something?
BUT. Some neodymium speakers can be good now--the Eminence Kappalites are close to old EVs and I buy them now when I need replacements.
Much lighter, don't miss the old heavy ass magnets.
Most of my basses are heavy (Beans, Ovation Magnum), but not all--have a quite light P-bass that sounds great (pine) and an Ampeg scroll that has low end that is hard to replicate. Also a good (toylike!) Mustang can have a really nice, deep sound.
As noted elsewhere in the forum, biggest change for me is Origin Effects Bassrig Super Vintage (fake SVT) into the power amp section of an Aguilar Tone Hammer (probably any good power amp for bass).
I don't record with that setup, but live it's nearly the same as playing thru a V4 or SVT and more predictable, with a good, post-EQ DI if the soundperson wants one.
Weighs maybe 10lbs in a Pelican.
Does not look cool at all, though.