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Just bought a hx stomp from Frank, which he delivered free of charge & immediately. Great guy to deal with. Thanks

Just purchased a zoom ms 60-b. Item as described, super fast delivery and great comms throughout

Cheers Bill. Great info

To achieve mutual coupling, woofer center to center needs to be less than 1/2 wavelength - is that right? So what distance do woofers on bass need to be apart ideally? Also, does that mean that a traditional 410 (2 stacks of 2) is better than 4 speakers in a vertical array, because of the greater distance between the bottom speaker and top speaker in a vertical array?

Yes, it is one of 2 cabs I'll use. I can go 2 x 115 or 1 X 210 & 1 X 115. Ideally I'd like the 210 on top to bring the tweeter closer to my ears, but the base of the 210 is deeper than the 115 (no tweeter)

Is there much difference in dispersion etc, if I stack a tweetered 210 vertically (tweeter top center between the 2 10 inch drivers when cab horizontal)? I don't hear a huge difference standing next to it.

Stick a back plate on and itll look better & might be useful to store cables, etc.

@Marcus Cornallsounds like you are at the start of a journey most of us have been through (and are still on). I certainly didn't get it right first time and I'm guessing it's the same for many others. I think some excellent advice here, particularly from Bill. I think the most important thing is to trust your ears and go and listen/play through some of these cabs. I bought some high end cabs and on paper they were perfect (and others absolutely love them), but I really didn't like them. I ended up with cabs at a fraction of the price and I'm pretty pleased with them. Of the cabs I tried, the Aguilar dB range seemed to go pretty low. They are heavy, but they do have a lightweight range - I haven't tried those yet. I've always found the markbass stuff pretty good too.

Just a quick question, I've bought some additional feet and am looking to stack my cabs vertically - that wont affect sound/dispersion etc to the point where its detrimental?

Would also be good to hear from some good players (but not necessarily virtuosos) I'm thinking Colin Greenwood, Alex James, Simon Gallup, John Taylor and so on

JPJ, Geezer Butler, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Tim Comerford.... I'm sure you'll get loads of bass players recommendations, but I'd also be interested to get my geek on and hear from others in the industry like amp or pedal manufacturers. Mark gooday or Alex Barefaced spring to mind just cos there UK based.

I never had zoom down as pro gear. I may have to re-evaluate, cos they are great value for money (not that I'm a pro!)

@devinebass I think you're onto a winner with that relaxed top gear style format. You and Ian (who seems like the most sound dude ever!) are a great partnership.

Enjoyed this. Big fan of Guy Pratt - he's played some killer lines over the years - I really like that today bass line too. Was a bit surprised he had zoom b3 on his board though

The fender rumble stuff is similarly priced in the UK to ashdown and is lightweight. Don't know too much about them, and have never used them. But I do seem to remember reading good stuff about them on here. Perhaps worth a look?

I would say the amp heads are the shining lights of the Ashdown range, and while the speaker cabs are good, I do think you could still get great/better performance out of a different lightweight cab. I'm currently running 2 x abm 115 evo 2 compact cabs, but I'm always on the lookout for something lightweight that'll do the job. I suppose aesthetically you may want all Ashdown though.

I have one of these for sale in the classifieds at the moment - Just sayin 😉

One of the differences is the pro Neos are sealed. Which probably means they're not as loud - or you have to push em harder to get the same volume. Pretty sure @BassAdder60has had pro neo as well as the heavier abm cabs

I picked up a 2nd hand gator bag for mine, it's a touch big, but does the job well and makes it easy to carry in/out of venues