My hearing is too compromised to get excited about loud any more. But deep is The Bomb. I had an ACME 12" which was appreciably bigger than the "standard" 12" cabs. It went beatifully deep.
Not a deal. But this seems to be the place to discuss plugins. After resisting buying a Strymon Big Sky for a long time I finally caved. Then they announce the plug in!
https://cdm.link/2022/10/strymon-big-sky-reverb-plug-in/
I was in a guitar shop in LA, looked to my left and then mouthed to the guy serving me "isthatBBKing?". He looked over and confirmed that it was. I have lost his autograph.
Just for ABSOLUTE clarity, the irony was that women are outnumbered by men in bass-dom but all my best pupils were women. Nothing else. Shout out to Allison, Rhiannon, Sara, Anita and Katie, in no particular order.
M'eshell is as good as it gets on bass.
Ironically, when I was doing lessons the girls were always better than the boys. My top 5 pupils would all have been girls.
I have tried to go to outboard preamps, but not all my playing situations are backline situations. This means that I really appreciate being able to reach things with my hands while I play. I could have things on the floor, but that is just another thing to plug in and I like having everything in one place. With "floor things" that is another bag, lead, PSU etc to carry around.
But I am fully aware that what I like does not work for everyone. My wife has mentioned this.