stevie

It was 1x12s mainly, with the odd 1x15 and 2x12 thrown in. To emphasise your point, @Lozz196, one of the contestants was a cheap 12+ horn PA cab from Maplin, which cost about £120 and did surprisingly well compared with the rest of the field, which included boxes up to about £1,000. I expect a search for the Essex Bass Bash will bring up the results.

Good idea. There are lots of players gigging with a single 12 (including me) who find that it's plenty loud enough for anything. That doesn't necessarily mean it'll work for you.

It's interesting to see how many builders have decided against having a standard black cabinet. I guess that's one of the benefits of DIY.

In defence of Barefaced, they've put their money where it matters - in the bass driver. It's difficult to get proper specs on the RCF, but from what you can glean, the Barefaced bass driver is in a different league to the RCF one, and should in theory go quite a bit louder. RCF have put their money into the HF driver. Having a 3" coil on the HF driver and a 2.5" coil on the bass driver might make sense for vocals, but not for bass, where a good 1.75" coil is more than enough for HF. However, it's likely that the presence of the good quality compression driver in the RCF is what makes it sound better. By the way, some (by which I mean all) of the power handling figures being quoted here are way off the mark thanks to unfortunate tendency for manufacturers to double their EIA ratings. As for maximum SPL, that's a joke-and-a-half and bears no resemblance to reality. Frequency response? There's another laugh. All of this makes it almost impossible to compare sensibly between makes.

So would I. If I'd paid for the tickets and accommodation that is. What you going to do instead, @police squad? Watch TV?

You mean, especially as the headline acts are so f*cking ancient that they're likely to buy the farm any minute? You'd think the organisers would know that and have a plan B. Shame! That's a bummer, police squad.

That's about the size of it. I'm old enough to have learned the imperial system at school. 20 hundredweights in a ton, 8 stones in a hundredweight, 14 pounds in a stone, 16 ounces in a pound. So in arithetic we had to do stuff like: Add: 3 tons, 7 hundredweights, 4 stones, 3 pounds, 5 ounces and 6 tons, 5 hundredweights, 2 stones 13 pounds, 12 ounces. And that was before calculators. Still, I'm sure the Americans know what they're doing.😀

What are these oz things of which you speak?

Just looked up Ronin2. Aha! I'd no idea about this stuff but it makes more sense now. The overall impression of the video is that you all really know what you're doing and are good at it. I just wanted to say - well done, that's a real professional job all round. I thought you could do with some more upper mids in your bass, but that could just be my preference. Looking forward to seeing what you do next.

I was more impressed with the way your drummer ended the song, but yeah, I didn't even think about whether you were covering the song closely or not. It was just a great version. So, how was the video done? Please give us some insight. The production values are amazing. It's like "something off the tele". How many cameras? Don't tell me it was done on an iPod.

Whoaaahh! Only just seen this. That was freaking awesome!!!

Yes, the idea of small cone drivers has a lot going for it - especially, as Phil says, for bass guitar you don't really need the HF extension that a tweeter gives you. On the matter of tweeters, a lot of players (like @Dan Dare) say they're not keen on them. However, a proper compression driver and horn properly integrated with the woofer is a completely different kettle of fish. It provides more clarity and "attack" without the tizzy harshness of the cheapo tweeters commonly fitted to bass cabs. IMO, of course.

That's certainly the case with loudspeakers, Phil. Which is why when Genzler call their cabinet "revolutionary" I have to smile.

Interesting take on the Dynacord FE-200 from forty years ago.

Reconing is often a good option, but I wouldn't bother reconing that driver personally - it's junk. If you can't repair it as Phil has suggested (which would also be my first move), you now have a good opportunity to fit a decent speaker for not much more than the cost of a recone. For less than half of the price of that Eminence, you could fit a Celestion Pulse 10, which should do the job nicely and save you some weight. If you want to save some more weight, go for the Celestion neo BN10-200X or Faital pro 10PR320, both of which are quite a bit cheaper than the Eminence.

The P Audio E8-200N is a good quality 8-incher that sounds good with bass guitar and handles a fair amount of power. It's also light and relatively inexpensive at £55. The Faital Pro 8PR200 is probably the best, lightweight 8" speaker for bass guitar. It costs about £100. It's not quite clear what your plans are, but if you're going for a lightweight build, you should avoid ceramic magnets and multiple drivers, as they will make your cabinet heavier than it needs to be. I cannot see any situation apart from bedroom practice where you could get away with a single 6" - so I'd avoid those - and also go for a single 10" if that's feasible.

Tuffcab is also easier to get hold of in the UK.

I used Tuffcab to smarten up a couple of PA cabs I'm selling on Ebay. I got a good result with just a single coat using the recommended foam roller, although a second coat would no doubt have been even better. Judge for yourself.

All good advice from 3below. Any leaks in the cab will produce the kind of noise you're describing. So my first port of call would be the input panel. If there are any gaps (from your description it looks like there are) seal them, and make sure all the jack sockets have a jack in them - not just the one you're using. I'd also suggest you get someone to play the bass (low E is always good) while you crawl around the cab trying to locate exactly where the noise if coming from. The good thing about having separate chambers is that you can use the drivers individually. So if you find you have a faulty driver, just disconnect it and use the good one.

Cab kits are going out on Thursday. If you're expecting a kit but I've not contacted you by pm (unlikely), please let me know.

Indeed - and I suspect that's how they've calculated the 126dBs.

For the TS308 to produce 126dB, you'd need to drive it with about 2,000 watts and have the cone moving about an inch either way.

Woody, did you manage to compare the BCcab with the TC112?

I guess that would make sense.

Bought some speakers from Gerry. He packed them up really well and sent them off quickly. Everything went like clockwork and the speakers were in very nice condition. Thanks!