stevie

I had the 15" version. It looked quite smart from the outside, but a peek inside revealed lots of voids in the plywood and one of the two perfunctory braces rattled because it hadn't been glued in properly. It had no wadding inside. Plus, the speaker was the cheapest and nastiest I have ever seen in decades in the business. The cabinet droned along with the bass notes and it sounded awful. In summary, a pile of junk. There is now a Mark II version, which might be better.

Count me in. Sunday afternoons would be favourite.

Fascinating stuff! Please say someone recorded this.

I'd like to point out that a bass cab isn't a PA. So while you can use DSP in a PA system for quite a few different things - lots of them really useful - on a bass cab all you can do is alter the frequency response a bit and perhaps add some judicious limiting. If a cab needs this kind of tweaking, it should probably have had more money spent on the drivers in the first place. So the comparison with PAs is misleading IMO.

I'm with Subthumper here. If it's a proper (cast chassis) B&C, have it reconed. The current Markbass drivers are Chinese B&C ripoffs (I'm not even going to say copies) - so that's probably what you will get.

I've seen Markbass cabs with HPLs in them, but I've never seen a B&C with a pressed steel chassis. I suppose anything is possible if you're buying in large enough quantities. The eBay one is from a relatively old Markbass cab.

Someone is auctioning one on eBay, although it doesn't look anything like the HPLs. <http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MARK-BASS-NEODYMIUM-12-NEO-SPEAKER-DRIVER-B-C-MADE-IN-ITALY-/221855157676?hash=item33a7990dac>

[quote name='Gareth Hughes' timestamp='1440437737' post='2850733'] [size=4]The tweeter in my Epifani UL2-112 cab needs replaced. [/size][color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I contacted Epifani - they say there isn't a compatible one on the market and that I'd have to buy one from them. [/font][/color] [/quote] They would say that, wouldn't they? Post a photo of the tweeter so that we can have a look. A close-up of any labels would help, too. You can almost certainly fit a low-cost P.Audio tweeter, but you need to make sure the efficiency is in the same ballpark as the original.

Several members have put their finger on the prominent midrange problem. It's not a peak, it's a broadband rise through the midrange and it probably has a number of causes. First, the low inductance voice coil will produce in a rising response. There may also be a baffle step factor, although the width and the ground location of this type of cab usually tend to cancel that out. Also, I wonder if Phil hasn't made the cab slightly big, which may be depressing the LF slightly. I wouldn't read too much into the quick measurements I did. I was mainly checking the driver parameters, cabinet tuning and system sensitivity as well as looking for obvious problems. More extended measurements are certain to show what we have heard.

Other jacks are OK, but the Neutrik jacks are in a class of their own IMO.

[quote name='Sean Fairchild' timestamp='1439399391' post='2842512'] The speakers we make and use on our bass cabs are also rated using max power ratings, but here's another industry issue - maximum thermal ratings are generally used in the industry for drivers, which is already a problematic metric, because speakers will perform poorly well before they reach this maximal point. But in an effort to use the same metric that most other manufacturers use or at least specify, the company has decided to use the peak wattage thermal rating of our speakers as well, so you can compare peak wattage across brands/products. Thanks all for the questions, I'll keep endeavoring to assist as I can [/quote] Could point us in the direction of another bass cab manufacturer who uses peak power ratings that are equivalent to yours? What do you mean by peak power, by the way? Could you be specific?

Sean, how does your CEO justify the 2000 watt power rating for the Bugera 1x15" cab? There are industry-wide standards for speakers. Which ones is your company using here?

You're welcome. The Eminence Deltalight is a pretty good driver and is used in a lot of commercial cabs. It's always good to see someone rolling their own. Thanks for posting the photos.

You can get a custom-made grille for about £20, I think, or less if you paint it yourself. Nearly half of that is delivery, unfortunately. It's not going to protect the speaker any better than what you have on already though.

Nice job. You'll get a more pro appearance if you invest in a full punched metal grille. Did you use a template to flush mount the handle and back plate?

It's a matter of taste. Solo bass guitar worked well in Tubular Bells. There are plenty of jazz bass players capable of playing an interesting, occasional solo, but - like drummers - they're never going to sustain interest for very long. However, all bass guitarists trying to show off their flashy w***ing skills..... errr I mean soloing skills..... come across like mediocre classical guitarists - even those who are amazing players. IMO, of course.

Aha - so you admit you're a widdley widdley!

We seem to have a difference of opinion between the bum bum bums and the widdley widdleys.

Shameless commercial, but I'm selling an Eden Nemesis NSP115 for the ridiculously low price of £120 in the For Sale section. It has exactly the same drivers as the D115XLT (15 + horn) but comes in a lightweight cab in 1/2" ply with an impressive amount of internal bracing. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/266909-eden-nemesis-nsp115-lightweight-cab-a-gift-at-l120/

Not that I could, but if I played like that in my band I'd get fired. It's all about the bass, guys.

That's a useful review. A little add-on tweeter box is a nice idea but it really does have to be designed specifically for the cab it will be used with.

[quote name='hitchy64' timestamp='1437162103' post='2824183'] I'll keep an eye out for second hand too. [/quote] Using the Basschat for sale section is a good idea, as others have said. If you buy new and have to re-sell, it can be quite expensive.