fiberglass/plastic cabs...

[LukeFRC]

years back before I played bass I did PA at church, a friend of mine had a 4x10 cab that was really lightweight and seemed to be made out of some brown plastic or fiberglass. the problem was with normal speakers it was very front heavy.
what was it?

Edited November 28, 2010 by LukeFRC

[LukeFRC]

no one?

[gafbass02]

Flite perhaps?

[LukeFRC]

looking at their website I'm unsure.

It was like an ABS flightcase, like for rack gear, with a removable front, and I guess on the back there must have been some kinda imput.
you took the front off, and straight away there was 4 1o inch speakers.

weighed little more than the weight of the drivers. I just wondered after all these years what it was.

[Prime_BASS]

Ask the friend?

[LukeFRC]

going too, just not seen him in about 8 years other than passing hellos. facebook is my friend!

[Prime_BASS]

Itdefinatly interesting if I can get something lighter I'll get it.

But there must be a reason it didn't catch on.

[LukeFRC]

yeah, the design flaw was it was very front heavy. the positive was now you could do the same thing with neo drivers....

[chris_b]

The only plastic cabs I've seen are the Peavey, Electrovoice, Mackie type pole mounted PA cabs.

[LawrenceH]

[quote name='Prime_BASS' post='1039576' date='Nov 28 2010, 03:08 AM']Itdefinatly interesting if I can get something lighter I'll get it.

But there must be a reason it didn't catch on.[/quote]

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