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Chris Horton
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These Carvins interest me as they resemble the shape of my old Vox Westminster cabinets. The vox cabs were extra heavy 1" particle board and rear-ported. The Carvins aren't even .75" plywood, but I want a couple. But,I know better now and will stick with 10's!

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I had a Vox Foundation 2x18 when I was a kid. I wish I still had it. I can't remember what it sounded like, and I'd probably refit it with a 15" and a couple of 10s, or something, but it looked lovely.

It was the big one from this page:

http://www.voxshowroom.com/catalogs/1971_p6.html

I paid £20 for it and it came with a 30m lead.

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[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1338150137' post='1670183']
I had a Vox Foundation 2x18 when I was a kid. I wish I still had it. I can't remember what it sounded like, and I'd probably refit it with a 15" and a couple of 10s, or something, but it looked lovely.

It was the big one from this page:

[url="http://www.voxshowroom.com/catalogs/1971_p6.html"]http://www.voxshowro...gs/1971_p6.html[/url]

I paid £20 for it and it came with a 30m lead.
[/quote]




Wow , what a monster :)

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Having fooled around with mostly 15's but also one 18 these post make sense- especially the earwax. I've never needed cotton buds since [i]that [/i]Zep concert. Might be worth doing some research on the guy who used to make Jaco's speakers (18's I believe) a Steve Rabe. He wanted to prove to a highly sceptical and conservative load of bass players (shurely not!!) the there was a better way to make a low end.
Start with
http://www.swramps.com/company
see what you think.

I found this a good thread. Thanks

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[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1338038112' post='1668883']
[i]a tight, punchy, slap & pop high-end.[/i]

[b]Freq. Resp: 30 to 2K Hz -3dB [/b]

Those statements are diametrically opposed.

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Reading the entire blurb they seem to promising all things to all people. However, considering those frequency response figures I'd like to hear a high end pop and slap from it. Perhaps the person who wrote it has a different definition of 'high end'. :)

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He used 301's... but never needed much high end gliss... that just wasn't in the game at that time.

And Steve Rabe brought out a very respected bass monitor system which blew everything else out of the water at the time..pretty much.

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  • 2 weeks later...

[quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1337942211' post='1667667']
Marshall Major and 4 Vox Foundation cabs, 18s.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54H3EUAzpVg[/media]
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The singer sounds like the guy from Stories... both bass players too (same guy?). And I dig the fat 'bump' of those 18s...

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