Anyone using PA speakers in DIY cabs?

[aende]

Just a thought;

I had a scooch about on t'interweb. PA drivers seem to be a bit cheaper, but with a better spec; larger frequency range and high sensitivity. Wattages and impedence seem to match up well.

Any reported problems?

Are 'bass guitar specific drivers quite simply a marketing ploy to push the numbers up?

[Dave Vader]

I have PA drivers in PA cabs, been using them for years and years and years. Even changed the drivers to newer PA drivers when the old ones went sh*tshaped.
They are fine, i like them a lot.
Specifically celestions in old Laney 15" cabs with the horns pulled out.



These ones here.

[bremen]

Aye, me and Barefaced.

PA bass drivers tend to not have the HF extension of designed-for-bass drivers, so I (we) tend to add HF drivers.

[Beer of the Bass]

Relatively few drivers are sold as being bass-guitar specific, and that includes the ones used in many commercial bass cabs. I've got a cab using B&C 12HPL64s, which I believe are intended as a PA midbass driver.

Edited January 11, 2013 by Beer of the Bass