custom built bass cabs

[ebenezer]

i have a good celestion sidewinder 15 inch driver and would like to put it into
a cab and i was wondering if there are any cab builders or good diy-ers
would be up for it?

cheers me dears.

ps.....had no luck finding compact empty cab!!

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

They're guitar drivers.

[Musky]

Are you sure about that Bill? I'm sure I remember bass drivers in the sidewinder range as well.

[jonsebass]

Try Zilla Cabs. Brilliant quality, service, the lot!

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1365800014' post='2044826']
Are you sure about that Bill? I'm sure I remember bass drivers in the sidewinder range as well.
[/quote]AFAIK there are no T/S specs anywhere for them, but they were supposedly a knock off of the EV SRO, which was a guitar/musical instrument driver, back before there was much differentiaton, if any, between guitar and bass drivers. I had an SRO 15, which was a monster guitar driver, able to split eardrums at 200 meters. On bass it would fart out at 40 watts.

[Delberthot]

Didn't some of the older 90s era cabs come with sidewinder drivers?

[rumour6]

I''m sure there are versions of Marshall Bass cabs with them as standard, the DBS or similar 215's... you know the gold ones... also the previous bi-amp 15 & 210 Marshall boxes... I think?!?!

[ebenezer]

cheers folks......yes marshall did fit the sidewinder 15 in some of there cabs.....this driver was celestions answer to ev .....12s and 15s......edge wound voice coil
and high sensitivity 101-102db......

regards......mark

[Phil Starr]

If it is quoting that sensitivity then it probably has a short voice coil and correspondingly short excursion, not really designed for bass. Because they are moving components and therefore wear out old speakers are not a good bet for longevity, especially if you push them hard.

Don't spend a fortune on this speaker, the best use for it is in restoring vintage gear probably, it might be fun to see how it sounds but it isn't going to make a gigging bass speaker.

[onkel_kasten]

here's a german bass cab builder with great recommendations and very good prices:
[url="http://fmc-audio.jimdo.com/"]http://fmc-audio.jimdo.com/[/url]

Edited April 17, 2013 by onkel_kasten

[DiMarco]

If it is a sidewinder S150:

Fs 58.5 Hz
VAS 97.38 liter
Re 6.21 ohms
Z 8 ohms
BL 13.6
Qts 0.352

This is all I have, no info on XMAX sadly so it will be hard to come up with any port good dimensions.

[DiMarco]

Ah never mind... the S150 is a 12" guitar speaker.

[ebenezer]

just for information.....i've had this driver from new....it is an all purpose speaker and was loaded in ev 606 design box and always sounded good....(not too much bottom end,but
punchy).....i surpose in sound it had elements of a 12......cab was mdf and too heavy....will probably go for compact bag end design....easy build(got all hardware)

with reference to the size of voice-coil....i believe it is 2.5 inches.
never heard speaker farting on bottom end....and its had some punishment over the years!!

well there you are me dears.....i'm off to buy some 5mm plywood ,grill cloth and some six inch nails!

[Guest bassman7755]

Why bother when you could just buy something like this ..

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peavey-115-bx-bass-cab-speaker-/200913672737?pt=UK_ConElec_SpeakersPASystems_RL&hash=item2ec7635a21"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2ec7635a21[/url]

Hed probably take 100 for it, and how much change from a 100 quid are you going to be left with by the time youve bought everything to make your own ?.

Edited April 19, 2013 by bassman7755

[FinnDave]

Cheap empty 1x15 cab here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Empty-unloaded-compact-ASHDOWN-MAG-115-15-BASS-CABINET-/161010445447?pt=UK_ConElec_SpeakersPASystems_RL&hash=item257cf86c87
(nothing to do with me, I just saw it earlier when looking for something else)

[ebenezer]

thankyou for replies my lovers of all things low-end.......
got something sorted......will let you know the outcome
in due course.

toodle pips