Al Krow Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 (edited) Couldn't see a thread on this, so was wondering if anyone has had or tried one - if so how did you rate it? Could perhaps be more interesting for synth bass rather than normal bass? (Reggae being the obvious honourable exception!) Appreciate this is now out of production, so what's the current competition for this low end beast? Edited July 13, 2019 by Al Krow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Hi al , I’ve used these in the studio and they sounded great when pushed , they have serious low end , I quite fancy one myself but I only do the occasional gigs now so I’m not sure about home use , and I think @taunton-hobbit has these 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taunton-hobbit Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 13 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: and I think @taunton-hobbit has these 🙂 I've got two of the first Dubsters - with a filter to shove most of the mid/top somewhere else (sep amp & spkrs) - they handle anything I can throw at them - shame Alex de-listed them, but I guess aiming them at the dub market probably didn't help sales. ( Mine are staying, btw ) Everyone I play to reckons they're frightingly good.......... 😎 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 (edited) Boominess an issue? I guess that's my biggest single concern and using hpf to control would seem to defeat the point of focusing on the low end. Edited July 13, 2019 by Al Krow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taunton-hobbit Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 (edited) ........... try one & see - everyone hears stuff differently ? 😎 I bi-amp, the 'hpf' is variable so I can get the heft that I need (Dubsters were never designed as full-range kit) Edited July 13, 2019 by taunton-hobbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 Haha - they're not easy to get hold of to try out! I'm particularly interested in the more compact Dubster 2 or an equivalent from another manufacturer. Not sure what the alternatives are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 @3below and @Raggy - not wanting to go off piste on a FS thread, but am really interested to know whether your BF Dubsters are: - the v1 or v2? - what else you pair yours with? - whether you're getting any low end boominess on your sets and if so how you have dealt with that? If you've got any clips uploaded of the Dubster being used, that would be fantastic - couldn't find anything much at all on YouTube! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I bought a Dubster 2 from a member on here last year and I think I've used it on about 4 gigs. Two were when it was twinned with a Big Baby II and powered in bridge mode from my Crown XLS1502. The sound density was ridiculously thick but the addition of the BB2 enabled more upper frequencies to come through. However but I think next time I take it out I will have the two cabs on different sides of my power amp so I can balance the sound between the two cabs better as in bridge mode the dubster does tend to over power the low end and I think it would work better if I was able to use the BB2 for most of my sound and let the dubster add heft without taking over the volume loud. The other two times, I have used it as a stand alone bass cab which was rather good. Just to add, all gigs were reggae which it is deal for. The only other time I think it would be suitable is if I was gigging outdoors. If you can find one, it's a great addition. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 (edited) @jazzyvee great post thanks. I was in the queue behind you for that Dubster 2 last year In addition to the two uses you mentioned, I suspect it could also work well for synth bass. Edited July 16, 2019 by Al Krow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3below Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 8 hours ago, Al Krow said: @3below and @Raggy - not wanting to go off piste on a FS thread, but am really interested to know whether your BF Dubsters are: - the v1 or v2? - what else you pair yours with? - whether you're getting any low end boominess on your sets and if so how you have dealt with that? If you've got any clips uploaded of the Dubster being used, that would be fantastic - couldn't find anything much at all on YouTube! Mine is the 2x15 Eminence 3015LF model (as per above sale). Not aware of boominess, Usually I use an SG bass, Sansamp Leeds and QSC power amp. It works equally well with Peavey Tour 700 I have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggy Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 (edited) 23 hours ago, Al Krow said: @3below and @Raggy - not wanting to go off piste on a FS thread, but am really interested to know whether your BF Dubsters are: - the v1 or v2? - what else you pair yours with? - whether you're getting any low end boominess on your sets and if so how you have dealt with that? If you've got any clips uploaded of the Dubster being used, that would be fantastic - couldn't find anything much at all on YouTube! Mine is the V1 version, I bought it new in 2010. I've ran it with a hell of a lot of amps, Markbass LMIII, GK 1001 and 2001 RB's, Genz Streamliner and Shuttle 9.0, Trace Elliot Hexavalve, TC Blacksmith, Orange Bass Terror and currently an Orange Four Stroke 500. The only amp I feel it didn't work with was the Streamliner, it sounded way too 'flubby', if that's a word, no real definition no matter what I did, to be honest I didn't really get on with that amp at all. I use it in two bands, one is a Ska/Two-Tone band and the other, a Punk band. Always a P bass (with flats on at the moment) in both bands. I have never felt it was too boomy, apart from with the Streamliner, but I do like a bass tone that sits under the band, saying that, with round wounds on I can get pretty close to JJ Burnel's bass tone with the right EQ settings. What that sounds like out front, I do not know but I have had lots of good compliments from other bass players on my tone/tones. Alex told me that there is not much treble on these cabs and the output drops like a stone at about 1.5Hz, but I have never felt wanting for top end. Edited July 16, 2019 by Raggy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtcat Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 I've got two FR800 and an LF1400 (essentially 2 powered BB2 and 1 powered Dubster 2) to all intents and purposes that's just like having a PA system just for bass. I only ever use them together as PA for the whole band. That much bass on stage would be a pain. Even if I was playing reggae I'd want to leave that sort of low end to the foh system. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 On 13/07/2019 at 20:23, Al Krow said: Haha - they're not easy to get hold of to try out! I'm particularly interested in the more compact Dubster 2 or an equivalent from another manufacturer. Not sure what the alternatives are? Thread resurrection here, did you ever get the dubster 2 Al, I’m eyeing them up at the moment , what’s your thoughts 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 10 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: Thread resurrection here, did you ever get the dubster 2 Al, I’m eyeing them up at the moment , what’s your thoughts 🙂 Nope dear fella. One never turned up and I guess we kinda went a different route with the band and got ourselves a RCF 702 AS II sub woofer (which we've not properly used in anger yet) and then I completely forgot about it... probably got distracted by a global pandemic or something! You managed to spot one out in the wild? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Al Krow said: You managed to spot one out in the wild No not yet, they seem to be quite rare, probably a bit overboard for home use at the moment but you know how it is 😁 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taunton-hobbit Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 I'd consider swopping my 2 Dubster ones out for a pair of twos if I could find some, they'd take up less space in my lounge .............. 😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 On 16/07/2019 at 11:47, mrtcat said: I've got two FR800 and an LF1400 (essentially 2 powered BB2 and 1 powered Dubster 2) to all intents and purposes that's just like having a PA system just for bass. I only ever use them together as PA for the whole band. That much bass on stage would be a pain. Even if I was playing reggae I'd want to leave that sort of low end to the foh system. Yeah, sound guys don't tend to like too much sub bass on stage so not using mine as much as I had hoped but these days when I use my big baby II and Dubster II, which is like a passive FR800 and passive LF1400, :-), I use them on a separate channel on my power amp and just put a bit of the dubster it in to add to the low end density without it being noticeably loud or over powering. It makes the low volume sound much fuller. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 20 hours ago, Reggaebass said: No not yet, they seem to be quite rare, probably a bit overboard for home use at the moment but you know how it is 😁 Depends on how much your neighbours love bass!! 🙂 I hope you find one. I don't use mine a lot but when I do it shows it's worth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 On 16/07/2019 at 11:47, mrtcat said: I've got two FR800 and an LF1400 (essentially 2 powered BB2 and 1 powered Dubster 2) to all intents and purposes that's just like having a PA system just for bass. I only ever use them together as PA for the whole band. That much bass on stage would be a pain. Even if I was playing reggae I'd want to leave that sort of low end to the foh system. Ahhh...you still have this?! I thought it had been sold - that is one serious rig! When you have something comparable @Reggaebass I probably won't need to make trek up from E3 to E9 to hear it will I? 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taunton-hobbit Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Did you go off selling it ? 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, taunton-hobbit said: Did you go off selling it ? 😎 I've just spotted I'm quoting a post from immediately before the thread resurrection back in July 2019 - lol! I suspect that rig may well have gone to a new home by now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taunton-hobbit Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Oh well, that saved me some dosh ................... 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 That’s a well serious rig, would I be right in saying you could use the bottom 18 as a single cab or would you need other cabs to go with it , is the LF 1400 another name for the dubster 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 1 minute ago, Reggaebass said: That’s a well serious rig, would I be right in saying you could use the bottom 18 as a single cab or would you need other cabs to go with it , is the LF 1400 another name for the dubster 2 LF 1400 was the Dubster 2 with a 1400W power module included. A beast! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) Actually the Dubster 2 is passive cab and I have used mine as a stand alone cab on reggae gigs but prefer using it with my big baby II. Edited September 11, 2021 by jazzyvee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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