Members geddyentwistle Posted October 1, 2011 Members Share Posted October 1, 2011 i have an idea to test, and want some help looking for the best bang for the buck and the balance of crunch and bottom.... for electric guitar, i want a 2x12 cab for rock guitar, with one greenback (low watt) and the second speaker to be a bass speaker... so what would be a good 'cheap" 12 bass speaker for that cab?? or more spend more and get a "cheap" separate bass cab?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rpsands Posted October 1, 2011 Members Share Posted October 1, 2011 Not a good idea, generally, without a crossover which is pretty complex to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lz4005 Posted October 1, 2011 Members Share Posted October 1, 2011 It would work, with separate amplifiers for each speaker. There are some companies already doing guitar cabs with one or more bass speakers in them for brootz 7 and 8 string players. But keep in mind that the cabinet designs for guitar speakers and bass speakers are totally different, even when they're the same size. You'd most likely need to isolate the speakers from each other within the enclosure, at which point they may as well be in separate cabinets. At least for the test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitargod0dmw Posted October 1, 2011 Members Share Posted October 1, 2011 You'd also need to find a bass speaker that would work in the size enclosure you want to put it in. Generally speaking, cabinets are designed around the speakers...internal volume, porting, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted October 1, 2011 Moderators Share Posted October 1, 2011 There's also an issue with sensitivity. Bass speakers tend to be significantly less sensitive than guitar speakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MahaloVision Posted October 1, 2011 Members Share Posted October 1, 2011 May want to consider something like a Rivera TAC 112, or build something like it: May be able to pick up a used Los Lobottom reasonably priced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members geddyentwistle Posted October 1, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 1, 2011 thanks ... sounds like it may work, but a separate cab is probably best the plan was speakers in parallel, with there own input, so could use 2 outputs from one amp, or from different amp the greenback is low sensitivity, so i'm thinking they would complement each other, with the greeny a little louder i hadn't looked at extended range guitar cab... again, many thanks alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pickinatit Posted October 4, 2011 Members Share Posted October 4, 2011 There's also an issue with sensitivity. Bass speakers tend to be significantly less sensitive than guitar speakers. There's truth to this, for sure. But I hook up my Sunn Solarus tube head to my Sunn 200S cab (2X15 JBL D140F's) and it produces such a full, thick sound that makes it worth a little lost response IMO. But then again I'm not doing any shredding or particularly fast soloing or anything. The D140F's seem to soften the highs too...sort of takes all the shrillness out of them while still allowing them to cut through pretty well. Just my $ .02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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