Moderators isaac42 Posted May 9, 2020 Moderators Share Posted May 9, 2020 I used to play through a setup like this. Sunn Concert Bass amp, 150 watts into 4 ohms, and a Sunn 215S cabinet with, you guessed it, two 15" drivers. I have no idea how the sound would compare with what I'm using now, fifty years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted May 9, 2020 Members Share Posted May 9, 2020 Cool amp. 👍 When I was first playing back in the 70's Sunn gear was da bomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted May 10, 2020 Moderators Share Posted May 10, 2020 We used to use a Sunn Concert Bass amp to power our PA...it worked okay...then I got a Crown...that was wayyyyy back when... The real secret with those 2x15 cabs was to lay them down on their side, and face them to the wall... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted May 10, 2020 Author Moderators Share Posted May 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, daddymack said: We used to use a Sunn Concert Bass amp to power our PA...it worked okay...then I got a Crown...that was wayyyyy back when... The real secret with those 2x15 cabs was to lay them down on their side, and face them to the wall... To do what, exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted May 10, 2020 Moderators Share Posted May 10, 2020 better bass tone...projecting bass at waist high or above doesn't seem to do much except drown out everything else....and cause hearing loss. by laying the cabinet down, in my experience, we got more thump, more spread...and it was almost 'compressed'...hard to put into words. I've done this for many years and most bassists are surprised now much better it sounds. Works best with 15s, even a 1x15 cab facing the wall sounds deeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted May 11, 2020 Author Moderators Share Posted May 11, 2020 22 hours ago, daddymack said: better bass tone...projecting bass at waist high or above doesn't seem to do much except drown out everything else....and cause hearing loss. by laying the cabinet down, in my experience, we got more thump, more spread...and it was almost 'compressed'...hard to put into words. I've done this for many years and most bassists are surprised now much better it sounds. Works best with 15s, even a 1x15 cab facing the wall sounds deeper. Seems to me that you'd be killing the mids and highs, where most of the tone is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted May 11, 2020 Moderators Share Posted May 11, 2020 surprisingly not. try it sometime. Pretty much any bassist I've demo'd this for has liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted May 12, 2020 Author Moderators Share Posted May 12, 2020 23 hours ago, daddymack said: surprisingly not. try it sometime. Pretty much any bassist I've demo'd this for has liked it. Sure, why not? Won't cost me anything to try. Assuming I ever play again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted May 12, 2020 Moderators Share Posted May 12, 2020 you could try it at home...😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted May 13, 2020 Author Moderators Share Posted May 13, 2020 No. I'm a hoarder. I have no space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted May 16, 2020 Author Moderators Share Posted May 16, 2020 On 5/10/2020 at 11:40 AM, daddymack said: better bass tone...projecting bass at waist high or above doesn't seem to do much except drown out everything else....and cause hearing loss. by laying the cabinet down, in my experience, we got more thump, more spread...and it was almost 'compressed'...hard to put into words. I've done this for many years and most bassists are surprised now much better it sounds. Works best with 15s, even a 1x15 cab facing the wall sounds deeper. Any specific distance from the wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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