What is the best speaker cabinet for dub bass?

JMO · Post by **JMO** » Fri May 05, 2006 6:57 pm

I use a Steinberger bass with a 300 watt Trace Elliot amp, both of which kick ass, and I'm in the market for a new cabinet. Any suggestions?

overstand · Post by **overstand** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:31 pm

What kind of Steinberger do you use? I just got hold of one recently. They are fantastic bass - made for dub ! I think you cant go wrong with a steinberger and ampeg combination - probably an SVT stack if budget allows!

Dylan · Post by **Dylan** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:20 pm

I can get a great dub tone out of my Eden cab. Especially now that the speakers are just getting a tad blown. It's a beautiful sound.

Bassman · Post by **Bassman** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:04 am

Most deadly bottom end rig I've used so far is:
SWR Interstellar Overdrive pre-amp into a heft power amp and an Eden 1x18" cabinet. Ultra gut-rattling lows. That's with a Fender Jazz or Wal 4 string.

1truetree · Post by **1truetree** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:06 pm

Surely it would be a scoop type cab? nuff dub sounds playing with them. i'm just building two microscoops with pd158s and planned to use them with bass pre (swr iod if i can get hold of one maybe, cheers bassman, hadn't heard of it! it looks very cool, could be used with soundsystem to get some valve roar too!) and poweramp as my bass rig.
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Bassman · Post by **Bassman** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:40 am

If by scoop, you mean ported cabinets, then I'd agree. Back in the late 70's (!), I used JBL scoop cabs with 15" speakers. They looked cooler than they sounded. Any ported 18" cabs I've used over the years are far superior in definition and low end.