osus
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hello,
i've been playing a musicman stingray 5 through a 70's ampeg v4 head into a bag end 2x12 cabinet (not sure what year or model, just that it isn't made any more and there isn't any information on it on the web).
it sounds great, has always cut through the mix, and gives me the satisfaction of confusing the sound-guys who look around for a 15 or an 8x10 and come to the conclusion that we're a band without a bassist.
my only complaint is that it looses a little tightness on the low b, but i don't really hang out in the lower registers too much and can usually compensate with eq on the bass and switching fingering position when i need to go lower but want to retain articulation & punch.
the problem is...
it's developed a quiet buzzing sound that my amp technician had concluded a while ago as being one of the speakers beginning to die out. the longer i've played with it the more pronounced the buzz (which has a slightly phased characteristic) has gotten. the volume of the buzz is more or less constant--it decays with the sound of the bass but seems to be just as loud no matter how loudly or quietly i play.
i'm happy to stick with my current setup and just replace the speakers, but all the information i've found about 12 inch replacement speakers is geared towards guitar amps, and especially not towards 5-string basses. furthermore, i've heard from a couple (not-so-reputable) sources that super-low frequencies matched with the wrong speaker and an improperly tuned cabinet can result in early speaker death. so i'd like to make sure that if i replace my speakers, i'm not setting myself up for a short-lived experience with them.
the cabinet's internal dimensions are 26 1/2 x 16 x 12, and it has two 2" ports centered with the back of each speaker.
any suggestions on replacements, retuning the cabinet or just moving on to something else entirely?
thanks in advance!
i've been playing a musicman stingray 5 through a 70's ampeg v4 head into a bag end 2x12 cabinet (not sure what year or model, just that it isn't made any more and there isn't any information on it on the web).
it sounds great, has always cut through the mix, and gives me the satisfaction of confusing the sound-guys who look around for a 15 or an 8x10 and come to the conclusion that we're a band without a bassist.
my only complaint is that it looses a little tightness on the low b, but i don't really hang out in the lower registers too much and can usually compensate with eq on the bass and switching fingering position when i need to go lower but want to retain articulation & punch.
the problem is...
it's developed a quiet buzzing sound that my amp technician had concluded a while ago as being one of the speakers beginning to die out. the longer i've played with it the more pronounced the buzz (which has a slightly phased characteristic) has gotten. the volume of the buzz is more or less constant--it decays with the sound of the bass but seems to be just as loud no matter how loudly or quietly i play.
i'm happy to stick with my current setup and just replace the speakers, but all the information i've found about 12 inch replacement speakers is geared towards guitar amps, and especially not towards 5-string basses. furthermore, i've heard from a couple (not-so-reputable) sources that super-low frequencies matched with the wrong speaker and an improperly tuned cabinet can result in early speaker death. so i'd like to make sure that if i replace my speakers, i'm not setting myself up for a short-lived experience with them.
the cabinet's internal dimensions are 26 1/2 x 16 x 12, and it has two 2" ports centered with the back of each speaker.
any suggestions on replacements, retuning the cabinet or just moving on to something else entirely?
thanks in advance!
