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I use Acme Sound B2 2x10 three way speaker cabinets. I own four and all are 4Ω impedance. Using a stereo power amp that is stable at 2Ω per channel, as most pro ones are, I can drive all four at once should I need to. As a statement of fact ALL of my amplifiers are happy driving into 2Ω loads. The difference between an amplifier designed for 4Ω loads and one for 2Ω loads is very little.

I have a Sire P5 5 ( the passive one) can't fault it. Lovely neck, sounds like a P, the B is fine. I'll also throw the Reverend Mercalli into the mix. 5 string reverse P and MM - passive. I have both, the Mercalli is a bruiser and my main gigging bass. Very capable with a lot of tonal variation if required. I use the Sire as back up and pick it up first at home for practice and learning songs etc.

Body does look like a 1970's product to me. It has the straight pocket, so: late 1970's. Neck is from a 1988 Fender AVRI '62 P-bass. Pickguard is way more recent. What does the pickup look like underneath the covers?

@Leonard Smalls That bass line - is a great bass line.

Totally. Helping people is what we do here; they don’t need to be the OP. If a lurker takes away a useful nugget of information that’s totally fine with me

Very true. There's a guy selling an Epiphone Explorer Bass for £550 in the Marketplace, when he brought two Epiphones (Explorer and Thunderbird) for £75. Crazy!

Not everyone has the freedom to visit here whenever he/she wishes. Add to that that good information is never wasted as someone may very well need the same questions answered as the OP.

I am listening to the album Inner Urge by Joe Henderson. Doing an album a week as part of my education. It's pretty cool.

While not being in possession of any statistics on the subject, I would say that the commonest impedance for a cab is 8Ω, hence catering for 4Ω is important. I don't know what the additional cost of designing and building class D modules to cater for 2Ω would be but presumably it's not going to be zero, and may require uprated components or even be completely impractical.

Duke Ellington "In the 60s". Was my introduction to the great man, and is still a fabulous listen. All the big tunes, great quality recording and the old boys were still very much on their collective game.

For interest I looked up the Trace Elliot 1200. I was very disappointed to see that it is incapable of driving a 2Ω load. In my mind such a capability in a bass amp is almost a necessity!

So not all branches are shut then?