Triumph_Rock

13 minutes ago, Bill Fitzmaurice said:

I wouldn't use the BN15-400X. The high Qes will give boomy midbass response and weak lows, the 4mm xmax limits usable power to 200w. You can certainly use a Celestion driver in my designs, but as is the case with any driver brand the T/S specs have to be compatible. One of the prime rules of speaker design is don't start with the driver. Start with the intended box size and frequency response, then choose a driver that works in it.

Thanks for the input Bill.

That's why I tried to figure out how to use WinISD, to find a cab and driver combination that works well.

That's also why I haven't purchased your plans already as your cabs suit Eminence drivers and Celestion aren't Eminence. I'm aware about them needing to match up. 

I guess I didn't make that clear enough in my original post.

The frequency response needs to be low enough for a 5 string so around 38-40 Hertz. That's why I picked the BN15-400X, as it states frequency response down to 38 Hertz.

The box size isn't such a concern, as long as it isn't huge.

Hi guys,

I am looking to build my own bass cab. I was thinking to use a Celestion 15" BN15-400X. I am struggling with coming up with a design. I wish to use the cab with a 5 string bass guitar. I have tried to use WinISD but struggle with it. I am aware of BFM website and designs, but I was wishing to use Celestion over Eminence. So its a case of either I need to somehow figure out how to adjust Bill's design for the different driver or go back to the drawing board completely. I was hoping for it to have a horn, or tweeter.

Any help very much appreciated. Whether thats pointing me to different software to WinISD or a great online learning resource, or even a design incorporating a Celestron 15" bass driver and tweeter or horn. 

Hi guys, late to the party,

I'm looking at building my first cab. I can no longer see the photos or plans posted upto page 3.

Does anybody still have the plans? And could post them here or send me them by pm?

Iron Maidens new song, The Writing On The Wall.

Learning Megadeth In My Darkest Hour.

Megadeth - Killing is my Business and Business is Good album.

13 minutes ago, bartelby said:

You can play some nice OM now:

 

That's a cool track, the bass sounds awesome in it.

7 hours ago, Trueno said:

Regarding the title of your thread… it ain’t madness… it’s GAS!

Enjoy…

Um what does GAS mean ? 😊

7 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

Indeed - I like the 5 string. I mean I like rics but I couldn't spend that much on a 4 string, as they don't get played much. Just need to know if it is something that I can use first. I figure at some stage someone I know will have one and I can give it a try, I doubt I will ever see one in a shop!

Maybe give Ricky Sounds a try, the 5 string Ric has a vintage and modern tone range. I think it has some really usable tones, surely somewhere in the UK had one in. The new pick-up seem to do a great job of equal volume across all 5 strings.

Yes I've yet to learn a Motorhead song believe it or not! 

Yesterday I tuned the bass to B, C#, G#, C#, f#. Bass of Doom!

My first Ric arrived this week, here are photos. 

10 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

I almost got one a couple of months ago, and I keep going backwards and forwards about it, but until I have had a chance to play one I can't really justify it!

Congrats on the new bass, hope it is great

It was really a case for me that I had been looking at basses online from Fender, Ibanez, Warwick. Then I got listening to Motorhead, was reminiscing how Lemmy is one of my main reason for picking up bass. My next bass had to be a 5 string. So I looked at 5 string Ric's online, found video reviews and read some reviews. So I pulled the plug on one. Big gamble, having never played a Ric before. But glad I did. I much prefer the look of the 5 string Ric than the 4 string.

It's landed and sounds sweet. Excellent build quality, the tuners are something else, and the tones!

Judas Priest - Redeemer of Souls album.

Megadeth - 1000 Times Goodbye

Listening to Corey Taylor - CMFT album.

I always used to think a 410 and 115 was a classic combination. The advice though from professional cabinet makers is if you find a cabinet you like, buy two of them.

Funny enough I'm going through the same decision making process, I have an old Ashdown ABM115 Compact 500w. I'm considering paring it with either an Ashdown 210 or 410.

Judas Priest - Necromancer! Banging tune, have to say the album Firepower is very good.

Being that these are FRFR cabs are you guys going to be using them with modeling amps?

Well folks thanks to @Oldman, I now have a Positive Grid Bias Amp Head.

Connected it to my Ashdown ABM115 Compact 500 Watt cab. And used my Sterling Stingray 4HH. First thing I noticed is the sound sounded "fuller, thicker" Whether that is the head or settings is yet to be decided.

This morning I connected the head to the Bias Amp 2 Professional software. I am very impressed with what I have seen so far. I can not wait to get experimenting. 

For anybody not in the know, at 4 Ohm the head puts out 850 Watts, at 8 Ohm it puts out 600 Watts.

Motorhead - Under Cover album

2 minutes ago, MHMSWC#03 said:

I used to use Songsterr but I swear it was making my laptop all buggy so I quit using it and went the YT route instead, I used to use Samboat Music when I first started. Now I use Guitar Pro.

I use Songster on my phone, no bugs issues. Will check out the other programs you mentioned.

17 minutes ago, ubit said:

Songster is a great tool for learning but take care. Lots of their tabs are wrong. Right notes but asking ridiculous movements over the fretboard. I sopped using it after finding some songs were ridiculously hard to play when the same notes can be found by moving up the strings.

Yes that's what I've found the songster can be wrong. Then again a lot of tab found online on various websites is wrong, and that's the good ones. Always pays to listen to the track and try and dissect it and cross reference with the tab. 

29 minutes ago, MHMSWC#03 said:

I have only cracked Enter Sandman successfully (have only been playing for a year really). I have had a shot at some other tabs but haven't followed through with it. I just checked my bookmarks and Creeping Death is the most recent half-assed effort I've made 😁

I wouldn't worry about how long you've been playing. I've only been playing since last September-October. 

I tend to use Songster to learn new songs, I find it speeds learning up for me 🙂

1 hour ago, MHMSWC#03 said:

That's ace!

Thanks, what Metallica songs can you play?