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    Teeny-tiny bass cab - recommendations please

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    22 minutes ago, Skinnyman said:

    Great project Teebsy. I’ll watch your progress with interest.

     


     

     

     

    Top tip: Probably worth getting a few bags of peas in the freezer. Apparently, they’re the best thing for keeping fingers and thumbs fresh while you get down to A&E to get them sewn back on

    Great tip! :i-m_so_happy:

     

    Just a quick logistical question: if you've just chopped your finguls off, how do you open the freezer door? And how do you pick up your finguls to put them on ice?

     

    Yours hincerely,

    Liberacè

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    Teeny-tiny bass cab - recommendations please

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    37 minutes ago, JohnDaBass said:

    Dear Mr Teebs,

    Just ignore all the Faff and nonsense from those "Onlooker" who are probably envious of your gallant desire to create something that you will enjoy building and using.

    The whole biuld process is a satisfying, enjoyable process savored by the few who dare to try.

    I look forward to reading your diary account in the "Build diaries" section.

    Good luck with your efforts. 

    Kind regards 

    John (very amateur cab builder)

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    Teeny-tiny bass cab - recommendations please

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    1 hour ago, Taylor beach-blues said:

    Hiya Teebs dude,   'owt you need from work , shout  !,  screws, plywood,   I even have some or those  metal cab corners doing now't at home, or an  'andle. 

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    1 hour ago, Reggaebass said:

    Same teebs, if you need anything and I’ve got it you can have it 👍

    Thanks both!

     

    If I'm short of stuff, then I'll shout out on here. 

     

    Very kind 👌🏼

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    Teeny-tiny bass cab - recommendations please

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    11 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

    If a BF 110 is too big you're going to have to say how small it really has to be.

     

    Ideally very small.

    The original cab for these amps was 200 x 130 x 170mm, with a 4.5" speaker.

     

    I'm not too fussy about the bass response & tone as it's only for playing to the baby when we're away from home. (He likes 'Reach' and by S Club 7 & 'Rockabye' by Clean Bandit! nonon.gif.baceeda29492af2f37ad0244be663645.gifFML!).

     

    I can use headphones for me to practice.

     

    I might try to recreate the Hotone cab myself...  Finx.gif.38e5a959284efcdb0f75de29e61f08b8.gif

    What could possibly go wrong?  :laugh1:

     

     

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    Teeny-tiny bass cab - recommendations please

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    Thanks Bill - I've added a quote regarding Hoffman's Iron Law for anyone else interested.

     

    That was useful advice - much appreciated.

     

    Hoffman’s Iron Laws of Speaker Building

     

    1) Bass Extension

    2) Efficiency

    3) Small Enclosure

     

    The law is that you can only have two of these three attributes in speaker building.  Ideally we would want all three, we want speakers with good bass, can play really loud, and are small.  Unfortunately we cannot have all these.

     

    Typically, if you find small speakers with good bass, they will require a lot of power or won’t get very loud.  If you find big speakers with good bass, they won’t require much power.  If you find small speakers with no bass, they will not require a lot of power and will get decently loud.  All off these are vague statements and basically amount to use common sense; you won’t get a tiny subwoofer unless it has some insane power requirements and you won’t have tiny speakers that rattle the house.

     

    What I'm after - a small cabinet with low power & not a huge bass response for use as a low volume practice amp setup - I understand that I'll have to sacrifice the bass response, but didn't realise that I'd need more power as well. That's useful to know.

     

    So I guess my modified question should be 'can anyone recommend a tiny bass cab (or design for one I could build) with a compromised bass response for low-volume practice? Power require ment as necessary (10w +)'

     

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