Somewhat of a musing here so apologies for that !
I’ve been after this tone in my head for years which is basically early Queen, woody, p bass with flats etc
In pursuit of this I own a handbox all valve head and a BF supertwin
At the last rehearsal I did I couldn’t be bothered taking my rig with me and used the random 4x10 with a tweeter and an amp of equally dubious provenance.
I ended up with a somewhat top heavy somewhat distorted Geddy Lee tone (I have the picking technique of an amped up gorilla which helps) and I had a tonal nirvana moment, totally at odds with what I’ve being trying to achieve 🤦♂️
So the question is what sort of cab do I actually need ? I don’t think the super twin is actually what I need despite it’s obvious weight advantages.
Head-wise I’ve discovered that going into the effects loop straight from the (active) bass gets me most of the way there, as does adding a compressor. Sansamp may help even more.
Maybe the cab isn’t so important it’s more down to the amp, in which case crack on lad 🤣
I’ve just fallen in love with that slight distortion on the attack rolling back into a scooped mid sound