General Amp discussion

maxf13 wrote:If you play a five string bass (with the lowest string being 30hz) through a cab with a frequency response of 60hz-15khz, would you be able to hear the b-string?

QUOTE (TheBlueFalcon @ Sep 20 2009, 12:14 PM) *
If the E string on a 4-string bass is supposed to be tuned to 41.204Hz (even lower when "Low D" tuning is used or when using a 5-string bass) why are there so many cabs/combos that have 8, 10 and even 12 inch woofers that don't go below 45Hz?

Because the primary power bandwidth of electric bass starts at the 2nd harmonic, an octave up from the fundamental. The fundamental is there, but at less intensity than the harmonics until you get up around 100 Hz, where the fundamental begins to dominate.

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Can the difference be heard between one that "rolls off" and doesn't reproduce frequencies below 45Hz and one that is capable of reproducing the full frequency range

Yes, but the difference isn't all that much. OTOH many bass cabs, combos especially, have weak response below 100 Hz, and how they sound compared to a cab that runs flat to 50 Hz is pretty substantial. The main reason for bass cabs having a weak low end isn't the drivers, it's the cabinets, which tend to be far too small for the drivers within to operate optimally.

maxf13 wrote:i gotta wait till friday
going round the guys house to try it out and if everything works im taking it home with me XD

SuperMaximo93 wrote:


...VIDS XD

maxf13 wrote:
anyways im well looking forward to it (havent played bass in a week