This is a bit of a loaded question because the answer obviously depends on the venue. The assumption made here is that you will be playing “unassisted”, meaning all you have is you, your bass, your amp setup and nothing else (meaning no PA system).<\/p>\n
Generally speaking, you have the choice of 8″, 10″, 12″ and 15″ speakers when it comes to bass cabinets… although you’d be amazed how much projection you can get out of really small cones these days (see Phil Jones offerings<\/a> for examples of that).<\/p>\n Now while true the 15″ delivers a “warm” sound that fills a room very nicely, the tried-and-true 10″ in 4×10 configuration projects very well with minimal effort. And where playing live is concerned, projection matters. “Warmth” of sound is nice, but it doesn’t matter for much if it can’t be heard, and that’s why projection is so important.<\/p>\n This is not to say that other speaker sizes cannot project because they certainly can. But many bassists swear by the 4×10 for note clarity when playing live.<\/p>\n This is another loaded question, but the general consensus is that bass players consider the tone of the 15″ and the even bigger 18″ speakers best for sound, but prefer the 10″ for playing live because it’s simply more usable.<\/p>\n In other words, it’s usually easier to be heard with a 4×10 compared to a 2×15 when trying to be heard over a drummer that’s banging the skins like a drunken caveman and playing way, way too loud. The midrange response out of the smaller 10″ really helps there.<\/p>\n Some prefer a single speaker with 1×12 or 1×15. Others go for the 4×10 or 6×10. Then there are those who like the large-and-in-charge 2×15. And there might even be a few of you out there using the big-big 18″ speakers.<\/p>\n What have you had the best luck with your live bass playing? Many like the 4×10 but maybe you’ve had better luck with something different?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is a bit of a loaded question because the answer obviously depends on the venue. The assumption made here is that you will be playing “unassisted”, meaning all you have is you, your bass, your amp setup and nothing else (meaning no PA system). Generally speaking, you have the choice of 8″, 10″, 12″ … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":11455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Is the 10″ the best sounding<\/em> speaker for bass?<\/h3>\n
Which speaker size have you had the best luck with when playing live?<\/h3>\n