Bass Guitar Speakers

Bass Guitar Speakers

What makes a speaker a bass guitar speaker?


Huh?


Is it just the ability to reproduce bass tones and frequencies???
I had a Vox AC30 cabinet in the 60's with an Italian "Geloso" amp
fitted as the Vox unit had given up (no surprise there then). I fitted
the cab with a par of Titan 12" speakers as they were CHEAPER than
Fane (Which were CHEAPER than Celestion) which ALWAYS blew.

I fitted a solid plywood back to fill the holes in the back of the
cabinet and put rags etc. in to stop it booming.

Voila!!! Great bass combo.

But hey - what makes it a Bass speaker???

Regards,


Geoff

Re: Bass Guitar Speakers

Stompbox wrote:

> What makes a speaker a bass guitar speaker?
>
> Huh?
>
> Is it just the ability to reproduce bass tones and frequencies???
> I had a Vox AC30 cabinet in the 60's with an Italian "Geloso" amp
> fitted as the Vox unit had given up (no surprise there then). I fitted
> the cab with a par of Titan 12" speakers as they were CHEAPER than
> Fane (Which were CHEAPER than Celestion) which ALWAYS blew.
>
> I fitted a solid plywood back to fill the holes in the back of the
> cabinet and put rags etc. in to stop it booming.
>
> Voila!!! Great bass combo.
>
> But hey - what makes it a Bass speaker???
>
> Regards,
>
> Geoff

"Bass" speakers usually have stronger suspension components.

They may also have longer excursion (the amount of travel
from all the way in to all the way out) to allow them to move
more air. A stiffer cone is usually used to prevent warping
or fracturing when driven hard. Oddly enough, a "bass guitar"
speaker may well have a usable frequency range that is
wider than a guitar speaker. A "woofer" is a different
animal - it's designed to reproduce *only* low frequencies,
and woofers usually sound like ass when used for bass
guitar unless a tweeter is also used. A typical bass guitar
speaker may have a usable bandwidth which goes from
around 40 Hz to 6 or 7 KHz, while a woofer may only work
from around 30 Hz to 2 KHz or even lower.

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Re: Bass Guitar Speakers

Stompbox wrote:
> What makes a speaker a bass guitar speaker?
>
>

Lower Fs, longer Xmax, greater power handling.

Fs is the free air resonance of the cone.
Xmax is the throw. Power handling is the thing's
ability to dissapate heat.

> Huh?
>
>
> Is it just the ability to reproduce bass tones and frequencies???
> I had a Vox AC30 cabinet in the 60's with an Italian "Geloso" amp
> fitted as the Vox unit had given up (no surprise there then). I fitted
> the cab with a par of Titan 12" speakers as they were CHEAPER than
> Fane (Which were CHEAPER than Celestion) which ALWAYS blew.
>
> I fitted a solid plywood back to fill the holes in the back of the
> cabinet and put rags etc. in to stop it booming.
>
> Voila!!! Great bass combo.
>
> But hey - what makes it a Bass speaker???
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Geoff

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