Jeff - Hell yes they can be used for bass, and sound great. Generally they're fitted with a D-140 for bass instead of the D-130 but the bass reflex makes them particularly suited for that.

Flowmaster - be careful with that A/B comparison of two tone-ring cabinets, you might find you want to run both all the time!

MelWaldorf
Jeff - Hell yes they can be used for bass, and sound great. Generally they're fitted with a D-140 for bass instead of the D-130 but the bass reflex makes them particularly suited for that.

Flowmaster - be careful with that A/B comparison of two tone-ring cabinets, you might find you want to run both all the time!

Well..I like tight lows; My VM-110 is great at that, better than a Mosrite IMHO. I'm just wondering of a Tone Ring is giving me softer/basier lows than a reg. baffle would.

I was playing the VM-110 through a new Crate Palomino (EL 84's, 112) and it sounds GREAT; I like that tight low end and wonder if the Showman get's any tighter without the ported baffle.

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MelWaldorf
Yeah, what Danny said. We all know to respect the words of a Jewish carpenter!

So if I contract Danny to build a tone ring cab for me, will it have some sort of religious significance? Will I never hit a bad note again?

I don't think so. But you will be forgiven, my son.

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DannySnyder
I don't think so. But you will be forgiven, my son.

Oh no, did I cut one again without realizing it?

Oh, just a minute, now I get it. You're talking about my sins . . . That's a big subject.

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DannySnyder
I'm talking about your bad notes

That's an even bigger subject.

Do you build cabs for hire?

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DannySnyder
not economically feasible for me to do it for you. I suggest you check out J.D. Newell, others on here will attest to their quality and great prices.

Is there anyone building tone ring cabs? I think this would solve my biggest challenge because I want/need great bass response but I don't want to sacrifice the highs. I'm trying to build a cab which will allow me to play a bass or a guitar through it and strike a good compromise. I was researching tone rings when I found this thread and brought it back to life (and I'm not even a Jewish carpenter).

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DannySnyder
Comparing my tone ring to the new 2x12 I built, the difference in bass response is subtle at best. A lot of work for small pay off. I say build the 1x15 and forget the tone ring unless you really want to. It's also more expensive, the tone ring is another $60 and the extra wood baffle and blocks take a fair amount of time.

Maybe I'd be better off with a pair of 12" bass speakers in a 32" Showman style closed-back cabinet. My home/small-gig rig is a heavily modified Blues Jr. that I run through an Avatar 1x12 bass cab. In a way that's the inspiration for my Twin/Faux Showman project, having one amp that can handle clean guitar, bass or baritone at gig volumes.

DannySnyder
It's pretty easy though if you have rudimentary woodworking skills.

Rudimentary is the best way to describe all of my skills.

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hmm, my experience with 2x12 in a closed back cab are different. I think it's the open back at high volumes which lets you loose low-end. many if not most basscabs use 10" speakers. Intuitively, Id say it's a speaker's ability to travel back and forth wich defines the low end, and that has little to none to do with the speaker size.

what twin? saying 'a twin' is about the same as saying 'a strat'

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Hey Danny. I'm interested to build a 2x12 tone ring cab.
Looks interesting!
Where did you find the metal ring?
Are there any "standard" dimensions for tone ring cabs?
How much smaller must be the inner baffle?
What about the space btw inner and front baffle? Or the diameter on the front baffle? etc....

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DannySnyder
Spy, there's no such thing as a 2x12 tone ring, tone ring cabs are single speaker only. The metal rings are available through the usual vintage amp part suppliers. The plans were available on ebay from the guy who builds Dario's (Gomez) cabinets. I don't see them currently listed on Ebay, perhaps Dario will act as a conduit to help you buy them.

I hadn't even thought about that before but perhaps I should think in terms of a Gomez cab at some point in the future.

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