Bass Cab/Speakers Advice needed!

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Bass Cab/Speakers Advice needed!

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So, my band's got a 1978 Fender Bassman 135 with the matching "pyramid-design" 4x12 cab which we are currently running our bass through and (imo) sounds fucking awesome in an old-school super-low-end kinda way. We use 2 guitars w/ single coils through trebly Fender amps live, so we don't want our bass to sound too punchy, but instead to fill out the shoegazy treble toanz we're producing for a very full sound.

We're looking for a somewhat affordable smaller cab (2x12 maybe? $200-400ish) that'll be compatible with our 4ohm amp head and won't sound like butts. We've tried the Ampeg Portaflex (2x10) and a few other cabs but we've found most of the stuff we tried were small cabs that tried to sound punchy, huge, and nice by themselves, but def not appropriate for the live mix we want. We don't mind having a custom cab built, but many of the people we have contacted are surprisingly inept when it comes to recommending good bass speakers for what we want.

Naturally, I come to you, the bass Gods of ILF in hopes that you might be able to point us in the right direction... So, what do you think? :)*
well i guess, but i just don't know.

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Avatar are really good and in that price range. Check for used ones on TB. I use an Avatar 2x12 cab and it sounds great.
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Thanks!! We will check them out! Any other suggestions?
well i guess, but i just don't know.

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Just another +1 for Avatar. Super simple, cheap, and I love the 12 in mine. A 2x12 would probably be perfect, because it would be loud enough, and then not that 10" kind of punch that you're trying to avoid.
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Another vote for Avatar here. I have an Avatar Contemporary 4x12 for guitar, and the 8-string player in my group uses that plus an Avatar 2x10 to get the full range of toanz. Fantastic pricing and great options for getting exactly what you want.

That and you can grab them used for super-cheap on craigslist.
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how are those speakers Avatar uses? Hellatone IIRC
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There are a couple choices for speakers I think.
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Mine has Eminence?
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