Good cab for '67 Bassman head?

[patrick]

Might be getting a '67 Bassman head for $600 soon (seems like a steal to me), I was wondering what kind of cab would work best with this? I'm not sure what the wattage is on it, but I know I probably won't need anything bigger than a 2x12, seeing as I'm only playing 80-capacity rooms at the largest right now.

[rfurtkamp]

'67 will be a 50 watt head.

I was always partial to JBL 1x15s in a closed back cab with my old Bassmans, but have used everything from a 2x15 to a 4x12 without incident.

Price seems high unless it's got documented, by a real tech you trust service very recently.

[Holy Schnikes]

$600 is def on the high side!

I've played a 50W '65 thru a Fender 2x15 and it sounded INCREDIBLE!

[patrick]

Well, the guy offered to retube it as well for that price, so that seems fair.

Either way, was thinking about 15s too, interesting those got brought up

[Chankgeez]

... Either way, was thinking about 15s too, interesting those got brought up

Was gonna suggest a 2x15 or 1x15 as well.

[WeHuntKings]

I played one of these through a 2x15 as well. Incredibly ballsy.

[friendship]

I always had just used club cabs with mine. I found that I wasn't a big fan of using 4x12s with it. For whatever reason that was always very dark. I had a cheap 2x10 that sounded pretty good with it. those amps are fucking great, by the way.

[rfurtkamp]

The 4x12s that worked required that the speakers NOT be Celestions generally.

Thus began my avoidance of them, which generally continues to this day.

[74vibrolux]

I rehoused mine in a 2x10 combo and it was an awesome amp. I really miss that amp.

[fishtankdork]

The one I played was over 2 12s and sounded godly

[74vibrolux]

So it would appear the consensus is "whatever you play the damn thing through is gonna sound amazing because they're amazing amps". Though somewhere out there is a cab with a series of 10s, 12s and 15s waiting to be made! I sure wouldn't want to load that in and out each night. But I'm sure it'll sound epic!

[V_____]

I like mine with a pair of celestion g12h75s

[charmander]

I play a 65 Alamo Paragon Bass which sounds a lot like a bassman through a sunn 215b and it sounds REALLY good. 15s are not as dark as you think they are, I get plenty of nice bright tones if I'm after that.

[friendship]

Also, whatever you do, make sure you turn the volume to 10.

[Ben79]

You guys saying 600 bucks is steep for a 67 Bassman feels like being kicked in the stomach. In the UK that thing would be twice that. I got lucky and managed to score a 70s silverface for about 450USD. That's really cheap here. I run that through a 70s Orange 4x12 with old Greenbacks in. Sounds good but I've always wondered how it would sound through some Jensen alnico 10s.