12'' speaker vs 10'' for bedroom level chugging..

[Pierre]

Right now I have a 12'' speaker in the combo I'm using, which I plan on selling to get a smaller tube combo, with a 10'' speaker. What I'm worried is that the POD I use through the current combo won't sound as good with a 10'' speaker at similar volumes. Will I notice much difference, especially for chugging and heavy riffing?

 

[TonyBar3]

Re: 12'' speaker vs 10'' for bedroom level chugging..

I believe you'll lose some of the lows that come from heavy palm muting.

 

[Pierre]

Re: 12'' speaker vs 10'' for bedroom level chugging..

If I dial in more bass then it'd compensate directly, or would the sound still be a wee bit thinner?

I'd actually TRY it if only any of the shops had 10'' speakers or PODs that are moveable to plug into cabs...

 

[JLagoon]

Re: 12'' speaker vs 10'' for bedroom level chugging..

You will notice the difference. The 10" speaker would sound tighter/narrower. Although you can still have that "chug," you won't feel the deeper bass vibration that you get with a bigger speaker. Sometimes, compensating the size by increasing the bass would just make things muddy on a smaller speaker.

 

[Kane17]

Re: 12'' speaker vs 10'' for bedroom level chugging..

I think 10's are ideal. They don't sound as natural as the 12's but you still get pretty good chug In my opinion.

I think that in some cases it's easier to get 10's into a full resonant vibration (on strings A and up...) without waking up the house.

Just for the Record I use a 4x10 guitar cabinet and I have a 1x12 combo..I USUALLY preffer the 4x10. Both Live and in recording. Maybe I'm just weird though.

 

[GuitarStv]

Re: 12'' speaker vs 10'' for bedroom level chugging..

I think that it depends more on the actual speakers that you get than the size . . . lots of bass players use 4X10 cabs and they usually get tons of low end!

 

[iekobrid]

Re: 12'' speaker vs 10'' for bedroom level chugging..

What about going the other direction? I'm looking into getting a keyboard combo with a 15" and a horn for monitoring my PODxt and Bass PODxt. I'm not worried about the bass tones, but will my guitar tones tend to woof/flab out?

 

[JLagoon]

Re: 12'' speaker vs 10'' for bedroom level chugging..

Maybe you should get Roland JC120 instead then. It's not a tube amp, but it has nice clean channel that you can use with your POD, keyboard, guitar, etc.