AccuGroove El Whappo Cabinet

Everyone should try this cab, just to know what one of the greatest achievements in modern music sounds like. El Whappo significantly advances the state of bass amplification:

15" sub, 12" woofer, 6" mid(w/ attenuator) 2 tweeters(w/ attenator). Each speaker is in its own box within the cab (no interference). Speakon and 1/4" jacks (series or parallel). 700 watt max.

SWITCH BETWEEN 4 OR 8 OHMS AS NEEDED! Lets you max your amp's output or mix and match with other cabs.

Offers bassists a chance to define their tone without limits.

Breathes like silk, pounds like iron; disassembles a spec house within an hour.

Capable of old school dub, blues/jazz... Every sound that can come out of a speaker would be pleased to come out of this.

Ever heard an audiophile grade stereo? Not the Bose demo booth at Sam's, but the expensive gourmet stuff? That experience will make it hard to go back to a jam box, because you'll hear all kinds of things you never knew were on the record. This cabinet is like that.

Most cabinets are pre-tuned for a genre specific EQ curve. El Whappo's theory is that the cab should just be true. By no means sissy (they should have named it after Samuel L. Jackson's wallet in Pulp Fiction), but accurate. Let the instrument, strings, your style, effects, pre-amp and power amp define your sound. I suspect the cab has some sweetening, because it never sounds generic, but when a cab imparts too much of its own EQ curve, it can dictate your tone. Flat response DOES NOT, however, mean lifeless. El Whappo has fretless "mwah" like you wouldn't believe, slaps like a torpedo, and punches like a Kappa on steroids. Roll off the treble, nudge up the low end a bit, and you can fill the room with a fundamental tone that fits just about anything.

I generally set my amp almost flat and use active electronics on my basses to control the tone. Especially in the mids, where most expressive nuance lives, the amount of control and useful range of tones completely changed what it means to play bass.

My style is to overplay all the time (Rock, blues, funk, adult alt rock) hoping sheer speed will mask my ignorance of harmony, melody or groove. I eventually whirl into a muddy mass of gibberish that ends only when I get lost and have to wait for the "one" to come back in.

With El Whappo, I now create an articulate, full bodied mass of gibberish, but the commanding range of this cab is encouraging me to play less with more confidence. This cab has made me a better musician.

You can dry your hair with a slap line, induce bowel movements with a low B and buzz your way into every building in the Bronx while the actual CABINET remains as stoic as a chinese waiter.

Of course, most cab problems are caused by SPEAKER abuse, and I guess this one can be wrecked like any other, but the efficiency and depth of El Whappo (29hz @ -6db;102 db SPL) make it less likely that I will approach its limits... Unless I'm drunk....or there's a girl around.

1 yr warranty. Never talked to them. Small company. Good reputation.

Buy one now before Harman snags them and you're on an IP phone to Bangledesh trying to discuss the tonal merits of 4 vs. 8 ohm loads.

How is a $2000 cab a fantastic value?

What if you regain child-like enthusiasm for the SOUND of your bass?

What if your live sound was as good as it is in the studio?

What if you could tuck your tone right up under the guitar, fatten up a vocal line, yet still cruise to low B and back with a smoothness and pulse you NEVER KNEW EXISTED?

What is art worth?

One quibble: Casters should not be an accessory at this price.

This speaker cabinet features a 15", a 12" , a 6", and two 1" tweeters. Each of the larger speakers is enclosed in an individual, tuned box within the larger cab. It is rated to 800 watts.

It has both 1/4" and Speakon connectors and incluedes a pair of attenuators, for midrange and highs.

I play gigs from styles as diverse as blues and gospel to funk-fusion, folk, reggae, and improvised experimental music. This is the single most versatile speaker I have *EVER* used!! It covers everything I need and leaves pleanty left over!

My primary basses are passive, neck through 8 strings, tuned in fourths from low F# to high F natural. I use soapbars from Bartolini and Aero in my instruments.

This speaker delivers the exact sound I get when I record direct and feed the signal into headphones. It easily delivers the full 5+ octave range of my babies and covers the entire frequency spectrum with more detail and articulation than I can describe.

I have used this amp under heavy gigging and touring conditions, in wildly different climates, and at all times of the year. It has never let me down.

Mark Wright and David Innis at AccuGroove are incredible! They return calls and email promptly, curteously, and are so helpful it's hard to believe!

The warrantee is hard to beat and I know that if there's ever a need for it, the service from these guys cannot be matched.

As a veteran of more than 20 years, I know gear. Previously I used G-K, Guild-Hartke, SWR, and a handful of other brands. None of them comes close to what the AccuGroove can do. If anything happened to it, I would IMMEDIATELY replace it with the exact same cab.

The only remote downside to this speaker is that it's big and heavy since I'm a little weasel, but for what it can do, I don't consider that a true negative. This is the finest bass speaker on the market!