Demeter BSC-1 310 Bass Cabinet

Compact 3x10 design with triangular speaker configuration. Two 10's on bottom side by side, one 10 top center with tweeter firing through cone of top speaker, similiar to some EA cabs. Two small round ports on either side of top speaker. 450 watts. Back label says 6 ohms but I think it's actually 5.6 like the Epifani. Very manageable size and weight with very well positioned handles and nice BIG round feet. Very easy to carry for 60 lb. cab. Tweeter control and two 1/4" speaker inputs on back panel. Two complaints: no Neutrik speakon connectors and tweeter level has no markings so I'm not really sure where flat is.

I play a variety of basses and styles: '73 Jazz,Lull Vintage 4,Fretted and fretless Lakland 4's,Washburn ABG 5 string with high C,Tobias Killer B 6,and Tune 8 String. Demeter HBP1 preamp/QSC PLX2402 power amp. Cabinet has a very nice warm focused sound which I think is particularly suited for fingerstyle playing. Slap players may find the tweeter a bit too subtle,depends on how aggressive a top end you want for your slap tone. I use the cab with the tweeter full up and find it acceptable but of course if I want more high end I'm stuck. I actually augment my rig by running this cab on one channel of my amp and a Bergantino HT112 on the other channel which I can dial in for more aggressive highs and mid emphasis if needed. I will say that after owning 25 cabinets(Edens,Ampegs,Epifani,Bergantino,EV,Hartke,etc..) this is my favorite!
I'd give it a 10 if the tweeter was little brighter.

Have only played one gig with it so it's too soon to tell.

Excellent support during the purchase process of the cabinet and my HBP1 preamp. There were some initial delays that they handled very well and expedited shipment.

This is probably the last cabinet I'll ever buy. For fingersyle playing it's the best I've ever owned. I think if the tweeter were voiced a little more aggresively it would appeal to all slap players just as much. Don't want to mislead here though,it still does sound great for the style of slap I play and I'm perfectly happy with it. But you probably won't like it if your Flea or Fieldy or P-nut.

3x10 bass cab. this is the most i've ever spent on a cab, but vs. the 87 lbs. Bergie, and 75 lbs. Epi, the 60 lbs. Demeter is both lighter, and mucho mas cheaper.

yup, you read right... on my bathroom scale, its only 60 lbs. that's the same as an Aguilar GS210, but i've carried the aggie, and the Demeter definitely feels much easier to carry up the stairs when i received it from the FeDex man. really compact and light is the key here. about the same height as my Jenkins 1x12 guitar cab, and get this... just a hair larger than my Sony 21" monitor!

Since, simply describing tone is gonna be really objective, i'll try and compare the sounds from other cabs i've used.

Running with my Demeter VTBP and iAMP350, i found the low-mids-to-bass range has that churny thickness reminiscent of my Aguilar GS112. slightly goosed like an Aguilar 2x10's but not as razor like as an Eden 210XLT. the middle range is much more articulate and clearer that reminded me of the overall sweet mids of an Epifani 2x10 cab. the mids arent nearly as smooth as my Bergie HT112, nor as the edgey as an Eden 210XLT, but i could get a killer back pickup growl that i found hard to get from my Bergie, and that was obviously more punchier than on the Aguilar GS112.

frankly, the highs arent as open or sparkly as the Epi 2x10, nor as glassy as my Berg HT112. but rather it was smoother and yes, much sweeter. not muffled nor harsh, but eerily similar to what i hear with my Acme. i guess Jim was reaching for something that for a lack of a few better words, was more natural and relaxed. again, like with the B-2, i much prefer this easy high end.

funny, but i was expecting something more along the lines of the Acme given James' reverance for all things audiophile, but was nicely surprised at his more "bassist" centric voicing vs. a more "direct to tape" tone ala the Acme. yet, its pretty obvious, Jim's got a magic touch with using his cabs to bring the best out of a good set of tubes.

only spent a week with it, but James makes some amazingly cool stuff that i'm sure lasts a long time.

one niggle i had was the tweeter. from the BP review, Terry mentions how its nearly seemless it goes with the rest of the speakers. and to my ears, while turning the tweeter dial in the back, i can hardly tell the difference between fully counterclockwise attenuated, and fully clockwise, wide open. it was a little disconcerting at first, but the tone more than makes up for it. yet, i cant help but feel maybe my tweeter's busted. after giving James D a call, he said if i still have trouble at my weekend gigs with the cab, he'd send me a tweeter to try out and see. he mentioned how it was literally plug in & play with the construction. very nice. and if i wasnt happy with the cab after 10 days i could send it back for a refund. mad

If you need a small sized cab that has waaay more bottom end than a 2x10, but comes in roughly the same package, this is your cab. add that with James great service, and you've got a killer bass cab.