Mesa/Boogie 2x15 Powerhouse Bass Cabinet

2x15inch Speakers
2 Ports
Trac-Lock Castors
Recessed Handles
800w @ 8ohms

I play a lot of prog and power metal. Using Spector basses, both 4 and 6 string with EMG-HZ and SD Basslines pickups. This cab gives an incredibly punchy sound for a 2x15. Im using an Ampeg head and now also a Mesa 2x10 on top. These are the BEST sounding cabs i have played, in my opinion they beat out Ampeg and Aguilar easy. They are quite expensive and you could get an Ampeg 8x10 or 2x15 and have plenty of change, but the Mesa is worth every cent!

Ok its heavy, but despite being thrown accross the back seat, its rugged construction holds up beautifully! Nice hard steel grill and metal mesa logo!

Havent needed it, 3 years and this thing just wont stop!

I used Hartke boxes before Mesas and the difference has been phenomenal. The full range of my Spector 6 is covered and comes out full and punchy with enough lows to set off car alarms!

If this was stolen I would get to the nearest music store i could find to replace it!

This is an older Powerhouse cab.
2 15 inch drivers
No horn
2 large ports (not sure of the diameter)
8 ohm
I wish it had locking speakon connection...

I play using a Fender Jazz Bass (American standard- 1996 with Fender ?Custom Shop? 60?s pick-ups) and an old Japanese made Photo-flame P-bass with an EMG. The P-bass actually sounds better than the Jazz- despite being assembled in Japan, the wood of the P-bass is simply a very resonant and great sounding piece of alder.
My amp is a Mesa Bass 400+. This amp is the best sounding thing on the market (IMO). I play finger-style rock?everything from Rush to Tool to SRV
Despite not having a horn, this cab produces a good amount of treble- except you do not get all the excess string noise that a horn has?which I like.
The sound is thick but not muddy. Very distinguished sound between low E and F, i.e. excellent note definition. Much tighter than most people would probably think a 2x15 cab could be. Midrange frequencies speak with authority through this cab. Overall, a very articulate sound. This cab is also very loud. At the store I bought it from, I A & B?ed it with an Ampeg 1540HE (1x15 plus 4x10 in one cab- same size as 8x10) that I was considering purchasing. I was easily getting the ampeg to distort (which may not be a bad thing, depending on your style) while the Mesa stayed perfectly clean. The mesa was significantly louder than the ampeg (obviously, I kept all amp and bass setting the same while switching back and forth from the 2 cabs). When it wasn?t breaking up, the Ampeg sounded a little smoother than the Mesa, however it was more of that ?sounds great at the store? sound than one that will make your bass come through a mix.
I was expecting the Mesa to sound great, but I didn?t think that there would be such a difference in tone quality between the Mesa and the Ampeg- The mesa really was the superior cab of the two.

It's a mesa. I have been using mesa stuff for years and have never had a problem other than replacing tubes in an amp...which is not a problem but a maintenance issue.

Never had to call them

I have been playing bass about 12 years and have spent much of that time as a giging musician. Mostly I have played in original rock bands. I am a tone/gear freak- sometimes I think that I enjoy researching and acquiring gear more than actually playing the stuff!
I have been through more gear then I care to remember. I have owned basses from Alembic, Ken Smith, Warwick, Fender, Warmoth, USA Custom Guitars, and Rickenbacker.
I have had amps from Ampeg: B2r, SVT CL; SWR: Working man 4004; and Mesa: Bass 400+, M-2000. They are all good amps, just voiced differently- I personally like the Bass 400+ the best.
I have had Cabinets from SWR, Goliath Jr. 2x10; Fender, 210 Pro and 115 Pro together; Eden, XLT410; Hartke, 4x10- can?t remember the alpha-numeric designation (please save your money and never buy a hartke) and Mesa, Powerhouse 4x10, Powerhouse 2x15. These were all good cabs (except the hartke- I was in collage and it was financial thing!) however, they were each voiced differently. Overwhelmingly, I think the Mesa cabs are most suited for finger-style with an emphasis on rock and blues. Due to the Mesas mid-range focus, they cut the most?they (both the 4x10 and the 2x15) also had the tightest low end of any cab I have owned. The Eden?s extended low range tended to get muddy as loads of sub-harmonic frequencies would ?group? together and cause more of a woof than a bark to emanate from the cab- this would probably be the best choice for reggae and R&B, but not rock. SWR is nice?lots of treble. The Fender cabs I think were designed by SWR and had a Fender name-plate thrown on them- they were much heavier than SWR?s pro cabs?overall, the Fenders were surprisingly good sounding, they just didn?t seem to work with a tube amp as well as a solid state amp. They didn?t have a weakness, I just prefer the Mesa?s.