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Offline kiwi bass

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118v bass cab
« on: July 15, 2001, 03:51:00 am »
Can anyone help me just bought a sunn bass cabinet 118v , dont know how old it is? or any info about it , cant find much on this site , are they the wooden spoon of sunn gear!!!
is the drive unit a cerwin vega unit?, the serial no is C 004834 on back plate of cab
what would be a good amp to drive this cab?, havent seen any in new zealand before were they sold here new or would it have been imported from the states

Offline zonbass

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118v bass cab
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2006, 02:25:59 pm »
I HAVE JUST JOINED TODAY..YOUR POST IS OLD...MY ANSWER IS CURRENT AS OF [ 03/2006] I HAVE OWNED A 1-18VH, FOR OVER 30 YEARS.  I BOUGHT IT WELL USED IN 1980. I PRESUME MINE IS AN EARLY 70'S MODEL, AS PROBABLY IS YOURS.  THEY WERE POWERED WITH AN 18" CERWIN VEGA, ORIGINALLY. ALTHOUGH RATHER HEAVY TO LOAD AND UNLOAD; THEY ARE TONE MONSTERS. I  CAN EVEN GET GOOD HIGHS OUT OF IT.
  I HAVE ALWAYS POWERED MY 1974 ACOUSTIC 370 HEAD WITH MY
1-18VH, WITH GLORIOUS RESULTS. I ALSO STACKED A 4-12 GUITAR CAB ON IT, OCASSIONALLY. THEN I COULD HEAR THE HIGHS AND FEEL THE LOWS. I WOULD LOVE TO OWN ANOTHER, AS MY 370 IS RATED @4 OHMS AND REALISES IT'S FULLPOTENTIAL @ 2 OHMS; REQUIRING (2) 4 OHM CABS.
J-STAR