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Sunn Musical Equipment => Q & A => Topic started by: EarthRumbles on June 17, 2010, 02:13:21 pm

Title: Beta Bass 215 combo???
Post by: EarthRumbles on June 17, 2010, 02:13:21 pm

Can someone tell me if Sunn ever made 215 Beta Bass Combo's??? I cant find any real info on them or pictures, just people on other forums claiming to have or have used one. Please any info on this mythical beast would be awesome.

Title: Re: Beta Bass 215 combo???
Post by: Rex B on February 05, 2011, 03:19:22 am

I don't think we ever put a Beta 215 into production. HOWEVER, we may have built a proto or two in R & D. Items like this usually got sold to employees or friends, so it is possible they are out there. Like any other R & D Dept, we built many versions of products that never got into production for various reasons. Sometimes they sounded like crap, didn't work right, missed a price target or maybe marketing didn't think they would sell. 

Title: Re: Beta Bass 215 combo???
Post by: jaybird on February 05, 2011, 08:50:32 am

I seem to recall also seeing a beta bass 4x10 combo on craigslist a year or two ago - I think it was down south somewhere, and the listing vanished pretty fast.

I have heard of the 2x15 combo too.

Title: Re: Beta Bass 215 combo???
Post by: Walt-Dogg on February 05, 2011, 01:56:31 pm

I saw a picture of a 2x15 Beta Bass combo once, don't remember the source, maybe a quick search of the forums will turn up more information.

Title: Re: Beta Bass 215 combo???
Post by: Rex B on February 05, 2011, 02:29:51 pm

For what it's worth, the Beta 215 would have had two 8 ohm 81-0145 speakers in it. The 145 was a standard workhorse for many products...2" coil, 45 oz magnet. The 4 ohm version was the 81-0144.  Good for about 200 Watts, rated at 100. Yep, remember the Beta 410, not sure if that one made it into a catalog, but I know we produced them.