Phil Jones Piranha C4 Bass Cabinet BK

I started with one C4 Bass Cabinet and now I bought another one (very flexible setup).

I use the speakers with a Mark Bass Little Mark Ninja and the sound is very neutral and clean, even the lows are great (4 and 5 string basses). I have three different setups where I use the C4 cabinet together with the Mark Bass amp. First setup is just the Mark Bass amp with one C4 (great when you have an additional PA or play in a smaller venue), second setup is two C4 with the Mark Bass amp (this is enough for most situations, the C4 is rated at 8 ohm, 400 W each and with two C4 in serial, you have them in 4 ohm and with the Mark Bass amp delivering 1 000 W at 4 ohm, you then have a great and very powerful setup), third setup is my Mark Bass with one tks 1126 speaker (12" + 6") rated at 450 W at 8 ohm and one C4 400 W at 8 ohm. That setup gives a great bottom and a neutral sound.

The styles I play are jazz, soul, funk, blues etc. and I?m using Fender P-bass, Fender Jazz-bass, Sadowsky freeted and fretless, Sandberg VM4 etc. All my basses sounds great with the speakers and the Mark Bass Little Mark Ninja amp

The speaker is easy to carry on and the build quality is in the highest devision. Everything on the cabinet is high quality. I also use the C4 as external speaker with a Phil Jones Briefcase (great if you need more volume in a larger venue than the Briefcase can handle alone).

The weight is quite high for this small cabinet, but that's positive for me, the drivers (5") are heavy and the cabinet is super sturdy and will last for a long long time.

I have nothing bad to say about the C4 cabinet, try one and you will not regret it!

For this price the cab is hard to beat. Detailed, balanced sound, surprising amount of lows for the 5" speakers. Nice volume for the size.
I highly recommend it.

Sound:
Clean, round, balanced, very fast sound. Nice treble, defined mids and somewhat surprising lows considering the 5" speakers. Not ultra hifi, but not vintage 1x15" sound either (although with some EQ you could get surprisingly close to either).

Use
I use it in a jazz band (drums, bass, guitar, sax). Play it w/ an Aguilar TH500 amp and US Lakland basses. Sounds great in this setting and it keeps up with the drums in volume.
KEEP IN MIND however this is a 4x5" cab. For a rock band with 2 guitars and loud drums to compete with this probably isn't the one.

Comparison w/ other cabs
The Phil Jones easily holds its own against the few other lightweight cabs I tried/owned. Only one sounded better: the Aguilar SL112 (to me THE perfect cab). The PJ still sounds great though, and at a good price.

Pros:
- lightweight & small size
- clear sound & big volume for this size

Cons:
- (none so far)

Solid build, yet not heavy. Looks very cute. Sounds great, strong mids, lower and upper. High end rolls off around 14khz, which for me, is perfect. No nasty 'tweeter hiss'. Can easily get loud enough for smaller or mellower gigs. To get very low bass frequencies, you'll need to dial in and boost low end on your preamp. It can handle the lows fairly well, really well considering the size and weight. I wish I'd had a couple of these years ago. Recommended.

I bought the speaker because of the small size in the beginning, I needed something easy to carry in the metro or bus with my bass and my TC BH550 from a rehearsal room to another. First time I played with it I was surprised about the power and the definition, no matter about the size it deliver all the basses and the mids and the high frequencies a bass player will need. I had many different speakers in many different sizes and power before and this one is in my opinion the one that reproduce better the sound of my bass.
Maybe In the future I will buy another one of I will need more volume playing in larger stages.
I highly recommend Phil Jones products to every bass player!!