I assume you're talking about live gigs, at home I use headphones...From my experience as single or duo act guitar + vocals, a sub-woofer, any sub-woofer, makes a day and night difference. It gives the whole show body and substance, and an added bonus, it frees your PA speakers from low frequencies, enabling them to work at the flattest portion of their response with less distortion. I would love to use a 1000W 18" box, but I don't have anyone to load it and carry around :-)

So I usually rent the smallest powered sub-woofer I can get, and that is usually a 10" box. I use a lot the Yorkville Sound élite Series LS200P, 200W and only 55lb http://www.yorkville.com/products.asp?type=29&cat=2&id=239 enough to give me the extra depth without breaking my back.


Toronto, Ontario, Canada