Let's Talk About This Humble Boat's DIY Dub Sound System

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Let's Talk About This Humble Boat's DIY Dub Sound System

Here are two guys who really have their shit together.

Here are two guys who really have their shit together. While most of us are stuck inside, chained in whatever fashion to the proverbial desk as summer peaks, they cruise on by, booming out dub from a makeshift sound system. They call it Bass Boat. Because, of course.

Now, here at Motherboard we've always made a point of celebrating the sonic spectrum, and the far-flung technologies that make sound system culture go. From James Murphy's new 50,000-watt mid-tempo disco sound system, to this tabletop sound system that levitates things, to the massive reggae sound systems handcrafted right here in Brooklyn, to the sound system that will kill you if you hear it, we have a soft spot for PAs that move shittons of air.

But then there's Bass Boat. It might not be the loudest sound system ever wired into a boat but goddamn if it doesn't put every Natural Ice-chugging river rat's jetboat PA, the kind with a lot of chrome and a flame paint job and that seemingly blasts only Journey, to shame. I mean, just listen to this thing.

Here's what the Bass Boat's crew cobbled together, per YouTube user Cincinnati Harry's video description:

  • 2 Dayton Audio Classic 18s 
  • 2 Performance Teknique 12s 
  • 2 kenwood typhoon 12s 
  • 2 Klipsch KG 4's 
  • 1 Audiobahn A2200HCX 
  • 1 JL marine amp 
  • 1 Performance Teknique amp 
  • 2 unknown amps

There's probably no other place I'd rather be right now, than aboard this good ship. If only every river had a Bass Boat, the world might just be a better place.