Let's talk about guitar cabs
Let's talk about guitar cabs
So I just picked up a Sound City 50 Plus head for live and studio use, and I'm now in the market for a cab. I'm leaning towards a 2x12" for portability, but beyond that, I'm up in the air. Anyone got any cab/speaker/brand/etc recommendations? Maybe one speaker that's a little darker, another that's a little cleaner? Letta rip!
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Sound City 50 Plus head?
how about a pair of Fane Crescendo speakers?
next pick: EV SROs
(later ceramic magnet version is the ancestor of the 12L, earlier version apparently used an alnico magnet and is supposed to have a looser, smoother low end.)
just try some things out with the head and use your ears...but make sure the loads match!
how about a pair of Fane Crescendo speakers?
next pick: EV SROs
(later ceramic magnet version is the ancestor of the 12L, earlier version apparently used an alnico magnet and is supposed to have a looser, smoother low end.)
just try some things out with the head and use your ears...but make sure the loads match!
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The only cabs that have ever blown my socks off are built by earcandy (earcandycabs.com). He's been a little slow on the uptake recently (medical issues) but my 1x12 bass cab sounds better than and is just as loud as any 4x10 I've ever used. Plus it's tiny, which is nice for carrying around new york. I used a bunch of their different guitar cabs with different speaker combinations over the last few years and they've consistantly blow me away. I couldn't recommend them more highly.
guitar cabs all sound different. It depends a lot what amp you are using and also what type of sound you are going for. For versatility and portability I'd say go with a 2X12. I have an earcandy buzzbomb which sounds nice but not my favorite set-up. A mesa theile cabinet loaded with an EV12l combined with an open-back 1x12 with an emminence swamp thang gives me the best tone I have ever had. You really have to experiment.
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I previously had a Marshall cab, but I switched to an Avatar 4x12 cab with Vintage 30's in it and it blew the Marshall away, hands down. It had much more definition in all frequencies, lows, mids, highs. Avatar has a new design for their cabs now so I can't speak for their newest cabs but I would not doubt that they sound amazing.
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A little OT but in my early '90's punk daze I played a Bassman silver-face 50w. through a Sound City 4x12" loaded with 2 Celestions and 2 Pyles.
The cab was on wheels, but really needed to be onna forklift; I mean, that beeyatch was heavy. I actually found the box onna curb in '88 and put the speakers in myself. When I married and moved in '96 I pulled the speakers and left the box ... on the curb. I hope the next gen got and used it!
Back on topic, I traded a S/S Rickey for a Peavey Classic back in the '80's - the Classic blew so I pulled the amp and blocked the space and hung a couple average Celestions (I took outta the Sound City) in the box, put wheels on it, and it's a great, light, wide open 2x12". I use that with a Musicman HD130 for a great Twin sound, and recently have been running a little 10w. Electar through it for recording.
I also have a nice Silver Jubilee 1x12" open-back combo that I run to, as an extension, a ported Bullfrog cab with a 300w. 12" EV in (I use that cab with my bass rig, also, what uses the HD130), and it is way cool; I get the spread of the open-back and the thump of the sealed. Loud, also.
The cab was on wheels, but really needed to be onna forklift; I mean, that beeyatch was heavy. I actually found the box onna curb in '88 and put the speakers in myself. When I married and moved in '96 I pulled the speakers and left the box ... on the curb. I hope the next gen got and used it!
Back on topic, I traded a S/S Rickey for a Peavey Classic back in the '80's - the Classic blew so I pulled the amp and blocked the space and hung a couple average Celestions (I took outta the Sound City) in the box, put wheels on it, and it's a great, light, wide open 2x12". I use that with a Musicman HD130 for a great Twin sound, and recently have been running a little 10w. Electar through it for recording.
I also have a nice Silver Jubilee 1x12" open-back combo that I run to, as an extension, a ported Bullfrog cab with a 300w. 12" EV in (I use that cab with my bass rig, also, what uses the HD130), and it is way cool; I get the spread of the open-back and the thump of the sealed. Loud, also.
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