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Anybody ever mess with those 2x15 Vader guitar cabs from years ago? I always wanted to play through one, but never have. I guess if they're nobody's favorite so far I'm not missing much, but I have no idea.
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I just read up on the Afterburner a little, looks like the design is extremely similar to what KSR is doing with their 4x12’s now. No idea on similarities in dimensions though.Those old Mills Afterburners were something special, absolutely killed no matter what was on top of it. It's a shame how it all went down in the end, wish they bounced back.
But you can't go wrong with just about any Mesa cab made in the last 40 years. I always thought the RK cabs, though absolute monsters, were some of the best.
Honorable mention to the Uberkab.
All that said, I've had a beat old G12/V30 Marshall 1960B since the stone age and while I can't say it's my favorite ever it always delivers the goods.
For me personally I measure quality of a cab on durability as well as sound… if a 100lb piece of what is essentially furniture intended to be moved often in poor conditions isn’t built for it, I don’t see the quality.My thing is I have no idea what my jcm900 cab sounds like mic’d or in a mix. Maybe it rules, no clue . Ive heard my open back 212 in a 1 and 2 guitar mix, kind of (standing close). All this to say, all the actual standards of measuring if the cabs are good have not happened. For home use they are all a good time.
So far, my Marshall MF280 straight still holds that title. Since I've had it for something like 14 years now, it's going to be hard to dislodge from the top spot.
Difficult to say: another cab with V30s will also have different construction, isolating a single factor is pretty difficult. In addtion that's pretty old stuff now so how the cab was maintained will be a huge factor.A little googling shows that cab has a customized V30 for the Mode Four amps. Do they sound much different to you compared to a regular V30 loaded cab?