Question about cabs

[bostjan]

I think we can count Jesse in for one for for Ashdown.

I'm not currently happy with my Mesa cab, either. Behringer is crap, IMO. Sorry if anyone out there likes their stuff, but I've given them several chances to impress me. I kind of like my Crate cab for practice at a buddy's house, because it weighs a fraction of what my Mesas weigh.

 

[garcia3441]

Orange amps powered the British invasion, but the prices are high. Until 2003, when I left my former band, I used Matamps.

Shannon mentioned a company called Earcandy.

 

[noodles]

Where does one buy C90s? Are they easy to install?

From a Mesa dealer. They're Mesa baskets and magnets, shipped to Celestion for cone and voicecoil installation, and then shipped back. The full name is Black Shadow 90w, but everyone just calls them C90's.

Great speakers, and set one next to a V30 sometime and just laugh at the V30. Mesa overbuilds.

 

[darren]

I've been very pleased with my Genz Benz G-Flex 212. It's a very loud, punchy and versatile cabinet (16 ohms or 4 ohms mono, or dual 8 ohms stereo).

 

[7 Dying Trees]

I still like my marshall cabs. i've had the same two for close to 10 years or so now. it'd be nice to have really expensive nice cabs, but i do like the blend between the vintage 1975 cab i have (older than me, with original speakers) and the jcm800 with gt75's

I'd love to try some decent cabs and some boutique ones, but money really doesn't permit me to unfortunately!

 

[eaeolian]

From a Mesa dealer. They're Mesa baskets and magnets, shipped to Celestion for cone and voicecoil installation, and then shipped back. The full name is Black Shadow 90w, but everyone just calls them C90's.

Great speakers, and set one next to a V30 sometime and just laugh at the V30. Mesa overbuilds.

You can also buy them directly from Boogie. They ain't cheap, but I do like them.

 

[7slinger]

From a Mesa dealer. They're Mesa baskets and magnets, shipped to Celestion for cone and voicecoil installation, and then shipped back. The full name is Black Shadow 90w, but everyone just calls them C90's.

Great speakers, and set one next to a V30 sometime and just laugh at the V30. Mesa overbuilds.

I have c90's next to v30's everyday at practice, and I'm really starting to dislike the v30's...they're so buzzy in the midrange, they just sound like crap compared to the c90's...I currently have v30's in one mesa 4x12 and c90's in another, and I was going to match both cabs up in an "X" pattern, but the more I listen to the v30's, the more I want more c90's!

...so if anybody is looking to buy 8 vintage 30's...

 

[noodles]

You can also buy them directly from Boogie. They ain't cheap, but I do like them.

Considering that a Vintage 30 sells for about $110, I don't think $130 for the much better C90 can be considered expensive. Speakers in general are just expensive.

 

[zimbloth]

Are speakers easy to install?

 

[nitelightboy]

Are speakers easy to install?

2 wires and a couple of mounting screws...

 

[zimbloth]

I'm considering putting in 2 C90s in my Mesa 4x12 w/ v30s. See how it goes.

 

[noodles]

I'm considering putting in 2 C90s in my Mesa 4x12 w/ v30s. See how it goes.

It will go good.

 

[thor von clemson]

Does anyone have any experience with the line 6 flextone or vetta cabs for low tuned stuff?

 

[evil]

It will go good well.

Swapping out speakers is like swapping out pickups. Makes a huge difference, but different cabs sound different even with the same speakers...

 

[Brord]

Just looked at the Vader Cab. site and I'm pretty interested in seeing something new on the market. Anybody had any experience with those? It's a bit of a problem for me to try one for I live in the Netherlands... I'm really curious.

What about Carvin cabs????

 

[AbsentCurtis]

Just looked at the Vader Cab. site and I'm pretty interested in seeing something new on the market. Anybody had any experience with those? It's a bit of a problem for me to try one for I live in the Netherlands... I'm really curious.

What about Carvin cabs????

I had a Carvin cab for 15 years before it got stolen. Witht he gear that I had previously (first a Pearce preamp and Carvin power amp, then a Digitech 2120 and Carvin power amp) it sounded amazing. And, it can handle 300w. Now I have a Marshall cab with Eminence modeling speakers, which work great for modeling amps... very little colorization of the sound.

 

[SILENT FACTOR]

I think the Carvin's are good. I really do like the Behringer(it has to be the split slant with the jensens though), its very wide open and punches great.

I guess my only real pet peaves are with Marshalls (I have heard so many of these blowing speakers,even on 50w tube heads), Ampegs ( Had one and it seemed so lifeless and thin. It also weighed like 1 lb. Made of balsa wood?), and anything in 16ohm's. I dont know what it is, 8 ohm cabs just sound way better to me.

 

[shishin]

I'm curious about Carvin Cabs too. I was looking at the V3 to match te head but I want to make sure it can handle low end cleanly. My low string will be a G at times so it may be hard. If not, what should I replce the speakers with?

 

[Drew]

If not, what should I replce the speakers with?

A bassist?








Sorry.

 

[shishin]

haha. Ouch. Every bass player around here sucks or is 40. And if someone like that was interested in being a band with me, he wants to be in my pants.