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DET1973
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I might be Getting an Avenger and would like to know which speakers sound the best with the Avenger?
cardinal":jkpztecd said:^ Mike Soldano must be a brilliant amp designer for building the SLO, but will all respect I wouldn't look to him for speaker advice given that his selection of stock speakers for his cabs are terrible IMHO. That said, I agree with him if he's suggesting greenbacks, but V30s (particularly the Mesa ones) sound fine with the SLO.
cardinal":8sz1xhdr said:I've had both Mesa V30s and Chinese V30s, both broken in by very loud amps. The Mesa V30 sounds "syrupy" while the Chinese V30 still sounds a bit brittle. That's the best description in words I can give. There's a recent thread here that shows some of the differences; I think the magnet is different? And supposedly the doping maybe is different? I dunno, but they sound different to me.
The only G12H30s I've played were 75 Hz versions from the '70s. They sounded scooped and had a "zingy" high end that I didn't care for. Between Mesa V30s and a G12H30, I'd go from the Mesa V30, personally. But in the end I think I prefer the G12M and G12-65 to even the Mesa V30.
DET1973":19oovka6 said:cardinal":19oovka6 said:I've had both Mesa V30s and Chinese V30s, both broken in by very loud amps. The Mesa V30 sounds "syrupy" while the Chinese V30 still sounds a bit brittle. That's the best description in words I can give. There's a recent thread here that shows some of the differences; I think the magnet is different? And supposedly the doping maybe is different? I dunno, but they sound different to me.
The only G12H30s I've played were 75 Hz versions from the '70s. They sounded scooped and had a "zingy" high end that I didn't care for. Between Mesa V30s and a G12H30, I'd go from the Mesa V30, personally. But in the end I think I prefer the G12M and G12-65 to even the Mesa V30.
I'm just going to throw my lady in the car, the avenger and a les paul and maybe a boost pedal and drive around trying out cabs....until i find something that i love.
cardinal":2gaqhcsl said:DET1973":2gaqhcsl said:cardinal":2gaqhcsl said:I've had both Mesa V30s and Chinese V30s, both broken in by very loud amps. The Mesa V30 sounds "syrupy" while the Chinese V30 still sounds a bit brittle. That's the best description in words I can give. There's a recent thread here that shows some of the differences; I think the magnet is different? And supposedly the doping maybe is different? I dunno, but they sound different to me.
The only G12H30s I've played were 75 Hz versions from the '70s. They sounded scooped and had a "zingy" high end that I didn't care for. Between Mesa V30s and a G12H30, I'd go from the Mesa V30, personally. But in the end I think I prefer the G12M and G12-65 to even the Mesa V30.
I'm just going to throw my lady in the car, the avenger and a les paul and maybe a boost pedal and drive around trying out cabs....until i find something that i love.
That's essentially what I did. Took my head and #1 guitar around trying all the cabs I could find until I just settled on one (early '80s Marshall with G12-65s). Now I pretty much don't have any interest in flipping cabs because I know that there really isn't much out there that I'd be willing to take over the cab that I've got. Good luck and happy hunting!