Budda 4x12 = punchy

[ZEN Amps]

Picked up a Budda 412 pretty cheap a while back. I was told it had four older UK V30's (almost, it's 3 + a recent Chinese) but man it sounds good. Punchy, tight, aggressive but not harsh - a real headkicker.

Popped the back and saw it was one of those designs with an internal baffle separating the top and bottom into two semi-decoupled chambers.

Anyone experimented / had luck with this kind of design? I'm not a big 2x12 guy but this box has made me rethink a few things.

 

[RaceU4her]

my Ibanez Thermion 4x12 is like that. super solid cab.

 

[thegame]

Celestial Segregation

 

[DanTravis62]

Ive seen/played a couple cabinets like this. Not specifically the budda, i think one of them was an older ENGL? And I want to say Mesa did a split that was convertible open back or something?

IIRC both sounded quite good, but did feel slightly different to the normal style 4x12, so it might have been different because of the baffle construction i'm not sure

 

[Shreddy Mercury]

I'm not sure if my Budda 4x12 is split like that or not, but Budda rules supreme. Such a great value in the higher end cab market.

 

[Nigel]

Zinky does his 4x12’s like that.

 

[rsm]

I like 2x12 cabs for modern high gain; I have 2 Mesa 2x12 compact cabs for my JP-2C; and I have 2 x Engl PRO E212VHB cabs for my Engl. The low end is tighter more defined to my ears.

I still prefer 4x12 with my Marshalls for the pure rawness, focused mids..., like a wall or tsunami of sound.

 

[SgtThump]

I think I remember reading that Budda cabs are pine?

 

[VonBonfire]

I think I remember reading that Budda cabs are pine?

OP's cab kinda looks like it.