downsized to a Mesa thiele extension cabinet

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As a result of moving my studio from the basement to another part of the house, I've had to re-think my guitar setup a little. I was running my Mk V head through a 2 12" Avatar cabinet. Open air recording with this setup presented hurdles obviously, unless I dropped the wattage, which to me is :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: .

I experimented with trying to jam that into the closet of this room for an isolation effect, but fitment is a bit of an issue... so I grabbed a Mesa extension cab today. Long story short, the closet gives enough sound isolation that I can effectively track through my monitors with no issues, and I seem to be getting better guitar tones than I have in previous recordings.. though I can't accurately correlate that to the cabinet itself. Next step is to get a bit of acoustic foam in the closet as well to see if that furthers the effect, and then run a second mic to the setup.

Anyhow... if you're looking for a volume solution at home, I'd highly recommend checking these (and cabinets like them) out. They don't blow your hair back, but you really don't want them to anyhow ;)
 
It is my favorite 1x12 cab .... I regret selling mine.
 
It's what I use live (2) with a EVM 12Ls. SLO sounds wicked through them.
 
stephen sawall":1s0vazic said:
It is my favorite 1x12 cab .... I regret selling mine.
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Same here, I even sold it to fund a Marshall 1936 :doh: Because I had a JCM 800 2203...
Bad idea.
 
I still have 2 under construction. I gotta get off my lazy ass and finish them
 
Love those Mesa thiele cabs. Only heard one, but it was great. Wish I would have built my 2 112 cabs to those specs, but live and learn...
 
These cabs just mic up great, none of that phase crap you get with more than one speaker. ..... I could see having several made.
 
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