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[Nigel]

I’ve been hauling an old Line 6 2x12 around for 20 years now, I think it’s a Flextone? It had their early FRFR speakers in them but I replaced them with some WGS Retro 30’s and I have no gripes about the sound. I can’t think it’s MDF/particle board as that cab has gone down some flights of stairs and only the tolex took a beating. Same width as the Scumback 2x12 I have.

I just scored this a few weeks ago for $300-

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All they need is good wire and series/parallel and those cabs smoke. Hell even with the switchplate a G12T-75 cab sounds bitchin' if it's been flogged properly.

 

[D-Rock]

I’ve been hauling an old Line 6 2x12 around for 20 years now, I think it’s a Flextone? It had their early FRFR speakers in them but I replaced them with some WGS Retro 30’s and I have no gripes about the sound. I can’t think it’s MDF/particle board as that cab has gone down some flights of stairs and only the tolex took a beating. Same width as the Scumback 2x12 I have.

I just scored this a few weeks ago for $300-

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I got this one as well for about the same price back in July. Great sounding cab for sure.

 

[D-Rock]

Get a SP/ST AC line switch (takes big power) from Home Depot or Lowes and use it to go from series/parallel to parallel/series. It can go in the empty hole.

Use it like a Rock/Metal switch. The Aiken diagram is perfect.

Also you might want to put some studio foam on the back panel to tame harshness. Bogner does it. I do it. If you don't like it, pull it out.

If you want for OS tones, you can always stuff the whole cab with polyfil and it will be so big and tight you'll wonder how you lived without it. So much fun to be had with cabs.

Funny you should mention that, my Krank cab originally had thick white batting throughout the interior. I felt it softened the sound too much with what is already a dark sounding cab. I took it out in stages/sections to test the resulting sound and ended up likely the cab more without it.

I don't have any acoustic foam but for a while I've wanted to experiment with putting a foam puzzle matt on the back panel with it's soft side out. Will just need to cut a hole for the jackplate and center brace.