My New Rig: another Lopo 2x12 cab...

[firejack]

My 2nd cab finally arrived.
Here's my new setup:

So now for church gigs where I have to travel with the family in the car, I can just take one 2x12 cab and fit my family and all my other gear.
I couldn't do that with my much larger Lopo Signature Series cab.
The family had to play second fiddle to my gear and pinch a ride with someone else.

And if I'm travelling solo, I can take both 2x12's for the hell of it.
These Lopo cabs are much easier to carry around than my Lopo Signature Series 2x12 was.


I went with an X-pattern of Celestion Vintage 30's and G12H30 Anniversaries:

I'm running it with the bottom cab semi-open and the top cab closed:

Sounds great, but I haven't had a chance to try different configurations yet.
And I want to tinker with it at band volumes to see which sounds best.
Any suggestions from forumites with similar setups are welcome.



And just for the hell of it, here's some valve porn:

 

[BlinkTwice]

Very nice, do you notice much of a difference with front loaded speakers?

 

[firejack]

Very nice, do you notice much of a difference with front loaded speakers?

Cheers mate.
I'm getting more presence and clarity than my previous rear-loaded Lopo,, but I was attributing that to using Celestions instead of WGS speakers in the rear-loaded.
Whether it's the Celestion speakers, the fact that the speakers are front-loaded or the semi-open backs, my rig has never sounded better.

 

[Klark]

Cool, thanks for posting good pics of the Lopo cabs. I'm getting ready to order a pair of their vertical 2x12 cabs for my wet cabs. I just can't decide on what tolex or grillcloth.

 

[firejack]

Cool, thanks for posting good pics of the Lopo cabs. I'm getting ready to order a pair of their vertical 2x12 cabs for my wet cabs. I just can't decide on what tolex or grillcloth.

Cheers Klark.
What designs are you thinking of for your vertical 2x12s?
Oh and nice rig btw.

 

[DiezelMonster]

Thats so cool man! I really like the setup! and the Orange looks very cool!

How are you liking the construction of the lopo cabs?


Thanks for showing us!

cheers!

 

[Klark]

By the way, I love the orange! Thanks for the rig compliments!

What designs are you thinking of for your vertical 2x12s?

Lopo's angled verticals are cool, but they're too wide. I'd actually like to find a pair of the old ADA 2x12's....but they're hard to find nowadays, and they're ugly.

I'm probably just going to order Lopo's normal 2x12 vertical, and I'll carry a couple of small wood blocks to put under the front side for some tilt back.

 

[jerrydyer]

beautiful!!! I use them as well
https://www.youtube.com/user/jerrydyer#p/u/9/4OXCxWZtpDQ

 

[IndyWS6]

That rig looks fantastic! I'll need a pair of 2x12 cabinets to go with the rack rig I'm building and the Lopo's (definitely in orange ) are on the short list.

 

[Nigel]

Those look IDENTICAL to my Zinky save the convertible/orange differences.