Hi guys,
I got a new cab from a local (Czech Republic) builder HDR Amplification https://www.hdramplification.com/ because I want to try slant cab I haven't for long time and I have to say I'm very pleased with built quality. My go to cab is Bogner 4x12 straight loaded with Scumbacks. HDR uses the same techniques (dovetail joints, glued-in baffle) and attention to details is excelent as it is one man shop.
It came with Greenback and V30 in X pattern. I am not a fan of X pattern and with premise of brighter slant cab I put Scumbacks (J75top/H75bottom) to HDR and GBtop/V30bottom to Bogner which became Helios cab. I was little surprised that slant cab has huge bottom end and wasn't as harsh as I expected. Bogner has tigher but not bigger bottom and overall was brigher because Celestions. Nevertheless both sounds phenomenal and ran them together was one step closer to heaven
I also have Marshall 1960B with V-type top/ V30 bottom which plays good but not in league with those two cabs.
The amp I used was Bogner 3534 which I have new for two weeks. I read great things about it so I was inevitable to buy it. This little beast really hold its own. I had few Bogners before (white chassis 101B, Shiva, Goldfinger, Helios, Eclipse). Clean channel is very full-bodied and easy to set and prefer it to big XTC. Blue channel is what I hear in head when somebody say Bogner. Fat crunch with efforthless feel under finger, it is not as big as 100W blue but has little more clarity and marshallesque bite. Red Channel is also 'improved', not modern metal peavey sound but more like Eclipse mode on Helios, vintage-modern higain. And yes, there is some loop noise which is more apparent when You play at low volumes. Noise gate in the loop doesn't affect/kill it what makes me curious where the noise comes from.
I plugged also Naylor and SV20 for a minute. These amps has few common things as they are Marshall based but every one has its strenghs thats worth a keeping. Naylor is unique PTP butique sound quality low mid crunch (little hint : push 4dB at 1kHz in front of the amp to get 'that' plexi crunch). SV20 is barebone plexi and Marshall's masterpiece of this days.
And now some photos
I got a new cab from a local (Czech Republic) builder HDR Amplification https://www.hdramplification.com/ because I want to try slant cab I haven't for long time and I have to say I'm very pleased with built quality. My go to cab is Bogner 4x12 straight loaded with Scumbacks. HDR uses the same techniques (dovetail joints, glued-in baffle) and attention to details is excelent as it is one man shop.
It came with Greenback and V30 in X pattern. I am not a fan of X pattern and with premise of brighter slant cab I put Scumbacks (J75top/H75bottom) to HDR and GBtop/V30bottom to Bogner which became Helios cab. I was little surprised that slant cab has huge bottom end and wasn't as harsh as I expected. Bogner has tigher but not bigger bottom and overall was brigher because Celestions. Nevertheless both sounds phenomenal and ran them together was one step closer to heaven
I also have Marshall 1960B with V-type top/ V30 bottom which plays good but not in league with those two cabs.The amp I used was Bogner 3534 which I have new for two weeks. I read great things about it so I was inevitable to buy it. This little beast really hold its own. I had few Bogners before (white chassis 101B, Shiva, Goldfinger, Helios, Eclipse). Clean channel is very full-bodied and easy to set and prefer it to big XTC. Blue channel is what I hear in head when somebody say Bogner. Fat crunch with efforthless feel under finger, it is not as big as 100W blue but has little more clarity and marshallesque bite. Red Channel is also 'improved', not modern metal peavey sound but more like Eclipse mode on Helios, vintage-modern higain. And yes, there is some loop noise which is more apparent when You play at low volumes. Noise gate in the loop doesn't affect/kill it what makes me curious where the noise comes from.
I plugged also Naylor and SV20 for a minute. These amps has few common things as they are Marshall based but every one has its strenghs thats worth a keeping. Naylor is unique PTP butique sound quality low mid crunch (little hint : push 4dB at 1kHz in front of the amp to get 'that' plexi crunch). SV20 is barebone plexi and Marshall's masterpiece of this days.
And now some photos
