Ordered a Soldano 1x12 Open back with a Celestion G12H-150 redback cabinet for my Soldano SLO-30

[HowieJams]

As a lot of you guys know I am a huge fan of Friedman 1x12 closed back cabinets with the Celestion G12M-65 creamback, I have 3 of them, but I have 4 amps.

I currently have:

Soldano SLO-30
Soldano Astro 20
Victory MKX
Friedman JEL-20

The Friedman cabs work well with all of them, especially well with the Soldano Astro 20 and Friedman JEL-20.
I figured I would try a new cabinet so I went with the Soldano Open back 1x12 with the redback speaker, the Closed back comes with a Celestion Vintage 30 speaker which I am not a huge fan of for my style of playing.

The Open Back with the redback speaker should tame some mids which might work well with my Victory MKX also.

It should arrive Wednesday and I hope to be able to report back soon.

I still keep going back and forth about selling my Friedman JEL-20, for some reason it doesn't inspire me to play as much as the other amps?

My favorite amps to play are the Soldano Astro 20 and the Victory MKX, but the Soldano SLO-30 sounds so great.

 

[romanianreaper]

I personally don't keep anything I don't use especially if I have better gear. It is good that you found amps you like better than the JEL-20.

 

[Rackman]

Would be interesting to hear the redback. With those amps I'd probably go 75W creamback instead but maybe that's the wrong instinct.

I generally don't like high gain amps with open back cabs. A TL806 with an EVM12L Black Label is my go to 1x12, although it is a little on the dark side.