Really digging these UK V30s and so glad they come in the Bad Cat cabs.
Thing sounds great as well and friggin amazing I have to say. The oversized cab really does push air and hold it's low end nice and tight like a peach/apple bottom *_*
Also compared to my Chinese Greenback in my AC15 relaxed highs, warmer/darker, handles lows better and massive bottom end and there is an upper mid range thing but tighter and not as mid rangey as the Greenbacks but the lower upper mids are more scooped so it evens out well.
Overall they are fucking great, very supple and smooth attack in the low end and very humble highs and well behaved mid range. Want to say not less boxy but less woody than the Greenback, more quiet because there is more headroom even though the the V30 has a higher sensitivity the higher headroom gives more flexibility and room to breath. I want to say the Greenback, 112 in this case, kind of had more perceived gain/volume since it's lower wattage and gets pushed earlier to breakup but the headroom is where difference mainly lies and when using more gain the V30s are the clear winner. For lower mid gain and clean tones I want to say it's even and the Greenback kind of gets an edge there but the V30 is a good all rounder here and excels in higher gain and higher volumes in general.....
The Greenback has more bounce to it, the V30 was dryer relative to one another but overall both very supple and lively. So the Greenback will cover up more flaws with a more pronounced mid range in playing while the V30 may be a bit more unforgiving with a warmer yet defined overall texture.
In either case the UK V30 is more "boutique" sounding for lack of a better term or how do I say..... Requires finesse too but overall has the goods and the goods it delivers especially in higher gain.
But the mids here on the UK V30 is where it's at, they aren't so bloaty or full range like on the Greenback and more scooped by comparison, there is also a resonance and bell like tone to them that pairs nicely with the accentuated lo end and relaxed highs.
Compared the AC15C1 stock Chinese Greenback to the Bad Cat UK V30s as I could run the AC15C1 off its own speaker or use an extension such as the 212 Bad Cat Lynx which I did in this case.
