VHT Deliverance vs FatBottom cabs

[maddnotez]

Anyone close to stl with a FB???

Ive got the D and would love to compare.

 

[colimofsmoke]

just went through there with my d60 a couple days ago. would've liked to compare to the g100cl

 

[Ventura]

Fryette make incredible cabs. And before you get too jazzed on selling the P50e's that they come stock with, make sure you break 'em in and give 'em a try.

I went Deliverance, and cannot imagine being happier with a stock 4x12.

Mo

I would be interested in the Deliverance cab and how it differs from the Fat bottom

Here's a Fryette tech's take on the matter - from back when I was deciding on the 2:

Hey Mo,

Thanks for purchasing the 2902. I hope you enjoy it!

My personal favorite is our Deliverance 4X12 cab. It's tight and focused
with punchy mids. I feel that all the lows, mids, and highs are evenly
distributed. Tapestry did order one... maybe you can check it out when
you pick up your 2902.

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any further questions.

Best regards,

Kevin

That's really it from the guy, but seriously, after A/B'ing them - I thought the Deliverance was way more playful feeling and sounding than the FB. I tested both 4x12s out with a Two Rock head, and a Hamer guitar; playing crunch and kerrang style of music and chord slaps. The D just felt lively - and sounded bigger. I moved around in front of it and it was ping-ponging off the walls. The FB sounded great, really great, but it seemed to be more linear.

Honestly I had the chance to buy either, as they were both there at the time I picked up my 2/90/2, and I chose the Deliverance.

As per the website:

Deliverance: Deliverance Series Speaker systems feature high-quality Baltic birch materials, manufactured on CNC cutting equipment for accurate assembly and bullet-proof construction. The Fryette Designed, Eminence made, 50 Watt 12 inch speakers are front mounted for wide dispersion. Front mounting the speakers also allows for a well sealed enclosure with virtually no air leaks, producing a tight focused low end. Our Patented V-BRACE Technology allows specialized tuning of the Deliverance enclosure to produce a somewhat loose “old-school” feel with a pleasing omni-directional dispersion quality, while maintaining excellent low end response and power handling capacity.

Fat-Bottom: FatBottom Series Speaker systems feature high-quality Baltic birch materials, manufactured on CNC cutting equipment for accurate assembly and bullet-proof construction. The Fryette Designed, Eminence made, 50 Watt 12 inch speakers are front mounted for wide dispersion. Front mounting the speakers also allows for a well sealed enclosure with virtually no air leaks, producing a tight focused low end quality, extended projection and excellent power handling capacity.

One's got the "V-Brace", the other does not. Simple.

 

[JCDenton6]

I am interested in this as well.
I wonder how a Fatbottom would sound with my Triple Rec??

2 ch recto running through a VHT Fat bottom:

 

[stephen sawall]

"A speaker cabinet control mechanism that facilitates control of speaker cabinet tonal quality. A bracing structure is applied to a baffle panel that changes the resonant frequency of the baffle panel thereby changing the overall tonal quality of the speaker cabinet. The bracing structure allows the conventional sound post and the problems associated therewith to be eliminated while retaining the vintage sound of the cabinet. Utilization of the bracing structure in combination with the design of the cabinet back panel further enhances control over the overall cabinet tonal quality. The bracing structure can be designed to be manually and automatically controllable with further enhancements."

 

[Ventura]

And just as an aside, regardless of price - Fryette cabinets are built absolutely beautifully and impeccably. Flawless. The only other cabinet I've seen with this level of detail, care and attention to its build have been the Diezels.

 

[maddnotez]

just went through there with my d60 a couple days ago. would've liked to compare to the g100cl

And I sir want to try your D...definitely pm me if you come back.

 

[John4021]

I've owned both for over 6 years...Here is my take on them....

The Fatbottom is very lazor beam like, extremely focused, and will not fart out for ANYTHING. I mean, I had my Diezel Herbert cranked through that thing once and it didn't even hiccup. It is a definitely a lazor beam. Some like this, some don't. You hear it from one side, then walk in front of it: You will KNOW when you are right in front of it, trust me. Super tight bottom end, extremely clear, and focused, just an overall great cabinet.


The Deliverance: The D is very similar to the Fatbottom, however sounds much bigger, fills the room MUCH more. It isn't AS tight in the bottom end as the Fatbottom, however, it is still INFINITELY tighter than any cab mesa, marshall, orange etc has ever made. You feel this cabinet much more in the room, more thump to it in the sub bass frequencies. Again, still extremely tight and focused, just fills the room more, and not nearly as lazor beam like. Fryette/VHT describes this as a more "vintage" cabinet...ehh, maybe, I've used it with the rig below (hardly considered vintage sounding lol) for 6 or 7 years, and I don't hear a "vintage" quality in it, other than it isn't as tight as the fatbottom...

At the end of day, I like the Deliverance cab more. For playing with a band etc in a normal size room, this cabinet disperses better, and is not nearly as directional. However, the fatbottoms bottom end is absolutely killer, it is hard to beat. I actually owned one of each for a long time, and used them both, together, and for different things.

These cabs under a mic sound virtually identical in my opinion. You would be hardpressed to tell them apart in a mix period. What is really amazing about these cabs is that they have the same speakers, are frontloaded, and eerily similar, yet they disperse there sound and sound completely different in a room. Now, to me, the TONE is exactly the same in both cabs. The highs, mids etc, all sound pretty much the same, it is just a matter of how the sound is thrown at the audience is different. Hope that helps.

This description right on the money.

The ONLY reason I bought 2 FatBottom cabs is 7 yrs ago,Guitar Center was blowing them out the door
on a Green Tag sale...$500.00 EACH.
The Deliverance cab was still full price @ $950.00. I did like the woody tone and it was less "beam focused" than the FB,but
at the end of the day,I walked out with two FB's for the price of one D cab.
The construction is different...Dcab speaker baffle is even with the sides,the FB is set back like a typical Marshall cas.

 

[colimofsmoke]

just went through there with my d60 a couple days ago. would've liked to compare to the g100cl

And I sir want to try your D...definitely pm me if you come back.

whoa abbreviation. getting frisky?

jk. will do. I go to KC from Chicago pretty often.

 

[Ventura]

Did we make any decisions on this??

 

[colimofsmoke]

not sure what you mean? My decision was that the local cab I was looking at was a FB and it sounds like i'd prefer a deliverance. I may also just try some different speakers in my mills.

 

[hellaboogie]

if you have an opportunity to try before you by, you better jump on it

 

[D-Rock]

The clips with the Recto posted above sound really (too) dark to me.
Is that a common trait of the D cab, or just that pairing?