What makes a GUITAR CAB sound GREAT? (with Steven Fryette)

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DanTravis62 said:
It's definitely the CAPITAL LETTERS that make the GUITAR CAB sound GREAT
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That's just copy and paste of the original YT-Title. I don't know why people get upset by CAPITAL LETTERS? TELL ME WHY.
 
bierbuddy said:
Steven is such a wealth of information. Tone is such a complex, interactive journey that can be humbling and frustrating. Like many, I started out thinking the guitar had to be the most important - because that's all I could afford to care about. I then became obsessed with amps and thought I had it all solved - until multiple amp techs confided that the most impactful piece of the signal is, in fact, the speaker. After having multiple cabs and experimenting with myriad speakers, I now know how many amps and guitars I hated because I had them going through the wrong speakers.

But of course, I thought the actual cabs themselves couldn't possibly have an impact - it's just freakin plywood! But unfortunately, it does, and nice to see Steven explain why. I have eight 4x12s to experiment with. I can put the exact same speakers in two different builders' cabs, through the same amp and guitar, and it will sound different in each. And one usually sounds much better than the other. Ugggh. The quest continues.
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have to agree. been through the same process with 7 cabs. I want more just to try, but I'm afraid my kids are going to find me some day with an avalanche of cabs on top of me. 👻
 
I thought Marshall switched to particle board backs in the early 70's? Which would make all those late 60's classic rock examples all birch, right? Anyway, I prefer the birch back in this comparison video. Much better, more bass, fuller, etc.

 
Steve is always interesting to listen to, and he's very funny at times. Wish I could try one of his amps.
 
Erock said:
They gotta be able to sell stuff off. No one is going to want rotten corpse speakers... at least I think. :confused:
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Product-Market Fit. Sell 'em to the black metal folks. They'll probably buy your corpse too.
 
Erock said:
have to agree. been through the same process with 7 cabs. I want more just to try, but I'm afraid my kids are going to find me some day with an avalanche of cabs on top of me. 👻
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Buried in a Cab-Tomb.
 
thegame said:
I thought Marshall switched to particle board backs in the early 70's? Which would make all those late 60's classic rock examples all birch, right? Anyway, I prefer the birch back in this comparison video. Much better, more bass, fuller, etc.

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Particleboard sounds a bit wider, rounder, warmer in this Clip. Plywood seems to have a similar effect (to a much lesser degree.) like sealed cabs in "stiffening, or tightening things up". Guitar-Cabs need to resonate. Studio-Monitors don't. I think the Marshall-Cabs sound more lively than a Mesa Cab for example and finger joints are the better way to build them. Mesa Cabs use dado joints hence the sound a bit like a drawer :D
Just clueing four sheets of wood together is just a cheap and simple way of building cabs.
 
Erock said:
if only selling skulls were legal. I would fetch top dollar, my head is huge. :aww:
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There you go https://www.skullsunlimited.com/col...GRKjHrxceP5lDdZLrVJgRBnKPRP7KAsw2PO1-v9tHPxLK
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