What good high end cabs are there? I was considering the Framus Cobra 4x12, but i think there must be better cabs around

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Huh... well I don't know shit about cabs, but you might want to try out some Marshalls I guess.

These are just as great as any other quality cab if not better. Plus they will install any speakers you want. You simple can't beat these cabs.

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My mesa boogies 4 x 12's sound pretty tight.

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They look real good, unforunately they don't ship over the pond to the UK

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My Engl Vintage Cab is a fucking tank, huge as hell which means huge sound...

Wieghs 110 though

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yes, those Engl cabs are heavy as fuck but they sound heavy too... which is good.

I quite like VHT and Diezel cabs but they're pretty expensive, the Uberkab is good too, those must be the 3 best cabs I ever played right there.

I think they do. They have a store in Holland that supplies Europe now. I know they get some of their speakers from the UK so I would think they would sell cabs there too.

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I'll have a closer look, i saw the 'we only ship to the 48 US states, nowhere else' blurb, and my heart sank

Been looking at the Rivera K412T cab, anyone played it before?

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I didn't want to make a different thread about this...
but what makes cabs differ from each other? I can understand different speakers make a difference, and different woods and closed back v.s. open back, but are there any other factors other than that? Are expensive cabs realy that different from cheap ones?

I don't have a cab or played trough only two different ones ever, so that may explain my ignorance

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i think you have to hear the cab with your amp. dont buy a cab just becuz its a great cab. for example the engl vintage cabs sound great on savage etc.. but mesas sound alot better on the diezel herbert . just my taste ... check it out

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You listed right there what makes a difference, speakers, woods, closed/open back, and also dimensions, as this will determine which frequencies are naturally 'boosted' by the cab

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What also makes a cab better then others is the way it's constructed and if it's acustically sound. You just can't put good spaekers in a wooden box and expect it to sound good. There is some math that can be used to determine the angle of the speakers from each other, the space between them, the volume of space in the box, and the dimentions of the box in order to get a specific tone and frequency defined.

Plus, everything has to be tested against vibrations and rattles.

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Soul: I emailed that chap (Dave) about the Avatar cabs, he mailed back and gave me the address of the place (in Holland, as you said ) that sells them, so i mailed them as they only had bass cabs listed on their site Cheers for that!

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Can you post that address here, brother?

www.gear4music.nl

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Cool. I'm glad I could help. I have never heard a bad thing about their cabs.

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Hey sqol, did you ask them if they could deal you some guitar cabs?
if so what was the answer? if they will i'm definetly getting a 2x12

how powerful is the head you're going to be running? if it's anything over 80w i'd say to look at the framus dragon cab... because the cobra cab is a greenback cab rating at 100w. and the way tube heads work, they can often put out a little more than what they say they can...

the dragon cabs are vintage 30's so they handle 240w.

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What I eventually want is like 3 2x12 cabs and 3 or so 1x15 cabs ... and just position them all over. My sound shall spread like darkness over the land

Speaking of cabs....how is this one?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...7332619623&rd=1

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Looks nice If you want it then I say go for it. Right now you will not find it for cheaper. I like C 30's and good construction in a cab to but I'm getting Avatar to make mine.

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Now all you need is a customized head...

The Soulinsane Custom Rig will soon be complete!

Yupp, 100 w is the effect before breakup. I.e I read about JMP's, they go up to about 150 or more watts before the limit is reached.

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