krankguitarist
Krankitupologist
So, I received my Ear candy Buzzbomb a few weeks ago. These things come packed in some very thick closed-cell foam that I've since cut up and used as isolation pads for my cab and my monitors. SO, a bonus there 
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I didn't want to write a review on it till I had tried it out in a practice setting, and I just had that today. I'll be comparing it to a mesa/boogie traditional 4X12 loaded w/ two eminence governors and two man-o-wars.
I had Tim at ear candy load it up with an eminence governor and a screamin eagle. Pluggin it in at home the first thing I noticed was how much more controllable the volume is on this thing compared to my mesa/boogie 4X12. When pluggin my 4X12 into my Krank, there's pretty much two settings: A) wimpy quiet, and B) butt **** loud. With the Ear Candy there's a much more useable "middle ground". I'm attributing this to the fact that the Ear Candy has two less speakers, though.
In practice: The ear candy is very present, very thick, and disperses well. Compared to my 4X12, it is much less "beamy" and much smoother, though it doesn't have quite the same low-end "thud" to it. I had to tame the bass a bit on the KRANK channel, as I was getting a slight "woofy" sound when palm-muting an open E5. I'm not sure if this is due to the design of the cabinet, or due to my choice of speakers.
The Buzzbomb isn't quite capable of the same level of "holy **** that's loud" that I can achieve with my mesa 4X12, but I had no problems competing with the other guitarist's JCM2000/1960A combination. Its certainly much louder than the old Celestion G12t-75 loaded Marshall 2X12 I used to have.
Overall, the Buzzbomb is a much cleaner, much clearer, and much more...erm.."sane" cabinet than the Mesa, though I'm likely to keep the Mesa around for when I need that extra kick of volume.
It's not exactly a monster 4X12, but it is a very musical cabinet. It gets a thumbs up from me and my band mates.
.I didn't want to write a review on it till I had tried it out in a practice setting, and I just had that today. I'll be comparing it to a mesa/boogie traditional 4X12 loaded w/ two eminence governors and two man-o-wars.
I had Tim at ear candy load it up with an eminence governor and a screamin eagle. Pluggin it in at home the first thing I noticed was how much more controllable the volume is on this thing compared to my mesa/boogie 4X12. When pluggin my 4X12 into my Krank, there's pretty much two settings: A) wimpy quiet, and B) butt **** loud. With the Ear Candy there's a much more useable "middle ground". I'm attributing this to the fact that the Ear Candy has two less speakers, though.
In practice: The ear candy is very present, very thick, and disperses well. Compared to my 4X12, it is much less "beamy" and much smoother, though it doesn't have quite the same low-end "thud" to it. I had to tame the bass a bit on the KRANK channel, as I was getting a slight "woofy" sound when palm-muting an open E5. I'm not sure if this is due to the design of the cabinet, or due to my choice of speakers.
The Buzzbomb isn't quite capable of the same level of "holy **** that's loud" that I can achieve with my mesa 4X12, but I had no problems competing with the other guitarist's JCM2000/1960A combination. Its certainly much louder than the old Celestion G12t-75 loaded Marshall 2X12 I used to have.
Overall, the Buzzbomb is a much cleaner, much clearer, and much more...erm.."sane" cabinet than the Mesa, though I'm likely to keep the Mesa around for when I need that extra kick of volume.
It's not exactly a monster 4X12, but it is a very musical cabinet. It gets a thumbs up from me and my band mates
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