Harley Benton 2x12

[ehdwuld]

Cheap plywood with voids should be avoided

I have seen 1/2 inch(12mm) and 3/4 inch (19mm) work very well

The 1/2 inch would of course be much lighter and feel flimsy but will be just as rugged as long as you use the right bracing

 

[El Dunco]

Does the Harley Benton have good enough low end? Will the Celestion V30 loaded 2x12 hold together with a dual rectifier and compare favourably to a Mesa with the same speakers?

 

[Sam SG]

Does the Harley Benton have good enough low end? Will the Celestion V30 loaded 2x12 hold together with a dual rectifier and compare favourably to a Mesa with the same speakers?

Allot of guys used to use Marshall cabs with Celestion G12T-75 speakers with rectos back in the day.
G12T-75 have a scooped charecter. The V30 has a mid spike a giant honk. Dunno bought with a Mesa but I HATE!! them with a Marshall. For H speakers I think G12H-30 is much better than V30.
My favorite is G12-65 and in some case G12M-25

 

[ehdwuld]

Aren't Mesa v30s the same as regular ones but with more doping on the cones?

It seems I heard that somewhere

 

[Solarflares]

Once upon a time…

 

[80's_Metal]

Aren't Mesa v30s the same as regular ones but with more doping on the cones?

It seems I heard that somewhere

The only difference is the sticker on the back.
People believe what they want to believe.

 

[ehdwuld]

There was a German guy Kohle or some such on YT

He was saying there was some difference in doping on the outer edge with the Mesa having a bit more by contract than the standard V30.

I agree it probably makes very little if any difference

Like some guys ( Fricker) said there was a dust cover difference in the early Chinese made ones that he claimed affected the sound. That may have been John Brown. Who shot out a bunch of various V30s

In the charts John showed on his video
There was some difference, but I didn't hear any audible difference in any clip of his.

I don't think there is much a tweak of a tone knob can't adjust for

And nothing an audience could detect

 

[Binnerscot]

The only difference is the sticker on the back.
People believe what they want to believe.

There was a difference when Celestion first moved production overseas. Mesa noticed a difference (as many did) and wanted UK made V30s that sounded the same as they had been ordering. I don't think that is the case now though.

 

[Solarflares]

Huge difference in the Mesa heavy-dope UK V30, when compared to the early Chinese V30.
Mesa’s 2x12 cabinets were also deeper than most others, which certainly contributed.