Help me with my "go to" cab design

Dr.Mavashi

Dr.Mavashi

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So, my direction has changed with this band that just had a very strong start
Basically I wanna give you guys my current gear and my shopping list for near future and you tell me what speakers for my cab I should be looking at.

Amp: AOR Laney 50 Watt MV(based on 800 but with four cascading ECC83s, and much more darker with rolled off highs and grawling mids, push pull boosts on all three EQ knobs, biasing is likely to be at about 35, and caps values still to be determined)

Cab: Marshall 1960A 4X12

Guitars:
Alder/Ash/Swamp Ash HSS Strats and Kramers with Maple (nekid) neck/fretboard necks

Current Drive:
Spina TS9
Current Whah
Bad Horsie I

Shopping List of Drives
Bueno Boost Analogue man/BSM Tony Iommi
MXR MicroAmp, Voodoo Sparkle Drive, Ibanez SM9/SML or MS10.

Shopping List of Whahs
Chicago Iron Para Whah.

The tone I am after, is to be straight in between these three below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76ztr5xLE2U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEMeB2N8dic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMclpOK7a2w

Since only Emis have a real sample page, I would use Emis speakers as candidates

I am hearing Screaming Eagle, Swamp Thang and Tonker as speakers who are "there" am i right? maybe an X of two out those three? Also, what would you do "extra" to a cab itself?
 
Re: Help me with my "go to" cab design

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Can't speak to what Iommi or Blackfoot used for amps but Lynch used old Marshall 100's in the studio with nothing between the guitar and amp - especially in the later Dokken albims and all through Lynch Mob. His favorite was an old purple plexi run into a 4x12 with 25 watt Celestions - it wasn't even his amp, he would borrow it for recording. His live rig was completely different and had a completely different sound - lots more gain. I read several old articles about him where he talked ad-nauseum about his recording setup vs. his live rig. Anyway, if your strike zone is in between those three, the rule of thumb is "less is more..." Keep it simple and keep the stompers to a minimum. If you're not slaving your head, then lower wattage speakers will help generate a bit more character into the tone. I started using Tone Tubbies a few years back and will never switch back for a cab I plug directly into.
 
Re: Help me with my "go to" cab design

StillLearnin' said:
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Can't speak to what Iommi or Blackfoot used for amps but Lynch used old Marshall 100's in the studio with nothing between the guitar and amp - especially in the later Dokken albims and all through Lynch Mob. His favorite was an old purple plexi run into a 4x12 with 25 watt Celestions - it wasn't even his amp, he would borrow it for recording. His live rig was completely different and had a completely different sound - lots more gain. I read several old articles about him where he talked ad-nauseum about his recording setup vs. his live rig. Anyway, if your strike zone is in between those three, the rule of thumb is "less is more..." Keep it simple and keep the stompers to a minimum. If you're not slaving your head, then lower wattage speakers will help generate a bit more character into the tone. I started using Tone Tubbies a few years back and will never switch back for a cab I plug directly into.
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Well, Lych's stuff is very well documented here:
http://www.georgelynch.com/rigs/studiorigs/wickedstudio.html
You could see here that WS was more than the famous purple plexi (used on appetite for destruction by slash by the way.)
here is his live version
http://www.georgelynch.com/rigs/liverigs/wickedtour.html

Tone tubbies huh? interesting, what were they modeled after, by the looks I would say fanes?
 
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Re: Help me with my "go to" cab design

Cool. Good link.

Honestly, I never really researched what the Tone Tubbies were modeled after - I just had an opportunity to play through a cab loaded with them using my JCM800 and fell in love.

Definitely (in my cab anyway) very punchy mids.
 
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