DavidRees
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I was posting a few months ago about 15” speakers and how well they work for guitar in some circumstances. Well I took the plunge and now it has arrived – courtesy of Paul at Zillacabs – green on black tolex with a basket weave grill cloth and a Jensen Neo 15" [courtesy of Hotrox] and it looks cooler than an awful lot of very cool things and sounds spectacular – bright, clear punchy and even better than I thought it would.
Currently fed by the amp from my Peavey Classic 50 combo I have found myself the sound I had in my head. An additional plus for us old folks is that with the Neo speaker it is very light and easily portable
For the steel and slide players out there it sounds amazing with the Yamaha SG500 I recently had customised for slide playing through it – it’s got Bare Knuckle Manhattans on it which are low powered very clean humbucker sized P90s – part of my idea to go with the 15” was the dynamics and breadth of sound that a number of steel players get from them – this has proved me right, you can be subtle but you can be downright dirty too – a little too bright on the bridge pickup? That is what the tone control is there to tame.
Paul at Zillacabs was amazing at turning my idea into a reality with something that was not a standard item for him. Can’t recommend highly enough.
Now, I wonder what amplifier would make it even better???
Currently fed by the amp from my Peavey Classic 50 combo I have found myself the sound I had in my head. An additional plus for us old folks is that with the Neo speaker it is very light and easily portable
For the steel and slide players out there it sounds amazing with the Yamaha SG500 I recently had customised for slide playing through it – it’s got Bare Knuckle Manhattans on it which are low powered very clean humbucker sized P90s – part of my idea to go with the 15” was the dynamics and breadth of sound that a number of steel players get from them – this has proved me right, you can be subtle but you can be downright dirty too – a little too bright on the bridge pickup? That is what the tone control is there to tame.
Paul at Zillacabs was amazing at turning my idea into a reality with something that was not a standard item for him. Can’t recommend highly enough.
Now, I wonder what amplifier would make it even better???
