I tried an Eminence Cannabis Rex..........

[SoCalSteve]

I've been curious about this speaker so I gave it a try in the Mesa. It's very evenly eq'd but I found I really, really missed that midrange grind of the Vintage 30 under gain. I can see why Eminence recommends the CB for jazz and blues-it has a slight raspiness that is very pleasing for single notes and sounds great clean but I was missing the prominent midrange tones with power chords under high gain (I mostly use my Stiletto in Tite Gain, JCM 800ish).

I'm getting a Governor in a trade for it which I'll try out next week. I'm interested to see how it compares to the Vintage 30.

 

[Scott_F]

Re: I tried an Eminence Cannabis Rex..........

I love it in my Brenna 40.

 

[SoCalSteve]

Re: I tried an Eminence Cannabis Rex..........

I love it in my Brenna 40.

Is that a more 'American' voiced amp rather than British? I bet it does sound good in it. I should have had a clue when I was getting a Patriot for a British voiced amp :eek13:

 

[Scott_F]

Re: I tried an Eminence Cannabis Rex..........

Is that a more 'American' voiced amp rather than British? I bet it does sound good in it. I should have had a clue when I was getting a Patriot for a British voiced amp :eek13:

It's a blackface fender reverb AB763 circuit. Good fit for that amp.

 

[daemon barbeque]

Re: I tried an Eminence Cannabis Rex..........

I'm getting a Governor in a trade for it which I'll try out next week. I'm interested to see how it compares to the Vintage 30.

It's really "similar" in many qualities.But is louder ,has more midds ,and the bottom is a tad tighter.Vintage 30 has some dirt in it.It can be positive for some amps and ears ,and can be negative too!So just try it out.I love mine ,and it's a working horse under hi-gain.A very strong and nice sounding one!

 

[krankguitarist]

Re: I tried an Eminence Cannabis Rex..........

I got their 10 inch version, the Lil' buddy, in my 2X10 cab that I run w/ my showman reverb. Excellent speaker for cleans. Not my thing for heavy overdriven tones...but...then again, I'm using it with a showman reverb.

I've only really used the governor in conjunction with another speaker...either the screamin eagle or the man-o-war. But in both applications I'm real happy with it.