NCD (new cab day)!

[Ascension]

Just grabbed a MINT PRS 2/12 deep cab locally for $350 OTD! Will go under my Archon head and was at a local shop. Right place right time and these are WICKED good sounding cabs!

You just don't find these often and was shocked to see it for that price in that shop. Came in with a 100 watt Archon head that they sold and is the cab to have under my Archon head!
It's one of these bad boys European birch plywood not Pine as listed here with the extra deep closed back loaded with real British Vintage 30's. Second one I have ever seen and one of the absolute best sounding 2/12 cabs I have ever heard. These are very defined tight and focused with a bottom end thump that rivals most 4/12's. Hard to find IMO much better cab designs than what PRS is now building and are now discontinued by PRS and pretty highly sought after.
https://www.zzounds.com/item--PAU212DBBMCAB

 

[Dudeman7]

Nice! Congrats! I've always had better luck with deep speaker cabs, both for home stereo and my bass and guitar rigs.

PRS does an awful lot right with guitars and amps.

 

[Ascension]

Nice! Congrats! I've always had better luck with deep speaker cabs, both for home stereo and my bass and guitar rigs.

PRS does an awful lot right with guitars and amps.

Thanks. Have an old 1980's Fender staggered 2/12 I have owned for many many years that's a killer but its really heavy and bulky to transport. This one sounds better is a lot more compact and a good bit lighter. Will sell both the Fender cab and the Boogie DC 5 head now. I like the Archon better and this cab is a LOT easier to transport and carry finding this cab today to go with the Archon was a home run:dance:!

 

[Bogner]

Nothing like a good cab! Congrats on the find.

 

[Gtrjunior]

Nice! Congrats!

 

[DKSEARS]

Cool! Nice score.

 

[Ascension]

Was in the wife's car when I snagged it and had stuff in the trunk so couldn't bring it home. Rolled over and got it today and this thing weighs about the same as the Blackstar 1/12 and is almost the same size , it's as deep slightly wider and not as tall and very easily fit in my trunk of my car.. Can't get over how much lighter and smaller it is than the old Fender and man does it ever kill it tone wise. Knew t was a good cab at a real steal just didn't know it was this good though am impressed!! Guess the lack of weight is the European Birch as after carrying it in the house I was shocked at just how light and compact it is for a really thick sounding 2/12 WOW! Will get photos a little later

 

[Ascension]

Well after rearranging my music room last night to get both cabs to fit I was absolutely shocked that The PRS 2/12 cab is actually LIGHTER than the Blackstar 1/12 is! These 2 cabs are very different the WGS Retro loaded Blackstar is just HUGE sounding very fat and smooth really fills a room but at higher volumes can get a little loose and undefined. The PRS is more refined overall is super tight and focused a very sophisticated tone with a mid punch that should cut well in a live setting and a very tight solid bottom. The Archon is still at PRS until after the shipping frenzy calms down for the holidays so all I have is the MT 15 and the Zinky right now to play through the Stealth Big Mouth PRS. Have owned several Avatar 2/12's the old Fender I still own plus a few of the Marshalls ( 1922, 1936 and a slant silver anniversary) and this is by far the lightest and most compact but absolute best sounding 2/12 cab I have ever owned. Why in the WORLD has PRS discontinued these cabs??

 

[ColeJustesen]

That is a beautiful cabinet! Congrats on finding a new best 2x12.

Cole

 

[Demanic]

They discontinued it because not enough customers recognized it for what it is.

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[Ascension]

They discontinued it because not enough customers recognized it for what it is.

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Evidently and the cabs they are doing now are not in the same class IMO. Still blown away at how light and compact this cab is yet still sounds SO good! It's a keeper!

 

[dave74]

I like how they put a handle on top for easy solid carry. IMO a cab being deep really helps the v30 model not sound too nasal or stuffy.
Great deal!

Mesa also has a compact v30 212 very similar to this. Their standard rec-212 is not really that much larger.

 

[Ascension]

I like how they put a handle on top for easy solid carry. IMO a cab being deep really helps the v30 model not sound too nasal or stuffy.
Great deal!

Mesa also has a compact v30 212 very similar to this. Their standard rec-212 is not really that much larger.

These are similar to the EVH 2/12 cab but a little deeper with much better materials. The one I got was an early version with real Brit Vin 30's and European Birch not the later pine. These are the bottom of the PRS 4/12 pretty much and it's a real killer.

 

[Gtrjunior]

These are similar to the EVH 2/12 cab but a little deeper with much better materials. The one I got was an early version with real Brit Vin 30's and European Birch not the later pine. These are the bottom of the PRS 4/12 pretty much and it's a real killer.

I like how they put a handle on top for easy solid carry. IMO a cab being deep really helps the v30 model not sound too nasal or stuffy.
Great deal!

Mesa also has a compact v30 212 very similar to this. Their standard rec-212 is not really that much larger.

I have a port city os 2x12. It also has a top handle. And it is convenient for carrying.
A separate issue I have with the top handle is once you’re set up at a gig, it’s difficult to move your setup onstage if needed, without side handles.
Because you know, your bass player or drummer ALWAYS needs you to move over to accommodate. Lol

 

[dave74]

I have a port city os 2x12. It also has a top handle. And it is convenient for carrying.
A separate issue I have with the top handle is once you’re set up at a gig, it’s difficult to move your setup onstage if needed, without side handles.
Because you know, your bass player or drummer ALWAYS needs you to move over to accommodate. Lol

You'd sure not like my older recto212 then lol.
1. It only has a top handle but it's just the strap-style, so it would likely wear quick if being used a ton,,, easy to replace though.
2. It has no casters or brackets for them,,,,,just the rubber feet.
3. It's almost 70 pounds,,,, without a head on top.

Mine doesn't get moved often, so for me it's a plus (in premise anyways) for it to have all sides solid wood with no cutouts except for the jack-plate on back.
The strap handles have never bothered me on heavy heads, but on a heavy and deep 212 it results in "side-pull" which will get them splitting over time.

 

[Gtrjunior]

You'd sure not like my older recto212 then lol.
1. It only has a top handle but it's just the strap-style, so it would likely wear quick if being used a ton,,, easy to replace though.
2. It has no casters or brackets for them,,,,,just the rubber feet.
3. It's almost 70 pounds,,,, without a head on top.

Mine doesn't get moved often, so for me it's a plus (in premise anyways) for it to have all sides solid wood with no cutouts except for the jack-plate on back.
The strap handles have never bothered me on heavy heads, but on a heavy and deep 212 it results in "side-pull" which will get them splitting over time.

Yeah, I probably wouldn’t. Lol
Luckily for me I decided to use my Marshall 1936 for gigs and leave the Port City at home.
The Marshall has casters and is SOOO much lighter and easier. They both have the same speakers installed so tonally, they are very similar.

 

[Ascension]

You'd sure not like my older recto212 then lol.
1. It only has a top handle but it's just the strap-style, so it would likely wear quick if being used a ton,,, easy to replace though.
2. It has no casters or brackets for them,,,,,just the rubber feet.
3. It's almost 70 pounds,,,, without a head on top.

Mine doesn't get moved often, so for me it's a plus (in premise anyways) for it to have all sides solid wood with no cutouts except for the jack-plate on back.
The strap handles have never bothered me on heavy heads, but on a heavy and deep 212 it results in "side-pull" which will get them splitting over time.

Sounds close to the old Fender 2/12 I have it's about the same weight for sure! This cab sounds better than that Fender is about 30 lbs lighter and is more compact. That was the reason I snagged it and that it's the real matching cab for my Archon 50 head and the aesthetics was just a bonus.

 

[dave74]

It's crazy how much the price has went up over the last decade on new high-quality cabs, when the cab itself has basically not changed at all.

I won't say the price is going down on amps, especially high-quality tube amps, but we're really not doing so bad on amps considering the type of insanely adjustable highly complex circuits with ever-growing feature lists that are available for prices that really might be less than most of the old basic circuit standards were in their day. (I mean as a % of average income, like if avg income was 50 thousand and the amp was 2, it would be 4%)