New Vintage 4x12 Cab Day

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Hey guys.

I sold my last 4x12 cab, an Orange cab from the 70s, as I just couldn't be bothered with moving it around anymore and since then I've been perfectly happy with my Zilla Fatboy 2x12 cab with V30/G12H75 Creamback combo since.

A few months ago I joined a new band and they have their own practice room where we're able to keep gear, but I've had to keep taking my 2x12 there and back again as I also use it in my other band, which has started getting a bit tiresome if I'm honest!

So when a mate of mine offered up the cab below for £100 I thought I might as well, even if it doesn't sound that great it'll save me having to carry my cab around all the time



I believe the cab itself is 70s, and inside it were 4 Celestion Blackback G12H30s from 1976. Sounded really good with the Splawn :banana:

Anyone have experience with these speakers?

Cheers.

Craig
 
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Re: New Vintage 4x12 Cab Day

I have a Marshall 1982B cab loaded with similar speakers from '77 or '78. It sounds great with my Jubilee, I just wish it wasn't so damn heavy. I still play through it once in a while, but usually I run through an Ear Candy Buzz Bomb loaded with Eminence Wizards. The two cabs don't sound exactly the same, but they're really close and the EC only weights about 55lbs compared to 96.
 
Re: New Vintage 4x12 Cab Day

Cool score, I like those speakers.... My old orange had them in and I have a mix of G12H30's and old 65 watters in my white re-covered old orange and it's my favourite sounding can! Those speakers can sell for 3-4 times what you've paid for the cab so you bagged a bargain for sure. But more importantly you dig the sound so win/ win.
 
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Yep, win win. I had a mid 70s Marshal checkerboard cabinet loaded with blackbacks and they sounded killer. They are a different sounding speaker than the greenback...a rougher sounding speaker if you will, and I liked that. Like d1dsj said, you can sell the speakers alone for a mint.
 
Re: New Vintage 4x12 Cab Day

You Brits take those 70s Orange cabs and heads for granted. They're rare as hens' teeth here in the states.
 
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Cheers guys.

I used it for a 2nd time at practice last night but this time I used a pair of LPs with PAF type pups in, compared to the higher output stuff I usually use for this band, and it sounded great with the Splawn again. I could really tell the guitars were lower output, I had to work a lot harder sometimes, but it sounded great. I'm very happy with it :D
 
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