Re: Splawn vs. Mesa 2X12 Cabs
shreder75 said:
no, you didn't come right out and say the clips are ****ty...just curious how the 'not studio quality' has anything to do with the actual speakers in my cabinet...maybe I'm missing something..
sorry, dude..not buyin' the whole 'they sound like ass' in a band mix...=) if they do it's either because of the amp runnin' through them, or the person at the end of the guitar cord...I know quite a few who use my same exact cabinet, some of which who use the same exact amp on top of it and cut right through...
I have no idea who the three guys you mentioned are..but the days of me buying gear because such and such person plays through it are long gone so it wouldn't matter anyway..lol
What I meant is that you're not running through a high quality recording rig, and thus the speakers will play less of a role in the overall sound
I mainly meant recorded... If you took those clips and loaded them up with a band behind it, the V30's would sound cleaner, clearer, more defined, and more upfront. If that's bad tone to you... then so be it.
I don't purchase amps or speakers based on who uses them, either, but I do take advice from those with extensive experience in the area at hand. The three guys I mentioned are 3 of the biggest producers in extreme metal.
TwilightOdyssey said:
DSS, I think that the cabinet may have been more to blame than the drivers in your experience. Even a Rivera cab with Emminence will sound better than a crapola cab with [insert high end loudspeaker name here].
I have the privelege of playing through SICK gear every week at rehearsal - Roccaforte, Diezel, VHT, Bogner, Carr, Two Rock, etc etc etc, and I think that my experience in playing in a 2 guitar high gain band situation is pretty well known. Emminence has served me just as well at rehearsals as Celestions et al. I've NEVER heard someone say they couldn't hear me!!
If Scott Splawn has voiced the cab to work with Emminence, then you can be sure that it will sound great; the man doesn't know the meaning of the word 'skimp'.
That probably did play a big factor in my rather (limited) experience. I still find, however, that even in my Rivera cab that the V30's sound better than the Eminence copies of them. BTW and OT, but since you've had experience, how do the Rivera cabs stand up against Marshall, VHT, Etc... cabinets, soundwise?
Again, I could always hear myself, but I find that V30's always sound cleaner and clearer. But you also have to consider that I'm using a much more extreme amd modern tone than you are, in a much more extreme metal setting
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The voicing of the cabinets also has a lot to do with it, yes.
I'll admit, Eminences sound amazing in the room, but I find that when you run them through a 57 or i5 and to desk, the V30's just mic up the best.
