Well, I Got Myself a Boogie

Agileguy_101

Agileguy_101

Master of his Domain
And I likes it.

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Even though it's far smaller than the Fender cab, it's actually 5-10lbs heavier than the Fender. If it hadn't had removable casters, there's no way I would have bought it. I tried it out for about half an hour at the seller's house with just my guitar and it sounded beautiful. Can't wait to run my board through it and see how it sounds.
 
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In the grand scheme of Mesa Boogie products, that cab is on the winning side. It's an under appreciated piece of gear, being the definitive open/closed 212 cab. I'll bet it sounds great!

For a long time, the Mesa store in Hollywood had a big rack full of all their rack mounted gear. They had two of those exact cabs, because they obviously considered two open/closed vertical 212's to be the ultimate stereo setup.

Hang onto it. It's sort of a closet classic.
 
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It looks like it has different speakers.

What are the holes next to the bottom speaker? Is it a vented cab?



edit: upps, I just read your other thread. nevermind.
 
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The amps are usually a love/hate thing for people, but I do not see how anyone can argue the quality of their cabs. Great stuff. Congrats.
 
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I loved my old Boogie half back cabs! I wish they would bring them back, with the metal grill.
 
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You shall now be known as....The Black Shadow.

 
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I miss my 1/2 back 4x12 all the time... it's been 15 years.

I just saw the other thread, the reason it's so heavy is the EV.

Best cabs ever if you ask me. It's a shame they don't make them anymore.
 
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Holy crap this cab sounds fuggin RADONK. Even with its back only a foot from the wall, the upper open half adds so much to the sound of the cab. I've never actually had an open back cab (excluding my ****ty starter combo) and in conjunction with the bottom closed/ported half makes the cab chunky as ****. It loves my fuzz pedals. Distortion tones from this rig are downright huge. And this was just at louder-than-home-but-not-gigging volumes. I can't wait to open it up and play it with other people.

It might be the perfect cabinet for me. The only way to know would be to get another one (along with another Bassman) and run them in stereo... Christ that'd be the best rig a man could ask for.
 
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I think Mesa builds some of the best cabs in the business, and the Halfback cabs are my favs. I read once that they actually got the idea from Duane Allman, who would cut out a section of the back in the top cabs of his Marshall stacks.

As you have discovered, they are great for clubs, where you might need a little bit of that extra dispersion from the open back, but with the ported bottom they have a lot of power and punch.

The "normal" configuration for these is the Mesa/Celestion Black Shadow C-90 on the top and the EVM in the ported bottom. I have one of the 412 HalfBacks like this, but my 212 has the C90 on top and the Eminence made MS-12 on the bottom. The MS-12 is kind of a JBL clone, and very good sounding speaker. I have also seen them with two C-90s, two EVMs, or two MS-12s, and one with Mesa's 50 watt Vintage Black Shadow and a C-90 in the bottom, though I'm not sure that one came from the factory like that.

I also have a 412 Halfback with all EVMs that weighs in at just under 70,000 pounds. (Not a typo!) Well, maybe I exaggerated a "little" bit...but it is a GLORIOUS sounding cab.

The new version of the 212 Halfback is the Vertical Recto 212. It comes with two Vintage 30 Celestions, a cloth grille, and is completely closed. It is still ported on the bottom, and I think the dimensions are the same.

Nice score.

Bill
 
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Wow! That thing is pretty damn clean. I would love to have that with ANY of the Fender-Headed Mesas on top of it. Very hot.
 
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Actually, since the earliest Boogies are direct descendants of Fenders, I guess it's very fitting to be stacking them up like that. :D
 
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Not to take away from the excitement of that Awesome Mesa Cab.....what was the cause of the noise you were having a few days back.?
Was it tubes.?
 
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When I get to borrow my g/f's Bassman, I run it through the speaker on our Mesa DC-5 combo. It sounds heavenly, Fender + Mesa is a good combo, I think!
 
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Lucky you found a nice seller who allowed you to buy it a week later... Looks even cleaner in your pics than the Clist ad...

I saw a local bluesman play a show once and he was using that cab, I think. KILLER blues tone.
 
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