Speaker cabinet love.

[D'Mule]

Two cabs in parallel sound so good...but so heavy.

We tend to play smaller venues so I like to run my Univalve head (USA 7025 in V1, EH 12AU7 in V2, and single Westinghouse 6L6GC) most times with my LPs into either the Roll channel (everything dimed) or Rock channel (gain on about 10 o'clock). Believe it or not, I typically run into the speaker of my V-Series 1 x 12 combo (Weber 12-inch Blue Dog ceramic). Sounds weird I'm sure but I set that combo on its side, and set the Univalve on top, and I'm good to go (with built in amp backup if needed).

But in my home studio, I have gotten into the habit of playing my Univalve through a pair of cabinets in parallel: an Avatar 2 x 12 loaded with mixed Celestion G12H30 Anniversary and Vintage 30 ceramics, and a Reason Amplification 2 x 10 with pair of Weber 10A125 alnicos.

This speaker/cabinet mix is simply amazing. While the Avatar cab is really great for overdrive and thump, when you clean up the signal it never really chimes. On the other hand, the Reason cab just has the most lovely sparkle and chime on cleans, and creamy blooming overdrive with gain, but really no bottom end. Put the two together and you get this swirly mess of goodness.

Someone explain to me that in a band mix no one will ever hear the difference between a single 12 inch ceramic speaker, versus these two extension cabinets run at the same time. Don't make me want to haul these things to every gig.

 

[Wally]

Maybe you just need one cab....wth 3 speakers...G12H Ann + V30+ a single 10A125???? As for who hears what, imho it doesn't matter what anyone except you thinks about what you are hearing.....unless they are writing you checks to do what they want, right?

 

[The Real MC]

Mixing speakers won't get the same effect. You're changing the response of the acoustic space comprised of the cabinet. The cabinet is as much of the sound as the speakers.

 

[corpse]

The only thing that matters is the size of the tits jiggling in front of the guitar player...
I find most of these tones that are obvious alone in my studio get lost like magic once everyone kicks in. I am about portable/reliable- and getting a tone I am ok with.

 

[latestarter]

D'Mule - no-one will notice or care if there's a subtle roll off in any frequency etc etc...be pedantic in the studio, and relaxed live! And what corpse said in his first sentence.

 

[D'Mule]

I know you guys are right...

 

[corpse]

I had an experience a couple years ago- I have a Radial A-B-Y box; I used it to combine my Marshall 2061 amp/cab along with a 69 SFDR with a single Warehouse Guitar speaker (C12). The sound was jaw dropping. I did it for 20 minutes and have not done it since. No idea why. Huge, complex- I had some reverb on the Fender and the Marshall dry. Some good stuff and very easy to do... Mixing speakers can produce beautiful sound. Amps too.