Hi folks!
I recently scored an acoustic 330 head in pretty good shape with a 403 cab.
The thing is that cab originally sports 4x12 inchers but mine only has a single 15 (300w, 8 Ohm, local brand, no TS parameters or usable info whatsoever). Super loud, no farts at all, but kind of in the boomy side. And no grill cloth nor tolex but ugly carpet:
Options:
1) Use that 15 for something else and get an Eminence 3015LF and Alpha8a and put a cousin of a Fearfull15 inside, recessing the baffle as needed to make the inner volume as close to the original fearfull as possible. Lots of math to do though. (Is only a matter of inner volume? Can I change the relation of height and width an deep as long as I keep the volume the same? The 403 cab volume is larger than the f15's)
Retolex and get a grill cloth. Super nice!
2) Get 4 less-than-optimal 15'ers (thinking of local DIYman, Emis are too expensive here!) and DIY a 408 cab. (Getting an original acoustic cab here in Argentina is next to impossible, don't even suggest that
)
The Mother-Rig. Never listened to one so don't know what to expect, but the sense of completion with the head on top would be awesome. Besides I'd still have the other cab for modularity.
Pros: the 2 Ohm load the head supports.
Cons: it would be a pursue of the acoustic sound, not a flat cab at all
3) Similarly: get 4 12'ers in the 403 box. I don't think I'll like this one.
The cost of first 2 alternatives would be nearly the same. (And I guess I'll probably build both, given time and money LOL)
I play mostly rock, a FNM tribute as of now, starting to really dig the vintage sound of the head but reading the fearfull thread is having me asking if I'd like that either. The head has a heck of EQ to find for other sounds also, point for the f15.
Of course size matters, but this is the thing I like to do, put her wheels and push it
Thanks for reading. Let me know what you think
see ya!
I recently scored an acoustic 330 head in pretty good shape with a 403 cab.
The thing is that cab originally sports 4x12 inchers but mine only has a single 15 (300w, 8 Ohm, local brand, no TS parameters or usable info whatsoever). Super loud, no farts at all, but kind of in the boomy side. And no grill cloth nor tolex but ugly carpet:
Options:
1) Use that 15 for something else and get an Eminence 3015LF and Alpha8a and put a cousin of a Fearfull15 inside, recessing the baffle as needed to make the inner volume as close to the original fearfull as possible. Lots of math to do though. (Is only a matter of inner volume? Can I change the relation of height and width an deep as long as I keep the volume the same? The 403 cab volume is larger than the f15's)
Retolex and get a grill cloth. Super nice!
2) Get 4 less-than-optimal 15'ers (thinking of local DIYman, Emis are too expensive here!) and DIY a 408 cab. (Getting an original acoustic cab here in Argentina is next to impossible, don't even suggest that
)The Mother-Rig. Never listened to one so don't know what to expect, but the sense of completion with the head on top would be awesome. Besides I'd still have the other cab for modularity.
Pros: the 2 Ohm load the head supports.
Cons: it would be a pursue of the acoustic sound, not a flat cab at all
3) Similarly: get 4 12'ers in the 403 box. I don't think I'll like this one.
The cost of first 2 alternatives would be nearly the same. (And I guess I'll probably build both, given time and money LOL)
I play mostly rock, a FNM tribute as of now, starting to really dig the vintage sound of the head but reading the fearfull thread is having me asking if I'd like that either. The head has a heck of EQ to find for other sounds also, point for the f15.
Of course size matters, but this is the thing I like to do, put her wheels and push it
Thanks for reading. Let me know what you think
see ya!
