A Just For Fun Thread - "Coolest looking cabs\stacks"

[DJ Bebop]

 

[DJ Bebop]

You know I never pass up a chance to post the Tower, lol.

Yup, here's another one of the Tower of Power...

 

[DJ Bebop]

Or...

 

[Kaa]

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That's my jamming rig. Combo 300 and a SABDDI. Works just fine for my simple needs.

 

[bobyoung53]

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I saw Mountain a couple of times and I'm pretty sure Felix was using that same stuff, boom! I remember that basses in the crowd piece too.

 

[mindwell]

You don't see many of those MTI SVT's.

Indeed. I've always thought they were the best-looking SVT variant. For me this was the score of a lifetime. I'm thinking about what cabinet I want to mate to it. Been there/done that with 810 cabinets, looking at 610 boxes.

 

[Roxbororob]

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Or...

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Now thats funk!

 

[seamonkey]

 

[Analogeezer]

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I'll confess to not knowing who this actually is but that is one cool looking rig!

Analogeezer

 

[juancaminos]

Mid year 1967 Fender Bassman drip edge, same circuit as the later blackface Bassmans which of course preceded this. I've used it in small rooms, sounds good. Lousy dark picture, dig that wall paper! The Dual showman is also a '67.


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It did sound great for smaller gigs, so did my Kustom 100.

 

[BrentSimons]

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My exact set up from the early 90s!
Although I think my cabs were slightly earlier models.

 

[Chickenwheels]

I’m not sure I would consider it one of the “best” sounds from the era — for one thing, the 302 sub didn’t really go low enough, and tended to fart out on loud transients — but it definitely sounded better than most people expected it to. Upright players gave it a bit more respect than electric guys.

A-ha! Yes, I meant more the player than the gear. Mario’s bass tone has always been top-shelf.

 

[coyoteboy]

Stacks you say? I love stacks!

the 1/4 scale stack on the left does regular duty in a rock band with an actual drummer with volume to spare!

 

[jkalads]

 

[bobyoung53]

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You would have to be insane to use all that stuff especially with the cabs pointing down at your head unless most of it's for show. Who is it anyway? Someone else posted that same picture yesterday.

 

[Chickenwheels]

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Swoon

 

[Moe Hickey]

Mesa for the neck, Fender for the bridge.

 

[GreyBeard]

 

[Rip Van Dan]

I played through an Eden head a few months ago at a jam and it really impressed me, very clear but warm tone. I don't remember the model though, Traveler or something? It was an old one. The bassist had two 12" cabs under it but the head was definitely too much for them.

There was an Eden WT300 (300-watts rms into 4Ω) called The Traveler back in the late 90's and it said "Traveler 300" on the faceplate. there was also the "Traveler Plus" WT400 (400-watts into 4Ω) that said "Traveler 400" on the faceplate. That WT-400 was reputedly just about the best sounding amp Eden made.

By far and away though the most popular Traveler amp though was the "Traveler 550". That WT550 would put out 500-watts into 4Ω and either 620-watts or 750-watts into 2Ω, depending upon when it was made. If those 112 cabs were 4Ω D112XLT cabs, they would have been rated at 250-watts rms handling and that amp could feed them up to 375-watts. But that's a great single powerblock amp. After Marshall bought Eden they closed out all the WT (World Traveler) heads except for the WT550 and the WT800C.

The dual-powerblock amps (two power channels that could be bridged together) were the WT500, WT600, and WT800, putting out 500-watts bridged, 600-watts bridged, and 800-watts bridged respectively. I have the WT500 but it was upgraded by David himself to 800-watts of power when bridged. All three of those dual powerblock amps use the same power sections but different power supplies. So he just upgraded the power supply and put in a larger toroidal transformer in mine. It was actually his cab test amp that he used to design his XST and later cabs. I really like the warm sound of that amp.

 

[bobyoung53]

There was an Eden WT300 (300-watts rms into 4Ω) called The Traveler back in the late 90's and it said "Traveler 300" on the faceplate. there was also the "Traveler Plus" WT400 (400-watts into 4Ω) that said "Traveler 400" on the faceplate. That WT-400 was reputedly just about the best sounding amp Eden made.

By far and away though the most popular Traveler amp though was the "Traveler 550". That WT550 would put out 500-watts into 4Ω and either 620-watts or 750-watts into 2Ω, depending upon when it was made. If those 112 cabs were 4Ω D112XLT cabs, they would have been rated at 250-watts rms handling and that amp could feed them up to 375-watts. But that's a great single powerblock amp. After Marshall bought Eden they closed out all the WT (World Traveler) heads except for the WT550 and the WT800C.

The dual-powerblock amps (two power channels that could be bridged together) were the WT500, WT600, and WT800, putting out 500-watts bridged, 600-watts bridged, and 800-watts bridged respectively. I have the WT500 but it was upgraded by David himself to 800-watts of power when bridged. All three of those dual powerblock amps use the same power sections but different power supplies. So he just upgraded the power supply and put in a larger toroidal transformer in mine. It was actually his cab test amp that he used to design his XST and later cabs. I really like the warm sound of that amp.

Thanks, it was a WT550 and the two speakers (IIRC) were Epifani's. They sounded very good except were overdriven on the low notes, I know it was the speakers because the head was clear as a bell. This with a new NR Thunderbird which has a lot of bottom anyway, I just had to dial back the neck pickup and they cleaned right up. I did really like that head though and may look around for a used one as a backup or a similar Eden.