Cab query

In 1974 I turned down a job with GBX here in Toronto. I considered their products to be garbage. Poorly made boxes and dirt cheap low power drivers. I thought the idea of a pre-amp feeding any number of powered cabinets innovative but the implementation was poor.

I never heard about them using Celestion drivers in any of their products.

 

I currently play through a 70’s Ampeg V4 4x12 cab with drivers replaced with Eminence Basslite 2012s (4 Ohm each). It’s my favorite sounding cab.

I modified it to come as close to the 70’s SVT/V4 rig I played all through high school (the school owned it) that, I think, had the Altec speaker upgrade option. Mine paired with my V4B reissue is great, IMO.


All of that said, the 4x cabs seem to have lost their appeal, at least with the TB crowd; they are heavy and tend to have issues with off-axis frequency cancellation. 2 vertically stacked 2x10 or 2x12 seem to be the preferred cab setup around here lately. Personally though, I do like my 2x Ampeg SVT210AV setup, but just not as much as my V4. YMMV.

 

Just think, Paul...if you had taken that job, maybe they would have ended up successful one day.

 

I'm glad you found something that you loved. That's always a plus!

 

I would have added toobs in the signal chain! LOL