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Crazy small cabinet
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dawind99
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- Mar 30, 2012
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Yes, that is a sharp looking cab and the Beyma is a very nice driver. The angle would be perfect either behind you or at your feet if you're sitting. A horn loaded cabinet is more directional than a front loaded sealed or ported box which may be good or bad. There are feedback isssues versus a sealed cab and also the extended low end over a sealed cab (which if your using it for bass you want). If you aren't going to be playing bass through it, in my opinion as a guitarist, you're best choice would be a small sealed cabinet with a couple of Weber 8" drivers. I believe they have 2 or 3 different models now and all sound good. I prefer the ceramic for acoustic but I've used them for replacements in a number of old and new Fenders (Fender Vibro-champs, Champs, Champion 600s, etc.) that I've worked on and all sounded better than acceptable to very good with acoustic and electric guitar. If you are playing both I would be inclined to go with the myriad of other choices everyone has suggested which are all good: single 8,10 or 12 in sealed or front ported cabinet. And, the 8's can definitely cut it and you'll have less chance of feedback. Here's a pic of a very small front ported 2x8 cab that I designed and use with keyboards, acoustic guitar and bass with good results. 17lbs.Very nice.
I really like the design of those Crazy 8s and 88s. That Barry guy (of B.A.D.) seems to be going for it. I wish I could hear some!
The horn-reflex cab is not a horn, it's a ported cab with a horn-like port and it's not more directional then a normal regular ported or sealed cabinet.
When executed right, a horn-reflex cab yields 1-2dB more output in the frequency range where it's in-phase with the driver, above that you get a dip (see it as a transmissionline dip). This anomaly and some of the mid frequencies that "leak" through the port/horn are the things that cause the coloration (woody/acoustic character). The amount of lining/damping of the cab has a huge impact on this.
BurningSkies
CRAZY BALDHEAD
- Feb 20, 2005
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Almost every time I see an ACME cab suggested around here, the haters jump on the band wagon. I played a medium sized outdoor gig last week with my jazz trio. We had a sub who is an incredible acoustic guitar and mandolin player with a LOT of experience. We both used my Acoustic image focus head with a pair of acme B1 cabs and it was one of the best sounding gigs I've ever had for all the instruments.
I picked up that mcm woofer I spoke about earlier in the thread , and did find the kustom monitor cabinet , $55 total. The kustom didn't work well though, if it got just a tiny bit loud the speaker was farting out and the cabinet rattled. Then I ordered the car sub cabinet, same thing as in the tb110 thread, $28 shipped, and the woofer sounds phenomenal in this cabinet. It's pretty light and gets quite loud.
"Looks" can sometimes be very deceiving, & in this instance, most certainly are The only reason I don't have an acme now is because I'm a cheapskate. My second cab was a Low B2 and it was unbelievable. It was stolen and I replaced with a Carvin red line stack and learned a hard lesson.
But they are around twice as expensive as they were back then. If money was no object, I'd probably have their new 2x12 or more likely, a pair of low b2's. Heck, I could use them as my hi-fi speakers when I'm not gigging. And no, I'm not kidding. They'd work beautifully with my 70's vintage separate amp/pream combos.
my friend had one of those back in the day. Awful car, broke all the time. We called it the 'Grenade.' Later, he got an Explorer which was no better, which we dubbed the 'Exploder.'Yep. But only to the untrained eye.
Every time people say two things are "superficially" the same (but are in no way the same), this ad campaign comes to mind. I was much younger then, but it was as ludicrous then as it is now. My friends and I got a kick out of it. I post it at every opportunity because it drives the point home so well.
In the case of music equipment, a significantly cheaper version that gets you 90% of the way there can work really well when you know how to use it. Generally in a car though, 90% of the way there means you better like walking the last 10%!
Funny ad, I've never seen it.
Funny ad, I've never seen it.
My acoustic (ie, quiet gigs) amp is a GK MB200 to a GenzBenz STL-8 cab. I've even done large shows with it, mic'ing or DI'ing to FOH. Cab, amp, cables under 13 lbs. Sweet.
