Nothing wrong with carpet (rat fur) covering. People are just tired of it and, if you don't have covers sooner or later it will look like a stray cat in springtime.
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Do all cabs feel like a compromise?
- Thread starter MultiScaleMale
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- Mar 8, 2011
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If you play rock clubs, especially back when folks could smoke indoors, those rat fur cabs would smell like you brought the bar home with you and that smell never goes away...just saying
Jim Bergantino
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Actually I did design the Sadowsky cabs for Roger. Does that count? ;-}
I would say that is something that is wrong with it.
Let alone if someone spilled beer on it. It's basically like having a sponge as a cabinet covering. Absorbs everything. Awful.If you play rock clubs, especially back when folks could smoke indoors, those rat fur cabs would smell like you brought the bar home with you and that smell never goes away...just saying
My friend had a pet rat and it’s fur was nothing like the stuff they wrap those cabs in.
...just sayin’
...just sayin’
Oh, I know. When I was in college I had a pet rat. Actual rat fur is very soft.
Go to 10 concerts, you’ll probably see 8 Mesa amps.
Go to 100 concerts, you’ll be lucky find anyone who has seen a Carvin in person.
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Is it too late to say say I'm sorry?I got an email recently from someone that read like this...
"I need a cab that can handle the fundamental of my low B. If it weighs an ounce over 30lbs I will demand a refund. It should handle 600-800 watts, I should be able to carry it with the ease of a briefcase and I won't pay a nickel over $600."
Yeah, I'll get right on that
It's good that Mesa uses off the shelf parts that are easy to obtain for maintenance / repair. Mesa will probably be around for a long while, but the reality is all things eventually come to an end, and parts will eventually be no longer be available. Look at all the past manufacturers that have come and gone: DeArmond pickups, GE, RCA, Westinghouse and other tube manufacturers, and Altec, as a few examples.
Fortunately some companies pick up the slack and make aftermarket replacement parts to keep vintage equipment serviceable.
To all that have been following the saga, tried a Subway 115 and 210. And I driving away with the 210. I’d prefer truck bed liner, but that’s the only box it doesn’t check. Super nice all around.
Seemed to have more bottom and noticeably more volume at the same amp settings. Turning off the tweeter gave it an old school feel.
- Mar 8, 2011
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Haven't had the chance to try the 210, but I think the 115 is really nice. Glad you found the right fit for you!
In retrospec, I probably should have tried the 115 and 210 together instead of just A/B ing them. Rick LeFever at Make n' Music in Frederick, MD was super helpful. They moved the cab and amp into a side room and said I could crank it to see how it opens up. I'm used to "turn it down, dammit!!!" Well, not really, I usually play at low volumes, but this was refreshing. And fun.
Proof is in the pudding, or, in this case, the gig. Even at home, my rig sounds different than it does on the gig: different rooms, different acoustics, number of people, inside or outside gigs, etc. It's great to be able to test stuff out privately in a music store, but, to show my age, that aint the nitty gritty. Hope it works out for you. If it's anything at all like the amps Andy designs, you should be good to go !
If you play rock clubs, especially back when folks could smoke indoors, those rat fur cabs would smell like you brought the bar home with you and that smell never goes away...just saying
this is a job for Febreze!
