OK....I've had some time to do some more serious exercising of this cab and, IMO, it ROCKS!
My previous 15in cab was a Carvin with no tweeter, so, you should probably keep that in mind as you review my impressions.
Used both the LB and a MB LM II for testing. Most of the testing was done with my tele 51 ri.
First, with the LB, at low volumes and the tweeter in the cab set at noon, creamy, smooth tone, defined with a little sparkle at the top end. The bite of the sc pup on the 51 was well defined. Good solid tone. Crank up the LB and the harmonics of the amp starting to breakup came through in a very pleasing way. Turn down the tweeter and the tone gets darker, as you would expect.
The tweeter control seems to provide a great range of adjustment...a real plus for getting "your sound."
With the LM II, the amp made the cab sound more articulate....not a surprise given the tonal goals of these two heads. So, I guess my "lesson learned" with this is that the this cab does let the personality of the head you are using come through. Again, the tweeter control lets you adjust the brightness of the cab very effectively.
Crank time.....still using the 51 ri and LM II, gain at about 1:00, volume at about 10:00.......OMG! The speaker seemed to be doing fine....same as above but LOUDER. I didn't hear any rattles or unusual sounds from the cab but it would have been difficult to hear in my practice space given that the cases from my CD collection, the wall brackets behind the walls and doors on my storage cabinets were all rattling.
I have no doubt this cab can handle up to a medium sized room without breaking a sweat. And...look and sound good while doing it. Add another 15in cab and as was mentioned in a previous comment, kids will cry!
Now some responses:
I'm curious to know if once you crank it up if the steel flip handles rattle at all.
I'm surprised with more upper end cab like they are shooting for, that they don't have deep dish handles.
The handles on my Fender 15 neo are deep-well handles, not steel flip handles...no rattle.
I'm very interested in hearing your setup. Any way to record clips?
I have a "big rig" but I'm GASing for a Lil' Bastard and single 15 for recording and gigs that don't require 300 tube watts.
Wish I could help....don't have the equipment to record. Sorry!
SWEET RIG!! Those little ASHDOWNS look killer!
That's a swweeeeeet little rig you have there!
Thanks! I bought the cab with the LB in mind and the rig is exceeding my tonal goals. By the way....did I mention this cab is light and easy to handle!?
I hope this helps!
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