New mesa 2+12 bass cab

[skier 913]

The last time I got to use both the 212 and 115 on a gig I had the 212 on top. However, at home I've found that the 115 on top has a more pleasing tone closer to ear level. They compliment each other well, but as I've said probably a dozen or more times on here already - the 115 is the absolute gem of the whole line. There isn't a single 1x15 of anything I've ever tried (combos, cabs, etc) in the 25+ years I've been playing that sounds anything like it. Whereas years ago a 15" cab might have been used to round out some low end with a 210 or 410 cab and rarely used solo, this thing is about as musically pleasing as it gets.

I also discovered with this cab that the tweeter does a lot more than just produce highs. I had a rehearsal where I experimented and completely rolled it off compared to keeping the dial being at noon. Wow, talk about a night and day difference. What I found happened is that it took a lot of the mid character with it as well and not in a way I would have ever expected nor to my liking. The old school way of rolling off the tweeter to kill the highs does not apply to this cab the same way. I asked Andy about it and I could tell that he seemed pleased I found a little hidden bit of clever engineering in his design.

I found that when I stacked 2 x115's vertical I had to completely roll off the top cab tweeter and use noon setting on bottom cab tweeter in order to hear both cabs Otherwise, it "seemed" like I was mostly hearing the top cab if both tweets were set at noon. I tested this by unplugging one cab at a time in the stacked position and using tweet. *Playing the 'top cab only' sounded exactly the same as when playing both cabs, but playing the 'bottom cab only' sounded much different. I questioned if something was wrong with one of the cabs so I switched their positions top for bottom and got same result. It seemed like I could only hear the top cab, like one speaker instead of two, but when I cut the top cab tweeter it seemed like i noticed the sound from both cabs..This is why I said earlier post I had to either stand way back from the stack pointing at me, or, place both cabs on the floor, in order to determine that I was hearing 2 speakers. Perception is a weird thing.

 

[Saetia]

The last time I got to use both the 212 and 115 on a gig I had the 212 on top. However, at home I've found that the 115 on top has a more pleasing tone closer to ear level. They compliment each other well, but as I've said probably a dozen or more times on here already - the 115 is the absolute gem of the whole line. There isn't a single 1x15 of anything I've ever tried (combos, cabs, etc) in the 25+ years I've been playing that sounds anything like it. Whereas years ago a 15" cab might have been used to round out some low end with a 210 or 410 cab and rarely used solo, this thing is about as musically pleasing as it gets.

I also discovered with this cab that the tweeter does a lot more than just produce highs. I had a rehearsal where I experimented and completely rolled it off compared to keeping the dial being at noon. Wow, talk about a night and day difference. What I found happened is that it took a lot of the mid character with it as well and not in a way I would have ever expected nor to my liking. The old school way of rolling off the tweeter to kill the highs does not apply to this cab the same way. I asked Andy about it and I could tell that he seemed pleased I found a little hidden bit of clever engineering in his design.

It’s quite special, isn’t it? I keep mine turned off. I’ve never known a more well rounded single cab solution. 2 of them really is greater than the sum of the parts as well.