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Rare LA-Made Unreleased Acoustic 810 Fridge

sludgetail

sludgetail

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Feb 26, 2018
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#1
Here’s something you don’t see everyday... This one’s for all you vintage, tube and 810 fridge fanatics (and of course those who have roadies lol).

My Blonde Fender Super Bassman + a rare and never released for market LA-made, all-birch, NOS USA-era Acoustic VL810 (4ohm). It was set to release with a matching Acoustic head, but investors pulled out last minute due to an issue with the heads... this is probably the nicest 810 cab I’ve ever played through; huge chest-hitting lows, awesome pop and grizzly mids, plus tons of detail in the highs.

I was lucky enough to snag one of these premium (and way too heavy) cabs for my rehearsal space... features some killer Eminence drivers with heavy cast cones (and in a crazy config) + Foster type tweeter braced across the front.

Wheels or not, she definitely doesn’t move much, and is reserved for the rehearsal room but I can’t say enough about the tone combined with the Super Bassman.

I wish I had a shrinking serum and reverse potion for when I get to my destination. Ps just grabbed a 30th Annie Ray. Couldn’t be more excited or more grateful.

Anyway, just thought I’d share some weird bassporn. Hope all of you are doing awesome.

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Thx brother and yes for sure, I wasn’t aware of the long history of the company before I picked this up. I was reading up on their Wiki page and tripped me out to read “Latter-day employee and designer Steve Rabe went on to establish specialist bass amplifier manufacturer SWR in 1984, then Raven Labs in 1998.”

I still watch this EMG video of Bobby Vega playing thru the real deal quite often:

 
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Jim C said:
Cool
Any idea as to what year of manufacture?
Thanks for the Bobby V video; what a monster
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Hi Jim,
Thx for checking it out brother, I think this was early 90’s (?) going towards Samick era, supposedly built alongside a matching head but like I said, investors pulled out last minute (after cabs were built) due to issues with the head...

The guy has a bunch that he liquidated at the time and had this sealed 810 still wrapped with the plastic on the blue portions... the whereabouts other than that are foggy for me brother, I know they were made in LA though as the guy picked up direct from the factory when he liquidated them originally...

There was a ported 412 also, but it was just beastly as hell, like this one, two on top two on bottom, forward facing and not much different in size... again, great for the rehearsal space - sitting still...

From the guy:

These were to be the premium high end line from Samick but then investors pulled due to a issue with the amp/heads and they never hit market. I liquidated them years ago and had almost the entire production, these are the last two I kept around after selling of the rest.

Also glad you dug the BV vid, that video always puts me in a great mood and he has so much style it’s ridiculous... hope all is good my friend.
 
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Yeah!! Man those are a trip!! You ever play out those? Going down memory lane, I recently saw a Tweed 810 Peavey posted on CL, had a similar setup... I really dig all the old cabs and things they were trying (even if they may have been wrong sonically speaking).

There’s currently a set of 210/212 plus 5 tweeter Peavey PA towers on CL. Even if I don’t buy the stuff, I love looking at it! Thx again :)
 
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thanks Diego!! much appreciated brother, for sure this thing is heavy duty and a beast with that bassman, but sounds equally as amazing and hi fi with the Mesa Boogie D800+ -- there's a lot of rabid thump, chest exploding shotgun blasts and plenty of pop & snap in her :)

thanks for the kind words my friend and have an awesome wknd!
 
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sludgetail said:
Here’s something you don’t see everyday... This one’s for all you vintage, tube and 810 fridge fanatics (and of course those who have roadies lol).

My Blonde Fender Super Bassman + a rare and never released for market LA-made, all-birch, NOS USA-era Acoustic VL810 (4ohm). It was set to release with a matching Acoustic head, but investors pulled out last minute due to an issue with the heads... this is probably the nicest 810 cab I’ve ever played through; huge chest-hitting lows, awesome pop and grizzly mids, plus tons of detail in the highs.

I was lucky enough to snag one of these premium (and way too heavy) cabs for my rehearsal space... features some killer Eminence drivers with heavy cast cones (and in a crazy config) + Foster type tweeter braced across the front.

Wheels or not, she definitely doesn’t move much, and is reserved for the rehearsal room but I can’t say enough about the tone combined with the Super Bassman.

I wish I had a shrinking serum and reverse potion for when I get to my destination. Ps just grabbed a 30th Annie Ray. Couldn’t be more excited or more grateful.

Anyway, just thought I’d share some weird bassporn. Hope all of you are doing awesome.

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Needs a 370 head !
 
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