Tested out some great cabs... Accugroove, Bergantino, Acme, Glockenklang

I went into Guitar X in Denver today. They have a great selection of cabs there. There were Bergantino, Accugroove, Acme, EBS, Genz Benz, Glockenklang and SWR. I tried out the Accugroove, Acme, Bergantino and Glockenklang cabs, all through a Glockenklang Soul top that they had just received.

Accugroove: There was a Tri 112 and an El Whappo in the store. I tried them both and I have to say that I was most impressed with the Tri 112. The Whappo is a gargantuan cabinet and is definitely a smooth sounding rig. Perhaps it needs to be driven harder to sound its best. The Tri-112 what seemed to be a more midrange centered sound. I really like the 112. It with the Soul Top sounding like one deadly setup, on that I wouldn't mind having.

Bergantino: I think that the whole line of Bergantino cabs was represented. There was the 322, the 112, 210, 610, 115 and maybe that was it. I was really impressed with these cab. The 322 actually sounded deeper than the El Whappo, though it was apparent that the El Whappo was flatter than this cab. I personally prefered the high end of the Accugrooves to the Bergs. Overall they were great cabs.

Glockenklang: I was able to try out a Double 2x12. The cab sounded a bit mellower than the Accugroove, it somewhat sounded like the sound was coming from behind the cabinet or something, it was quite weird. It was a pretty nice cabinet, good frequency response, not as deep as the other cabs I tried, but the high end was really good.

Acme: I was totally blown away with these cabinets (I tried the Low B4, but there was a low B2 as well). These were the deepest sounding cabinets of the bunch. The Bergs were probably close, but the Acme sounded tighter to me. Totally flat sounding too. I really can't say enough good things about how these sounded to me. I was amazed at the price too. Wow! I am probably going to have to hook up with with a couple of the Low B2s sometime in the near future.

Overall I had a great time. A great set of cabs. I make some comments about how I thought certain cabs were better than others in some respects, but I know that I would be more than happy with the sound that came out of any of these cabs, these really are the cream of the crop and it was quite apparent being able to try them out. Gary Rosen, the owner of Guitar X, is a really friendly and just a great guy. Let me try out all the gear. Todd Reith of Reith guitars was in there too and kept telling me to turn up the volume. It was a great time.

Geoff

 

Big String,
I do prefer the hi-fi sound. That said, the NV610 was massively fat sounding, deep and fat. I can really see how people would love that sound. In fact, it really was a great sound and in a rock band I would love it. I do a fair amount of solo stuff and some tapping and slapping and I like the more extensive treble response that the more hi-fi cabs give. I was mightily impressed by all the Bergantinos, I was blown away with the low end they put out, I really wasn't expecting it. But I've got to get some Acmes, those things are ridiculous (IMO).

Geoff

 

On further thinking, I think that the Accugroove El Whappo needed to be driven louder than I demoed it at for it to have sounded how it should. I really liked the Tri 112, and I assume that the El Whappo would probably perform similarly if I had been driving it proportionally as hard.

Geoff

 

Yeah, I really had a great time. I think when I go back to pick up my Dingwall I am going to test them out all over again with my Dingwall. That will be the real test, with my own bass. I will probably check out the Low B2 and I'll try cranking the El Whappo to see what it can do. There was a Demeter/Stewart World 2.1 rig there that I wouldn't mind checking out too. I'll look into the EBS stuff too. It looked really good. They had a 410, 212 and an HD650.

I can't wait.

Geoff