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The Official Schroeder Club

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I had a terrible experience with a cab i got from him. sound was awfull. speakers were reconed(silicon all over them). inside cab looked bad too. There were 8 holes drilled for speaker and only 4 used. Cab was an "ex demo" model but to me it seemed more like a a throw away 2nd. Customer service was terrible too. Never again!

Well I finally got to try my Mini 12+L last Friday at practice. Unfortunately we were given a different room than the one we usually play in. This room has bad acoustics and I'm not the only one to find that out about it. In any case, I couldn't get a decent tone from the Schro and LMII. That really surprised me as I've tried the LMII with a few other cabs and it sounded fantastic. The knobs were all flat at first with a little VPF and VLE. No tone, no life, no punch. I twiddled the knobs all night and it just didn't perform. I'm putting this one on the room acoustics. But I did find a buzz and rattle inside the cab don't know if this is sympathetic frequency or a loose nut or bolt in the cab but it really should be built strong enough to withstand the bass frequencies and vibrations.

This cab is definitely returning to Jorg (as he is making me a replacement). But I want to try it out in our regular room on Wednesday to find out if I should just get a refund and forget about Schro altogether. Really, the cab is lopsided & rattles inside and no template is obviously used to cut the wood. This is not worth $800 Cdn. But if the cab sounds good on Wednesday then I'll chance getting the replacement but it better be squared, have no rattles and sound good.
 
I purchased my first Schroeder cabinet (a 1210R) from Jorge back in 2004 when he first starting making them. I purchased a second cabinet used (a 1212R) from a fellow TB'er a few years later. While I haven't had any issues with either cab and both have a solid build, when I opened them to do a comparison, the older 1210R was clearly better built, with more attention to detail. He had applied silicone across all joints, used more screws, etc. It was as if he over compensated with the earlier cabs, then realized he could get away with skimping here and there.
 
I've got a min 12+ that I bought used and sounds awesome, but there is a sympathetic frequency thingy goin on with A notes that rattles. The cab wobbles a bit too, but not too much. I'm bringing it to my local shop tomorrow to see if the tech there can see anything wrong with it. If that doesn't work out...oh well. Can I have a number?
 
Good luck with the new cab!

I'm looking at this picture and I can't help but think.... drop that head into a gig bag, get a battery powered tuner AND DUMP THAT GIANT RACK.

I'm not trying to tell you what to do but I couldn't just let it go!

I did that at first... However set up time is much
longer and mor of a hassel when I have to plug in a tone of cables. In the back of the rack I have my wireless, Demeter comp, creampie and DI. With my rack I just plug in my power and cab.. Turn on the wireless. I'm debating selling the 500 though.
 
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