Harley Benton G112Plus Thiele?

[Elf]

I miss my Mesa Boogie EVM12L loaded Thiele, but not many on the used market. I just saw this Harley Benton hG112Plus Thiele Unloaded even with the 90USD shipping to the US comes out to $209USD to my door, I was thinking about building my own with the EV TL806 plans, but this seems like the way too go, there is no way that i can make it under that price plus the time. My question is does anyone have any idea of the quality of these cabs?

Thanks,

 

[Sleezy E]

Add 6 bucks and they throw in a cover!

Harley Benton G112Plus Thiele Unloade Bundle

Bundle offer comprising Harley Benton G112Plus Thiele Unloaded Cabinet for Electric Guitar Unloaded - without speaker, 18 mm Plywood housing with falcata core with meranti back and top layer, Front loaded, Closed back, Black Taurus-Tolex cover,...

www.thomannmusic.com

 

[woody]

FWIW I got two of the non-Thiele H&B 1x12.
Here in Krautistan, they are readily available on the used market, and they are sometimes cheaper than the V30 alone they come with.
They are entirely unshitty.
The box is sturdy, tolex and grill cloth are well done, the screw holes for the speaker sport drive-in nuts...
I've got nothing to complain about, which is, given the price point, a pretty clear endorsement.
I'd expect the Thiele version to be of similar build quality.

 

[laxu]

Those Thiele versions look like they have at least a bit nicer tolex than the regular guitar cabs. The HBs I've seen really had terrible looking tolex.

 

[Elf]

I went ahead and ordered the Harley Benton G112Plus Thiele Unloade Bundle, I'll be installing a Electro-Voice EVM12L on it! I'll report back when the cabinet gets here!

 

[Elf]

The Eagle Has Landed! (half of it)

I received the "Harley Benton G112Plus Thiele Unloade Bundle" today, great double box packing from https://www.thomannmusic.com/

Double checked the measurements with the EV's TL806 EVM12L builders plans that I found on the web and all of them match, construction looks very solid to me. Now waiting for the driver.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

The Eagle Has Landed! (half of it)

I received the "Harley Benton G112Plus Thiele Unloade Bundle" today, great double box packing from https://www.thomannmusic.com/

Double checked the measurements with the EV's TL806 EVM12L builders plans that I found on the web and all of them match, construction looks very solid to me. Now waiting for the driver.

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So a Thiele is just an oversized ported cab?

 

[Blix]

So a Thiele is just an oversized ported cab?

More like undersized, they're pretty small.
I had a thiele/EVM12L for a while. Not my thing.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

More like undersized, they're pretty small.
I had a thiele/EVM12L for a while. Not my thing.

Gotcha

For the price, it's worth the experiment. Keep us posted, im interested...just for curiosity sake.

 

[Elf]

More like undersized, they're pretty small.
I had a thiele/EVM12L for a while. Not my thing.

Yeah, outside dimensions are: 13 1/2" x 17 3/4" x 14 1/2"

 

[Elf]

Gotcha

For the price, it's worth the experiment. Keep us posted, im interested...just for curiosity sake.

I will, before I sold my Mesa Boogie one 2 years ago, I had it for about 20 years or more.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

I will, before I sold my Mesa Boogie one 2 years ago, I had it for about 20 years or more.

Also, upon further review and research...this is specifically for the EV.....now i get it. Sorry . I am a bit inexperienced with this set up.

 

[Elf]

Also, upon further review and research...this is specifically for the EV.....now i get it. Sorry . I am a bit inexperienced with this set up.

Yes, Electro Voice published this a long time ago for their EVM12L speaker.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Yes, Electro Voice published this a long time ago for their EVM12L speaker.

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Juat downloaded that for my library of resources. Thanks !

 

[la szum]

Eager to hear your thoughts---as I have an old SRO EV that needs an home.

 

[headcrash]

Wanna dive deeper? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiele/Small_parameters

I have two of the older horizontal 2x12 , those with glued in back and detachable front grille. They used a rather light plywood, most likely not (baltic) birch, it is also a bit softer, abut sturdy enough for my taste. So I can kinda second the decent quality of the HB cabs.

 

[adam]

Following as I'm really intrigued by these cabs.

I've got a spare Mesa c90 doing nothing, and this could be a very affordable way to make use of it.

 

[Elf]

Finally decided and ordered a new EV EVM12L Classic, I shopped Reverb for a couple days thinking about buying a used speaker but nothing seemed right. The speaker came yesterday and I mounted it right away, the cab came with four M4 2.7cm screws and there are metal t-nuts on the plywood, I’m thinking about ordering some longer screws.

It sounds great to my ears, as I remember my old Boogie Thiele sounded, I haven’t played with a real cab in a couple of years, I forgot how much fun it is, so much inspiring than studio monitors.