NCD: Friedman 4x12

[laxu]

Guitar speakers don't break-in, they deteriorate after hundreds of hours of loud use, which contrary to popular belief makes them even brighter.
What really occurs when you play at normal volumes and listen to the new speakers is your brain is getting familiar with the new sound and gradually ignores any anomalies you first hear.
Having played this cab the entire weekend where the Greenback speakers are bright and dominant, lo and behold my Marshall with Greenbacks ALSO started to sound nice without me having to play it at all.

Nah I don't agree with that. Even Celestion has advice how to break in a speaker: https://celestion.com/dr-decibel/how-do-i-break-in-my-speakers

We have a rather short audio memory. It's more prominent to tune in to something like a Mesa graphic EQ being on vs off - you turn it off and everything sounds like it's too dark, bassy and midrangy when before enabling the GEQ it sounded just fine. Take a little break, and your ears reset.

By the time you switched to your Marshall with Greenbacks, you probably had ear fatigue from playing the other cab.

IMO Greenbacks aren't that bright, they do have some crispy frequencies but it's their mid character that is lovely. But like V30s, they definitely are a spectrum so it's possibly that the ones you have are just particularly bright.

 

[CorrosiveMatter]

@James Freeman You should have someone 3d print a new logo that says Freeman.