That new Mesa 2x12 half back. What's the consensus?

[JiveTurkey]

Oh shit!!!! Congrats!


I’ve had a suspicion for a while that my disdain for open back has more to do with the physics of a small combo vs an actual proper open cab (which I have no experience with)

Yeah I fretted over it quite a bit as of late but definitely was pleasantly surprised

 

[Deadpan]

I have a 1x12, maybe I should set it up vs the 2x12, 4x12 and OS.

 

[László]

I couldn't resist. The expectations and conventions of being a studio rat guitar player required I order one of these to go with the Mark VII. Mesa will match the smoother black taurus vinyl and tan corners of my amp, but won't do a matching wicker grille. I don't mind at all. It'll sound great and make mic placement that much simpler since I'll clearly see the speaker cone.

I've always thought the C90s sound clear and open, with a solid amount of upper midrange and HF detail, not too thick in the lower mids. So they're among my favorites, especially relatively clean (I always have a little grit going, however). I see here they're a little controversial, but that's usually a style-of-play choice, as opposed to a speaker being somehow better or worse than a different one.

I've been using my Lone Star 212 combo with the C90s with the Mark VII, and it's a great speaker for the amp, given what I play (mostly 'edge of clean-to-breakup').

 

[newholland]

i think youre gonna love that cab! i think itd be even better with an evm in the bottom portion, or in both.. but
nobody wants to move that :lol:

ive come to appreciate c90s for what they do as well. i hated them for a long time- but i also hated evms and now theyre in two, sometimes three of my cabinets.


meantime- if you really want a trick on a halfback- take a 414 set in omni out about 4-5' into the room set around the midpoint of the cabinet in height. half times that and a fig 8 ribbon on the top about 6" out was all id use for anything. last recording i did, that and the sound of my 10x14 music room was it with a little eq on the mark ii!

 

[JiveTurkey]

I couldn't resist. The expectations and conventions of being a studio rat guitar player required I order one of these to go with the Mark VII. Mesa will match the smoother black taurus vinyl and tan corners of my amp, but won't do a matching wicker grille. I don't mind at all. It'll sound great and make mic placement that much simpler since I'll clearly see the speaker cone.

I've always thought the C90s sound clear and open, with a solid amount of upper midrange and HF detail, not too thick in the lower mids. So they're among my favorites, especially relatively clean (I always have a little grit going, however). I see here they're a little controversial, but that's usually a style-of-play choice, as opposed to a speaker being somehow better or worse than a different one.

I've been using my Lone Star 212 combo with the C90s with the Mark VII, and it's a great speaker for the amp, given what I play (mostly 'edge of clean-to-breakup').

Great cabs. I'm still LOVING my cab with all of my amps. It can do brutal as well as clean quite nicely. I also dig the C90 in my EVH 112 cab. It's definitely a different vibe that you have to adjust to but great across the board for me.

 

[Whizzinby]

Holy fucking fuck this cab fucking smokes All my bullshit about "oh it's open back what if it's a wussy machine" were instantly curb stomped. Good lord #fapmoji
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The wall of death. (W/ floral shirt)

Damn dude.

 

[newholland]

Holy fucking fuck this cab fucking smokes All my bullshit about "oh it's open back what if it's a wussy machine" were instantly curb stomped. Good lord #fapmoji
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hahaha... thats what i kept sayin mang! i just love the fact i can always ALWAYS hear wherever i stand. its not open back that jacks up chonk- but a little open back cab is just gonna little open back cab off mic. that cabs pretty biggish... and albeit my version is the combo/thiele these days- its close enough for volume levels i can get away with these days. stoked youre stoked!

 

[László]

Great cabs. I'm still LOVING my cab with all of my amps.

That's great to hear! Makes me even more confident that I made a good choice.

I know it'll be a 3-4 month wait, but I'm stoked about it anyway. I'm thinking I won't need two V30 2x12 cabs, and may sell one of them when this thing arrives.