Sage advice as always. At this moment in time; most of my fun playing is cranking the III through studio monitors.
I think a good move is grabbing some closed back 112s with traditional speakers in them. Mainly because I can run whatever amp through them without the open back and IR mental gymnastics the F12 loaded cabs I have currently bring to the table
I'll never buy a dedicated Tube Power Amp for that reason. It just works too
damn good into the FX RTN of any old Tube Amp.
In fact, the Mesa 50/50 I own and tried with the Fractal didn't sound or perform
nearly as well.
My semi-open back cabs are very room dependent. Sometimes great; sometimes annoying afI use a couple of closed back 1 x 12s here for my tube amp setup. If you can swing it.
The only twitch on grabbing a pair of closed back 112s (modular quarter stack for the win visually speaking) is that I don't want to cheap out and my desire to buy something that matches whatever head I want to use with it is a must. I am a lot more like the VII with the Stealth vs. the Badlander where I was down pretty much from the jump consistently.
I consistently like the FAS through studio monitors and my FR12 MUCH MORE than plugging it into a rando tube amp fx return. My FAS need to opitimize deep tweaks because tube power amp kicks in something fierce.
The thing with having FAS gear AND Boogie GAS is they do it so damn good. I am waiting for that Mesa price drop so I can grab a Recto but the models in the III/FM are just DUMB
The thing with having FAS gear AND Boogie GAS is they do it so damn good. I am waiting for that Mesa price drop so I can grab a Recto but the models in the III/FM are just DUMB
You can do it!I suppose that’s the other thing pushing me towards the amp; I’ll still be using FAS Mesa’s plenty in the studio and this is entirely geared towards a live rig. And the IIC+ is my favorite amp tone, though I’ve never played through a real one, I know I’d absolutely be pissed on my deathbed if I did not own a JPIIC+ by the time I’m on it.
I've heard this A LOT about the 50/50.It may sound different. I couldn't not use the 50/50 fast enough.
Wanna buy it?
A 2x12 cab works great with a 50 watt EVH. Also, I have a JHS Little Black Box that I run through the FX Loop on its own so I can still put the 50 watt head through a cab and play regardless of volume. (JHS Little Black Box is basically a potentiometer in a small pedal casing reducing the volume output via the FX loop : like a passive variac)I do. But that is like an unfinished project I don't have the energy to try finishing
The Stealth and the whole 50 watt line are so goddamn perfect in size and function though; so it's just almost impossible to move them on with that in mind. I think I need to focus on grabbing a cabinet that I can use with whatever down the pike instead and see if that takes away some of that restlessness.
It won't
