Beltalowda
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TL;DR:
As I impatiently wait for my refund, I'm preparing for my upcoming ORI50H purchase and 2x12 closed back cab purchase - will likely be a slant type. Therefore I'm on a speaker hunt.
I'm open to recommendations from you lot for either a higher wattage Greenback style or Alnico Blue style speaker for use in said cab type.
Because I'm buying an amp and cab, I'll be stretched out a bit with funds at that point, so I'd like to try to keep speaker cost under $300 total. I know that limits me, but there ya go.
I'm not a high gain player. My playing style falls somewhere in the late 60s-70s hard rock styles. So, I guess stuff like Townshend, some Hendrix, some Page, and Angus/Malcom. Hell, even some CCR era Fogerty. I do some higher gain stuff on occasion, but I'm mostly a heavy-handed overdriven clean player.
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Here's more detailed info for you people who don't fall asleep through long posts:
I thought I really wanted something closer to a Greenback sound in the 2x12, but now I'm also considering something with more of an Alnico Blue type voice. I never paid much attention to Blues before, but they popped up on a few recent speaker shootouts and I dug what I heard.
As you know, the GBs are 25w per, and the Blues are 15w. Since I'm gonna be running the ORI50H through a 2x12, I want to make sure I've covered my arse where wattage is concerned, so ideally the cab would at least be able to handle 100w. Sure, I won't always run it at full power, but I want to be able to without worrying about blowing a speaker when I do.
I keep coming up on the WGS Invader 50s. The Invaders are apparently based on WGS Green Berets which are in turn inspired by Celestion Greenbacks. The Invaders dont sound terribly close to Greenbacks from what I've heard, however. Similar in ways, but also notably different. In any case I'm liking what I hear of them, especially in the Zilla cab demos. In my research, the Invaders sound maybe a little closer to Alnico Blues than Greenbacks, but there are few comparisons that cover both of them, so I dunno if that's accurate. I'm thinking they may be kind of a 'best of both worlds' option though. Maybe you can set me straight. I do understand that I'm at the mercy of youtube demos and what I'm hearing in them may not be wholly accurate.
My main setup is two 1x12s, one open back w/Vintage 30, and one closed w/WGS ET65. Amps I currently use are a Peavey Classic 30, Orange Micro Dark, and occasionally an Orange CR120H (which I often want to punch in the face but that's another story). My cab setup works ok, but I find the ET65 to be a bit too bassy at the bottom and sounds a little too scooped to me in the mids. I like this speaker a lot but more by itself in a single 1x12. The V30 is, well, a V30. Not super crazy about V30s. Together, they kind of fill in where the other lacks, but I find that it's just too much of a broad spectrum. I don't need to cover all those frequencies. I'd rather run two of the same speaker that has a tighter but still thumpy bottom end with a more rounded (smoother?) top end and a pronounced midrange (but not super middy).
Anyhoo. There ya go.
Thanks in advance!
As I impatiently wait for my refund, I'm preparing for my upcoming ORI50H purchase and 2x12 closed back cab purchase - will likely be a slant type. Therefore I'm on a speaker hunt.
I'm open to recommendations from you lot for either a higher wattage Greenback style or Alnico Blue style speaker for use in said cab type.
Because I'm buying an amp and cab, I'll be stretched out a bit with funds at that point, so I'd like to try to keep speaker cost under $300 total. I know that limits me, but there ya go.
I'm not a high gain player. My playing style falls somewhere in the late 60s-70s hard rock styles. So, I guess stuff like Townshend, some Hendrix, some Page, and Angus/Malcom. Hell, even some CCR era Fogerty. I do some higher gain stuff on occasion, but I'm mostly a heavy-handed overdriven clean player.
---------------------------------------------
Here's more detailed info for you people who don't fall asleep through long posts:
I thought I really wanted something closer to a Greenback sound in the 2x12, but now I'm also considering something with more of an Alnico Blue type voice. I never paid much attention to Blues before, but they popped up on a few recent speaker shootouts and I dug what I heard.
As you know, the GBs are 25w per, and the Blues are 15w. Since I'm gonna be running the ORI50H through a 2x12, I want to make sure I've covered my arse where wattage is concerned, so ideally the cab would at least be able to handle 100w. Sure, I won't always run it at full power, but I want to be able to without worrying about blowing a speaker when I do.
I keep coming up on the WGS Invader 50s. The Invaders are apparently based on WGS Green Berets which are in turn inspired by Celestion Greenbacks. The Invaders dont sound terribly close to Greenbacks from what I've heard, however. Similar in ways, but also notably different. In any case I'm liking what I hear of them, especially in the Zilla cab demos. In my research, the Invaders sound maybe a little closer to Alnico Blues than Greenbacks, but there are few comparisons that cover both of them, so I dunno if that's accurate. I'm thinking they may be kind of a 'best of both worlds' option though. Maybe you can set me straight. I do understand that I'm at the mercy of youtube demos and what I'm hearing in them may not be wholly accurate.
My main setup is two 1x12s, one open back w/Vintage 30, and one closed w/WGS ET65. Amps I currently use are a Peavey Classic 30, Orange Micro Dark, and occasionally an Orange CR120H (which I often want to punch in the face but that's another story). My cab setup works ok, but I find the ET65 to be a bit too bassy at the bottom and sounds a little too scooped to me in the mids. I like this speaker a lot but more by itself in a single 1x12. The V30 is, well, a V30. Not super crazy about V30s. Together, they kind of fill in where the other lacks, but I find that it's just too much of a broad spectrum. I don't need to cover all those frequencies. I'd rather run two of the same speaker that has a tighter but still thumpy bottom end with a more rounded (smoother?) top end and a pronounced midrange (but not super middy).
Anyhoo. There ya go.
Thanks in advance!
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