Good 4x12 with V30s

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my crate BV4x12 with them is super solid, my ibanez thermion with them is probably the best constructed cab i have.
 
The craigslist ads here in Omaha are one page of 50 to 100 dollar acoustics that are overpriced, and a bunch of pianos.
 
Rex Rocker said:
Orange are well built and whatnot, but I've never gotten anything I like from them under the mic. The whole skid thing is ridiculous as well. When you record a cab, you want to decouple it from the floor, not have it reresonate.
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Personally, of all the cabs I've owned my 90's Orange with v30s is the best sounding of the bunch. I will say the '22 Orange 4x12 I recently aquired sounds significantly different.

My least favorite v30 cab was a recent Friedman. Maybe it's just the newer v30's I don't like?
 
Fiesta Red said:
The craigslist ads here in Omaha are one page of 50 to 100 dollar acoustics that are overpriced, and a bunch of pianos.
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That sucks. I snipe cheap cabs off CL all the time. There are at least 2 Marshall 4x12 up around here at any given time. I’ve bought at least 4 1960 cabs for at or below $400. Sell the 75 speakers for $50ea and have empty cabs for $200 or less per.
 
Friedman 4x12 and Bogner are awesome. Personally, I like the older Marshall 1960AX/BX's with G12-25's coupled with certain amps. Also have a Road King 4x12 that rocks with none other than a Road King II. Yep. The pairing is really dependent on what you're driving the cabs with. Speaker excursion and damping vary with different amps.
 
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JackBootedThug said:
Avatar. I have one and it rips.
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Have to go used now since they quit making 412s, not that it's bad to go used, it's actually better of course. Sad to see them phased-out though but with shipping cost included they probably would have had to jack the price to a point where people would just go mesa/marshall ect..
 
The newer Soldano cabs are rear loaded with V30s and sound great. Has more depth and detail than a Marshall 1960b with the same speakers.

Here's a crappy phone clip I made showing the difference, exact same speakers, taken from the Soldano cab and installed in the Marshall JMP era straight cab.

 
Egnater Tourmaster 412. I was browsing a Guitar Center used cabinets a few years back, and stumbled across one at a price I couldn't pass up. It is far and away my favorite cabinet.
 
KSR. They build cabinets for Wizard and several other companies.
 
While the cabinet is definitely important, I would suggest starting the search looking for any well built 412 that has V30s from 2003 or earlier in it. IMO that's more important.
 
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