Probably my favorite speaker. Adds an insane amount of weight to…
As another option or two:With many players (both legendary british guitarists and bassists) used them in their 80s records I've would had guessed that there will be more love for them in the cab IR world.
IIRC, EV developed the 12Ls as mid range drivers for PAs. They were designed for minimum coloration and high power handling, which was great for those of us who had racks with digital signal processing after our preamps and needed more clean reproduction. They certainly handled low end better than any Celestions I ever had.Even the thought of a 4x12 cab loaded with EVM-12L hurts my back.
That's probably why I don't like them. And by the way too sterile and hi-fi.
So not bad at all for 80s clean sounds were developed
And by the way too sterile and hi-fi.
Absolutely correct. When we were developing our 4-way touring cabinets in 1984 (back when you had to build your own) we did a double-blind test between the 12L's and their JBL/Gauss competitors, with two 12's per box handling the low-mids . The EVM's won hands-down, but we ended up using the JBL's b/c the rest of the components (LF, MR and HF) were all JBL and it was easier to tell clients the rig was "all JBL". That said, the 12L's were the shit for LM: smooth, punchy and efficient.IIRC, EV developed the 12Ls as mid range drivers for PAs.
Hunh? What? Did you say something? Whaddaya mean, "hearing loss"?I never had the same "crushing rock sound" experience as with two blasting EV-12Ls on stage.