Do you use it for gigs, what about the "real cab" feeling?I love my Friedman ASM-12, but haven't tried the others. I think it sounds fantastic!
I just bought it last month. I have not gigged it, but it maybe more "cab like" that other monitors on the market as that's what Friedman was going for. None of them will be exactly like a real cab due to the physics of sound. Search around the forum as Cliff Chase talks about this somewhere in more detail.Do you use it for gigs, what about the "real cab" feeling?
I fall into the "cab vibe" school. My favorite preamps are the Friedman, 51503, MESA, and Marshall tones, but I still have not explored all 220+ preamps. My tastes are of the hard rock, metal, and shred tones. This is why the Friedman ASM-12 is for me. Players needing more variety or "accuracy" may prefer studio monitors, but those will less likely offer that big, fat, solid birch cab style sound. Dave Friedman talks about this on the EVH Gear Podcast with host Eric Broadbent. Checkout his thoughts on Youtube.seems to be two schools of thought....guys that want a more cab vibe and aren't as worried about accuracy love it. Guys that want accuracy above all don't. Where you land in those two camps will probably decide whether it's for you or not...
Hi mate,
I've owned the CLR, a couple of ALTOs, and two ASM-12s, and the ASM's were the best of the lot BY FAR in my opinion. It did the 'cab in the room', or 'feel' thing better than anything, which is why it won with ease. I found all the main amp sims, BE, HBE, EURO, SPLAWN, EVH amps sounded the best through it and did it justice.
A bit awkward to carry around given the handle is in an awkward position, but that aside, the sounds and tones I was getting from it sounded bloody great. And yes, it kept up with a JCM900 head and 2x12 so volume wasn't an issue.
Just out of curiosity, were you using two ASM-12s alongside the JCM900 2x12 or just one?
It totally makes sense that 2 ASM-12s would be comparable to a 2x12 cabinet.