Favorite Factory Cabs?

Jarick

Jarick

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As a follow-up to the favorite amp thread, I'm curious what everyone likes for factory cabs for different tones?

I spent some time flipping through the cabs and comparing to some of my favorite aftermarket impulses and marked down a few new favorites:

For high gain, I've always been a fan of the Fractal 4x12 #60 and #61 together, which is a combo of a Greenback and V30. I found for a bit of a smoother sound with a leaner bass the #103 4x12 Basketweave Mix is great. The high end is a bit rolled off for my tastes so raising the high cut all the way helps, as does boosting the treble/presence on the amp a touch.

For cleans, I found a few new favorites. One that I have never used before but I really like now is the #84 1x12 Division Mix, which is a Greenback. No surprise as Greenbacks are my favorites. It has a little more high end snap and a subtle midrange scoop than a lot of the combos. Another cool one was the #014 Tweed Deluxe which is a bit brighter I think. And some others I like are the #023 2x12 Blue and #119 Deluxe AC-20 Mix.
 
Love these sort of threads as I always find something new to try

Not sure of the number but German V30 works in a lot of presets for me, #103 is a big favourite too and I'd like to add more but I'm away from my Ax8 at the moment
 
My application is a bit different from what most folks here are doing, and my guess is that the cab I use most often isn't going to be on too many other short lists; but currently, for clarity, tone, and evenness across the frequency range, the cab I use most often is #098, 3x10 Vibrato King Mix.

There are a few others I use, mostly 10's, and of course I'm always experimenting and discovering new things; but that's the one that's currently in the majority of my presets.
 
For Fender cleans (with the Bandcommander amp model):
023 — 2x12 BLUE — Chicago Jensen P12Q, two classic American 12” speakers with blue labels.

I can make the Doubleverb Vib amp model work quite well with the matching factory IRs but it often doesn't sit in the mix quite right. That's why I switched to the Bandcommander with the 2x12 Jensen P12Q cab.

For Marshall crunch and lead (with the Plexi 100W Jump amp model):
057 — 4x12 MAR PR-H55 FULL (OH), based on a pre-Rola 55 Hz cone Celestion G12H-30, from Cab Pack OwnHammer 412 MAR Green Vintage - UltraRes.
OR
184 — 4x12 GREENBACK MIX — Mid-1970s Marshall 4x12 of unknown model, with four greenbacks (Cab Pack 22), UltraRes.

I love the most recent factory IR additions from Celestion and F184 4x12 Greenback Mix. Previously F057 was my main 4x12.

For the Deluxe Tweed amp model:
081 — 1x12 DELUXE TWEED MIX — Fender Deluxe Tweed with 12" Celestion speaker.
 
For high gain stuff I love the Oranges and 5150s. Always the 57 and usually something to blend with it. I think I mainly blend the 121, but not sure of the mic. Usually just 2 mics of the same cab.

For lower gain I mainly use some Greenback Marshalls.
 
To revive this thread once again

I like 103 basketweave TV mix and 130 TV mix 1 and 131 TV mix 2 best.
Anyone knows the differences?
 
Is it worth to buy cab pack 14 to have also TV mix 3 and TV mix 4? Or do you think TV Mix 2 is enough? Is there a quality difference?
 
I've already bought it, so my fingers were faster than my patience. What surprised me was that you have to create the mixes yourself, because only the single microphone variations are included in the cab pack. Now I'm trying to find out which mix was used in TV Mix 2 (F132). You can already hear from the IRs themselves that they are of better quality than the TV Mix from the factory cabs, which are descended from the Cab pack 5.
Maybe someone can give me tips to create this mix with Cab lab
 
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Is there a cab somewhere similar to factory Cab 4x12 German (Bogner v30 number 063) in ultra res? I like this cab but think that the quality can be a little better. I don't like the York audio Bogner cab, it's to thin for my taste

I think the perfect one would be an ownhammer Essentials Cab with Bogner, I like the Voicing of the Essentials cabs
 
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What type of tone are you wanting to achieve?

I have always liked to pair the F149, 4x12 Rad V60 Full (OH) with some type of Marshall Basketweave IR (preferably F037).
 
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