Sorenspete
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As I've mentioned before (I go on and on about this), I live in New Zealand and finding decent speaker cabinet brands is nigh on impossible. I know guys who have Bogner 4x12's but I believe they were acquired during a brief window in which it was possible to buy them from a boutique retailer. That retailer no longer responds to inquiries and the business is assumed to have gone under.
MESA / Boogie as you will be well aware is in a transitionary phase of acquisition, so retailers have run dry of the tried and true 4x12 Rectifier Oversized cabinets. Add to that the fact that our used market pool is tiny compared to the US, Europe/basically anywhere else, and that's one less option. If anyone has any suggestions or advice on purchasing 4x12's internationally, I'm all ears...
My plan at the moment is to purchase a 1960 B/BV and replace the speakers with Greenbacks or Creambacks (if I go through with this, I will do this twice for a monstrous 2x 4x12 stereo setup). From my research the G12-T75's in the stock 1960B are virtually irredeemable. The Greenbacks seem to have excellent pronounced mids, mellow highs, and excellent low-end. The Creambacks are slightly higher wattage so will have a bit more headroom.
As I've mentioned before (I go on and on about this), I live in New Zealand and finding decent speaker cabinet brands is nigh on impossible. I know guys who have Bogner 4x12's but I believe they were acquired during a brief window in which it was possible to buy them from a boutique retailer. That retailer no longer responds to inquiries and the business is assumed to have gone under.
MESA / Boogie as you will be well aware is in a transitionary phase of acquisition, so retailers have run dry of the tried and true 4x12 Rectifier Oversized cabinets. Add to that the fact that our used market pool is tiny compared to the US, Europe/basically anywhere else, and that's one less option. If anyone has any suggestions or advice on purchasing 4x12's internationally, I'm all ears...
My plan at the moment is to purchase a 1960 B/BV and replace the speakers with Greenbacks or Creambacks (if I go through with this, I will do this twice for a monstrous 2x 4x12 stereo setup). From my research the G12-T75's in the stock 1960B are virtually irredeemable. The Greenbacks seem to have excellent pronounced mids, mellow highs, and excellent low-end. The Creambacks are slightly higher wattage so will have a bit more headroom.
- Has anyone here done what I am proposing to do?
- Are Creambacks a better choice for high-ish-to-high-gain applications (think Steve Lukather). From the audio I've heard, Greenbacks fair extremely well for low tunings and high-gain.
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