I'm a tone freakin, always chasing the unicorn of tone. I have the XiTones, great for a GRFR cab, and yet, leaves something missing from using a real tube amp. I had a long conversation with Brain, at The Guitar Sanctuary, in Texas last week. He explained that the tone we all love primarily comes from the power amp and not the preamp. Who knew. So...the Xitone being solid state power amps, are never going to sound like a real tube amp.
So, some nice tone freak in this forum suggested I try a Fryette 2/50/2 stereo power amp. My mind was blown when I read the specs. It uses EL34 tubes, has volume, presence and depth controls, and is stereo...perfect. Mine showed up on Friday.
Sweetwater was supposed to have shipped me two Orange 2x12 cabs. They messed up and were out of stock. So I scrambled and ran around town and found two Orange PPC1x12 cabs and bought them instead.
My question is, although the 1x12 sound good, they still do not have the low end of say a 4x12 cab. How much MORE low end is produced by a 2x12 closed back cab, like the Orange 2x12 cab, vs., the 1x12 Orange closed back cab?
I have noticed that when I watch videos of the big boys in their home practice studios, like Steve Van, he is playing through two 2x12 cabs, NOT, two 1x12 cabs. Why?
What two cabs, are best recommended for rock when paired with the Fryette and Fractal? Two 1x12s? Two 2x12s? What manufacture?
So, some nice tone freak in this forum suggested I try a Fryette 2/50/2 stereo power amp. My mind was blown when I read the specs. It uses EL34 tubes, has volume, presence and depth controls, and is stereo...perfect. Mine showed up on Friday.
Sweetwater was supposed to have shipped me two Orange 2x12 cabs. They messed up and were out of stock. So I scrambled and ran around town and found two Orange PPC1x12 cabs and bought them instead.
My question is, although the 1x12 sound good, they still do not have the low end of say a 4x12 cab. How much MORE low end is produced by a 2x12 closed back cab, like the Orange 2x12 cab, vs., the 1x12 Orange closed back cab?
I have noticed that when I watch videos of the big boys in their home practice studios, like Steve Van, he is playing through two 2x12 cabs, NOT, two 1x12 cabs. Why?
What two cabs, are best recommended for rock when paired with the Fryette and Fractal? Two 1x12s? Two 2x12s? What manufacture?