Mesa Cab - Speaker Recommendations

[cfh11]

i have a Mesa OS and a Mesa trad slant cab with v30s. both sound great to my ears but i am thinking of doing an x pattern in one with some different speakers to try and differentiate them a bit. any thoughts on the best speaker to pair with v30s? and should i do it in the OS cab or the standard one?

 

[Rex Rocker]

I have a Marshall with the typical two V30's and two T75's. It's alright, I guess they compliment each other, but I would honestly prefer to have only one kind of speaker in there.

 

[Trevoire520]

I've got a pair of greenbacks in mine, K100's are a good shout too.

 

[RedDog]

Greenbacks. Travis has clips up. Somewhere.

 

[cfh11]

leaning heavily towards these at the moment

http://wgs4.com/content/et65

i have heard good things about the k100 too... i wish there was an easy way to test this sort of thing but the damn speakers are soldered in on the mesa cabs

anyone have any thoughts on whether the OS or standard recto cab is a better candidate for the x pattern?

 

[cfh11]

i think this video might have sold me on the k100s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSNuxWLsIy4&feature=youtu.be

still trying to figure out whether to do the x pattern in the standard recto cab or the OS one... anyone have an opinion or experience with that?

 

[Frak]

i think this video might have sold me on the k100s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSNuxWLsIy4&feature=youtu.be

still trying to figure out whether to do the x pattern in the standard recto cab or the OS one... anyone have an opinion or experience with that?

FearComplexMusic can get amazing tones out of ANYTHING though.

 

[cfh11]

last bump... should i do the x pattern in the mesa OS cab or the standard recto cab??

 

[some-dude]

Try it in both. Leave it in whatever one sounds better.

 

[MatrixClaw]

If you want a tighter sound out of the GK100S, put them in the standard. If you want big tones where you'll likely have to roll back the bass, the OS.

I have a V30/GK100 combo in my Emperor 4x12. Sounds epic. The G12T-75s are a great mix, too. That's what Bogner puts in their Ubercab.

 

[cfh11]

Try it in both. Leave it in whatever one sounds better.

i wish it was that easy but speakers in mesa cabs are soldered into place... plus i dont really want to buy both speakers and pay return/restocking fees on the one i dont like

 

[Calippo Tecks]

I'm not sure if you've seen my video, but it might help your choice in speakers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEeY8XbBkFc

It's a mesa oversized cab.

I never used other celestion speakers, so I can't help you with how they sound compared to for example K100's.

I personally really dig the creamback in the mesa cabinet.

 

[cfh11]

yeah i did see your video, thanks for that! i like the creambacks too...