what 2-12 to match a 5150?

[cobrahead1030]

avatar and bogner are NOT the same cabs by any means! call up either company and they'll tell you they sell two different products that happen to look similar

bogner cabs are pricey but you're getting one of the best cabs you could possibly own, avatar offers a great cab for the price but they aren't bogners

these are from HCAF/rig-talk member danhops...you can see where the avatar baffle is 3 pieces where the bogner is one, the bogner has a tuning post where the avatar doesn't, also there are strips reinforcing the corners of the bogner; i'm not saying this makes it worth twice as much (play them for yourself and decide) but they're two different cabs

i bought a splawn oversized 2x12, no complaints from me



Bogner

Avatar

 

[cobhc]

the bogner has a tuning post where the avatar doesn't.

Excuse my ignorance here, but what does a tuning post on a cabinet do?

 

[cobrahead1030]

Excuse my ignorance here, but what does a tuning post on a cabinet do?

supposedly makes it more resonant and improves projection...pretty much all 4x12's have them, they're not quite so common in 2x12's

 

[cobhc]

supposedly makes it more resonant and improves projection...pretty much all 4x12's have them, they're not quite so common in 2x12's

Ah ok, fair enough.

 

[cobrahead1030]

Ah ok, fair enough.

in truth i don't know how much effect it really has on the tone, just noting that one cab had it there and the other did not

 

[cobhc]

in truth i don't know how much effect it really has on the tone, just noting that one cab had it there and the other did not

Ok lol

 

[Metal Overload]

I own an avatar vintage and it rule, one of the best cabs i´ve ever heard, i haven´t tried the bogner, but i know is superb, and no one is ripping each other, both are ripping of marshall bluesbreaker in look, but i dont know in construction.

 

[Thorax the Herdsman]

I'm debating whether or not to get a V30 loaded 2x12 for recording my 5150...I've got a Hughes & Kettner 4x12 loaded with G12 Greenbacks which I'll use otherwise. Was looking at this model http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_g212_vintage.htm and wondering if it's worth the purchase - is it going to make a significant difference over the G12s?

 

[greyskull]

orange

 

[Katau]

If you are handy with tools, you should make your own. A good 2x12 cab with 30s and birch will cost you less than $300 USD. I just finished one for my home studio and it sounds much better than I expected.

Here are some pics:

Here are some sounds (Mesa, Kramer EMG81, SM57 and AT4040):
http://home.comcast.net/~katauskas/New_Cab_Demo.mp3
http://home.comcast.net/~katauskas/MESA_MIX.mp3

 

[Metaltastic]

Time to resurrect this thread, cuz I thought you all might be interested to know that I plopped my Bogner on the scale today, and was disappointed to see that without casters it weighs 68 pounds. That's still 9 more than the Avatar, but a non-insubstantial 11 pounds shy of the claimed weight on the Bogner website. Oh well, I still love it.

 

[Sly]

I just ordered the Bogner 2x12" oversized (V30), and I'm going to receive it in a few days, I'll record something and post it here !