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Post by dcf on Apr 28, 2008 16:23:44 GMT -5
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Post by windsen on Apr 28, 2008 16:31:58 GMT -5
this is true. i verified this with scott a few weeks back. definately eager to hear how it turns out.
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Post by Hacksaw on Apr 28, 2008 17:32:46 GMT -5
This is interesting, usually front loaded cabs are brighter. I have a front loaded and compared to my standard cabs with the same speakers, the front load is different. hmm.. I wonder what this front loaded cab will be designed for?? Nitro? or the Super Stock?
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Post by shawnfate on Apr 28, 2008 17:36:31 GMT -5
Humm, I would like to have a back loaded 4x12 and a front loaded 4x12 with SB 25's for the QR...
I bet that would sound tough together.
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Post by dcf on Apr 28, 2008 17:54:05 GMT -5
so it's true then. I have never played thru a front loaded cab, Be interesting to here the difference,
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Post by LooseCannon on Apr 28, 2008 18:33:38 GMT -5
If the front loaded cab really is brighter, in my opinion it's a big mistake to get one to go with a Splawn amp as they are bright enough as it is.
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Post by shawnfate on Apr 28, 2008 18:40:23 GMT -5
Not sure if they will be brighter, they are saying front loaded=punchier and a little tighter.
I will have to keep track of the reports after he gets it in.
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Post by windsen on Apr 28, 2008 18:45:08 GMT -5
If the front loaded cab really is brighter, in my opinion it's a big mistake to get one to go with a Splawn amp as they are bright enough as it is. it's not like they are going completely to a front-loaded design for all cabs. this first cab was custom made for a nitro owner, which is a much darker voiced splawn. the rear-loaded cabs are still available. plus not everyone who uses splawn cabs play splawn amps. i wouldn't call it a mistake. just more options, which is great. |
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Post by LooseCannon on Apr 28, 2008 19:33:23 GMT -5
If the front loaded cab really is brighter, in my opinion it's a big mistake to get one to go with a Splawn amp as they are bright enough as it is. it's not like they are going completely to a front-loaded design for all cabs. this first cab was custom made for a nitro owner, which is a much darker voiced splawn. the rear-loaded cabs are still available. plus not everyone who uses splawn cabs play splawn amps. i wouldn't call it a mistake. just more options, which is great. Yeah man I know it's offered as an option and not all cabs will be front loaded, and I didn't say that about every amp out there, notice that I wrote it's a mistake to get one to go with a Splawn amp. I haven't played a Nitro in person but from the clips it's still brighter than a lot of other high gain amps, although not as bright as the QR. More options are great, I just think splawn amps users should avoid this option if it really is brighter than a rear loaded cab. |
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Post by Social Hero on Apr 29, 2008 11:06:09 GMT -5
In my rig I have a Soldano 4x12 that is front loaded - not too bright at all. I use it with a Quickrod and a first gen ProMod and find the sound to be really tight and thick. It's interesting as the Soldano is also a shade smaller than the typical Splawn/Marshall sized 4x12.
When my band recorded I tracked my Splawns through the Soldano, as well as 1960AC and 1960BC Marshalls and compared the tracks to decide which cab to record with - the Soldano won hands down. The rear loaded Marshalls were less articulate and not nearly as sonically balanced.
I've yet to pick up a Splawn cab - but if this becomes a standard production item... well... tax returns are arriving... ;D
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Post by LooseCannon on Apr 29, 2008 11:27:06 GMT -5
In my rig I have a Soldano 4x12 that is front loaded - not too bright at all. I use it with a Quickrod and a first gen ProMod and find the sound to be really tight and thick. It's interesting as the Soldano is also a shade smaller than the typical Splawn/Marshall sized 4x12. When my band recorded I tracked my Splawns through the Soldano, as well as 1960AC and 1960BC Marshalls and compared the tracks to decide which cab to record with - the Soldano won hands down. The rear loaded Marshalls were less articulate and not nearly as sonically balanced. I've yet to pick up a Splawn cab - but if this becomes a standard production item... well... tax returns are arriving... ;D Interesting, what speakers were loaded in those marshall cabs? Could you post some of those tracks? |
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Post by Social Hero on Apr 29, 2008 12:21:22 GMT -5
Both the Marshalls have greenbacks - the angled front was made sometime in the last several years, it belongs to my singer who also plays guitar in SH. The straight front Marshall is a beat to sh.it affair from the 80s. As for the Soldano - I actually don't have a clue what speakers are in it. I got it off of Craigslist at a steal of a price, and it has served me well from day one - so I figure it's best not to fu¢k with a good thang. Our record is almost finished - my singer is just hammering out his vocals and then we'll send it out to be mixed. I'll see if I can find some demo tracks to show the Splawn/Soldano combination... Interestingly enough, when we went into the studio to check it out and hang with our engineers, I was trying to describe Splawn to our main operator. I told him it was like a Marshall on steroids, with the most articulate, even "clean" distortion sound. He was noticably nervous about tracking with it. Afterwards, he made mention to someone else that there were only two kinds of amps he would want to use in the future - old Fenders... and SPLAWNS. I'm proud to say the 95% of the tracks on our record will have been cut with Splawn amplification. We also used an old Fender Princeton from the 60s and an Orange AD30 Twin Channel.  |
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Post by mitch on Apr 29, 2008 12:43:58 GMT -5
I have a Soldano 4x12 as well. I had a long discussion with Tree about this as well at the '07 convention. He seemed to think the back-loaded cabinet was better and I thought the front- loaded cabinet was better, that it had a little more punch and bottom end. So, glad to see that they are offering this as an option.
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Post by Silverwulf on May 1, 2008 9:14:52 GMT -5
Yeah, we had quite a discussion at the '07 convention on why they preferred rear-loaded cabs. It basically boiled down to with front loaded cabs, you're hearing more of the speaker itself and it projects a little differently. But, you're not getting as much of the cab because of how the speakers are just mounted in the front and held on by a few screws. With a rear loaded cab, you're going to get a more "woody" tone and little fuller sound, and you're going to get the cab itself more involved because the speakers are mounted directly to the board, and it's going to resonate when you hit those notes, palm mutes, etc.
At least from my perspective, you're going to get more of the sound of the cab overall with rear mounted where as you're going to get more of the sound of just the speakers with front loaded.
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Post by jchan on May 15, 2008 7:07:24 GMT -5
I have a brand new RED Tolex front loaded Lopoline cabinet (silver grill) that I took out of the box and never put speakers in it. I have too much equipment and am looking to sell it. If anyone is interested, let me know and I'm sure we could work out a deal. The cab is pre-wired for speakers, and I still have the original shipping box.
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