Double the speakers, double the fun...

Over the past couple of weeks, I've managed to double (well, technically triple, but only until I sell some surplus gear) the number of speakers in my guitar rig... came across a couple deals that were both way too good to pass up. Check it out...



Around the end of October I found a new Rocktron Vendetta 4x12 cab for $400. The cabs were discontinued when the Vendetta 100-watt heads were discontinued. It's a well-built, likely-Egnater-designed cab that's loaded with Celestion Vintage 30's. Once I got it home, though, I realized that it didn't stack well with my Avatar 2x12's... the Avatar's were too deep to sit securely on top of the Rocktron, but not so deep so that the Rocktron could sit securely on either of them. So I started looking for another 2x12 cab (I have a stereo power amp, so I need two cabs, right?) that would either be small enough to sit on top of the Rocktron or large enough to sit under the Rocktron.

This Wednesday I stopped by Guitar Center and Sam Ash on my lunch break to check out used 2x12 cabs--didn't see anything that caught my eye. But right when I was about to leave Sam Ash, I saw a Randall 4x12 XL cab for $400--seemed too good to be true! I popped the back to make sure it had the right speakers (Vintage 30's) in it, and had it in the back of the FJ ASAP. The sales rep made a comment when he rang it up that they probably had the wrong price marked on it, but gave it to me for the marked price anyway (yea!).

So now I've got two 4x12's loaded with Vintage 30's, plus a couple 2x12's up for sale. Downside is that both cabs are angled--they won't stack, but I probably shouldn't be stacking 90+ lb. cabs at my age anyway. :p I briefly debated swapping out the V30's in one cab for a little more variety (e.g., G12T-75's, CL80's, G12H-30's, etc.), but they sound pretty d@#$ good as is.

--B