Decent 4x12 cabs that don't cost an arm and a leg

[Nitro Express]

My Nephew wants a 4x12 cab and his budget is $500. He wants to buy new.

I personally use a Marshall 4x12 for with 25 watt speakers and have been happy. Of course this is out of my nephews price range.

Can anything good be had for $500 that's new? I'm trying to talk him into saving up and just get a Marshall because you buy them once and they sound great. If he buys a piece of fiberboard shit for $200 he's just wasted his money.

He's in a band and they actually made $2000 playing at a car show over a weekend. No bad for a bunch of guys doing it for fun. They now have to have a little more omf. He's playing a Sovtek Mig 60 but he wants to upgrade to 100 watts sometime.

[sagebrush]

Crate makes a good set up, blue voodoo around 500$

[BrownSound1]

I've heard some good things about Avatar Speakers (http://www.avatarspeakers.com). They let you choose from several different tolex, grille cloth, and speaker types. Check out the G412 Custom (http://www.avatarspeakers.com/g412.htm) cabinet, and you'll see what I mean. $439+ $49 shipping. Not bad for a 4x12.

[Nitro Express]

He likes the Sovtek amp. It's a old amp of mine I sold to him. I really don't think he's going to go ultra high gain. They play a little bit of everything. Classic rock, punk, 90's stuff.

They have found out that "Born to Be Wild" and "Loui Loui" are money makers, so they have a lot of those oldie but goody songs people like to hear.

[Nitro Express]

Wow. His dad has vacation property in northern Idaho and that is where they make the Avatar speakers. He could go right to the factory and check them out. The price is pretty reasonable.

[GAR]

Used Marshall cabs go for $350

[Nitro Express]

Probally all over the place in the LA area but harder to find in Idaho. I'm trying to convince the kid he should buy a used Marshall but he wants new. You know you have a good one if it reeks of cigarette and pot smoke, has stickey beer spills on it, the vynle is torn and some of the screws on the back cover are missing.

[kentuckyklira]

Peavey, Laney, Crate!

[Matt White]

Originally posted by GAR
Used Marshall cabs go for $350

I'd shop around for the used MARSHALL....

Can't go wrong......

[Matt White]

Got a place in MI...MUSIC GO 'ROUND.....

Many go used buys...including MARSHALL Cabs....GUITAR CENTER has 'em once in a while.....

[Coyote]

Behringer's BG412S. It's a decent cab, if not one of the best in it's price range...

[BrownSound1]

You might get a used Marshall cab for 350 bucks, but what speakers are in them? G12T75 Celestions suck asshole.

[jojo2371]

for the money , avatar cabs can't be beat !!!

[Nitro Express]

What about the Peavey 5150 cab? Hartley Peavey said the Sheffield speakers are 25 watts and the cab was copied from an old Marshall cab with Celesian Greenbacks that Eddie just loved. Apparently that was the cab he recorded a lot of VH tracks with over the years with.

I know Peavey imported Baltic birch plywood to build the cabs with.

[Hardrock69]

Hey I got my mid-70s Marshall cab for $325, and it was signed on the inside by Jim Marshall!

3 out of the 4 speakers were original 25-watt BLACK back G12s from 1976-1977, and the replacement speaker was a 65-watt G12 from the early 80s.

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[BrownSound1]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
What about the Peavey 5150 cab? Hartley Peavey said the Sheffield speakers are 25 watts and the cab was copied from an old Marshall cab with Celesian Greenbacks that Eddie just loved. Apparently that was the cab he recorded a lot of VH tracks with over the years with.

I know Peavey imported Baltic birch plywood to build the cabs with.

Sheffields don't sound anything like Greenbacks. Hartley is smoking crack if he thinks that. Of course he also said they took the design of Ed's Marshall and made it better, which is a crock of shit too. As a general rule 5150 cabs sound sterile as hell.

[Nitro Express]

Originally posted by BrownSound1
Sheffields don't sound anything like Greenbacks. Hartley is smoking crack if he thinks that. Of course he also said they took the design of Ed's Marshall and made it better, which is a crock of shit too. As a general rule 5150 cabs sound sterile as hell.

They kind of seem cheaply built as well. I was looking at one a few years back and they had cheap coaster wheels and the speaker cloth was cheesey and cheap. My experience with Peavey gear has been his and miss. Some of it is a good bargain and some of it is the biggest waste of money.

I've heard sevral people over the years with a lot of experience with variouse sound equipment say, save up for Marshall cabinets because they are the best. They also seem to work pretty well with any kind of amp. At least with Classic 30's or greenbacks they do.

He's going up to northern Idaho next week and he's going to check Avitar out. I'm kind of interested in hearing what he has to say about those speakers.

[Hardrock69]

Right on man.

I sincerely hope he finds some kind of killer deal.

If nothing else, maybe he can find an inexpensive cab and put Celestions in it.

Too bad you did not post this last fall...I sold my Carvin 4 X 12 with 4 75-watt Celestions in it on eBay to a guy in Cincinnati for a total of $325.....exactly what I paid for the Marshall cab I have now. And I made 75 bucks on the deal, as I only paid 250 for it to begin with.

[DeadOrAlive]

Originally posted by Hardrock69

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I see a Tube Screamer in there :D

[BrownSound1]

Do I see an ART preamp too?

[Hardrock69]

Yes...SGX 2000. I always wanted a preamp with a tube in it that could give me any sound under the sun. Got it used in the late 90s for $250. Never used it live.

Also left to right is a Boss Noise Suppressor, the Tube Screamer, DOD Chorus, Ibanez Analong Delay, and a crybaby.

Resting on the ART is a Roland DR-660 Drum machine

[Sarge]

Originally posted by BrownSound1
I've heard some good things about Avatar Speakers (http://www.avatarspeakers.com). They let you choose from several different tolex, grille cloth, and speaker types. Check out the G412 Custom (http://www.avatarspeakers.com/g412.htm) cabinet, and you'll see what I mean. $439+ $49 shipping. Not bad for a 4x12.


I have a avatar 2x12 and it's just fuckin' tits!