4/3/2023 0 Comments Fender bandmaster 2x12 cabinet![]() ![]() The previous owner had it wired at 4ish ohms. As recommended, I bought a multi meter, and checked the ohms on the cabinet. Thank you guy's who have commented so far. Would you think of this as a pretty decent deal? Probably a little overkill on wattage for my needs right now, but whatevs. I'll change the grill cloth down the road, as it looks kinda gross. The tolex is a little dirty with some nicks, but I'd give it a 8/10. Haven't plugged the cabinet in until I get everything cleaned and tested. I'm not too well versed in either speaker maker. I've done a little bit of forum diving through google, and have gotten some varying reviews. This thing is loaded with an Electro Voice EVM 12L, and a JBL K-120. ![]() This is where I've got some questions for anyone out there who may have a little more knowledge on the subject. Pulled the back off, and God damn if some one hadn't swapped out the original speakers. Got it home and started doing a check over. Loaded it on a dolly and hauled it out to my car. Was actually able to do a partial trade with a crappy Morley Power Wah/Volume, and a Behringer Multicom. Dude said if I had the cash, he would do it for 2. Already out $150 on the amp, and I wasn't looking to spend more than $200. Half decent? Sounds like something just down my alley. Did a quick google, and saw that it seemed to be at least a half decent cabinet. It's an old Fender Bandmaster cabinet, guy at the shop said he thought it was from the 70s'. I had wanted to order 2 new speakers to load a Peavey 2x12 I had lying around, but ran into a cabinet at a local pawn shop today. Thought to myself if anything I can use it to run my Line6 Podxt Live through. I had a little cash leftover from Christmas, so I grabbed one of those Orange Micro Terrors. It's an awesome amp, and does what it's made for phenomenally. My main amp is a newer Vox AC15 with a greenback. I have a few showy pieces, but I'm always looking to get the most bang for my buck. Plenty of good speaker suggestions here already if you do like the sealed cab, and plenty of great music performed and recorded with the stock Fender piggyback set up, but I’d definitely audition any open back cab before I started buying speakers in pairs if you haven’t already done so.Ĩ ohms is fine for a Bandmaster, it knocks off maybe 30% of your output power and loses some bass and treble, brings the midrange forward, lets you crank the amp a little more for the same volume.So to preface this story, I consider myself a musician on a budget. My advice would be to try anything open back you can get your hands on at either 4 or 8 ohms and make sure it’s not the cab that’s prompting your speaker search if you haven’t done that already. Even with the back off there are better options. I have a little 2x12 Bandmaster cab sitting empty, I wish I could use it just for the visual of “the set” but honestly it just isn’t that good a cab. I have two Fender piggyback cabs, a 1x15 tone ring Single Showman cab and a 2x15 Dual Showman but they sound way better for Rhodes than Stratocaster. I don’t think either of those typical Fender sealed cabs, big or small, sound as good as a combo and I think the amps actually perform better for guitar with less speaker damping. The fly in the ointment isn’t speakers in your scenario, it’s the cab. Nothing wrong with Celestion’s for a Fender, it’s a great sound, but so are the Jensen’s.Ĭ12N is a personal favorite as are the period correct Altec and JBL upgrades, but I do a lot of Fender/Celestion gigs these days too. It won’t hurt the amp and it’s worth investigating if you wish you could get into the sweet spot a few dB earlier. ![]() Leans the whole amp more in the direction of singing single note line playing as opposed to the stock louder, cleaner, scooped thing. Click to expand.8 ohms is fine for a Bandmaster, it knocks off maybe 30% of your output power and loses some bass and treble, brings the midrange forward, lets you crank the amp a little more for the same volume. ![]()
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