NCD - Big Mouth

[László]

The PRS Big Mouth cab arrived today for use with my HXDA 30; and I'm happy to report that it's exactly, 100% what I hoped for.

Previous Cabs I tried with the HXDA:

I'd previously used a 212 Mesa Recto cab with the amp, a Mesa 3/4 back 112, a PRS David Grissom 212, and a PRS 112 Stealth with this amp and my previous HXDA 50. Of this group, the Recto cab had the edge (I like 212s better than 112s, so that's part of it), but I no longer have it. So I decided to team the HXDA up with the Big Mouth PRS cab. PRS had one in stock.

I figured the PRS Big Mouth would give me some of what the Recto cab gave me, but I hoped it would be warmer and less piercing, more ear and mic friendly, like PRS' other cabs. And that's exactly what it is.

And I am SO glad I got this cab!

It's a great match for the HXDA, with a nicely focused closed-back, vintage sort of sound. It's not boomy, it takes gain very well, and it's also not shrill sounding even though the speakers aren't broken in yet (PRS spec V-30s).

It's also not too heavy, and it looks great. A nice and subtle touch is the black piping around the edges of the cab like an old Marshall cab.

Here's a shot in context in my room. Gotta say, I'm really happy with this.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Do you have any pictures of the amp with the Stealth? Just curious how much bigger the Big Mouth is. It's just wider, innit?

 

[bodia]

Love it! I don't have room for a 2x12, but I have the itch to get one.

 

[CoreyT]

Les, you have a Big Mouth, and I mean that in a good way
Congrats on the new cab.

 

[vchizzle]

Looks awesome Les! Glad it's what you're after. I might be finding out for myself shortly

Do you have any pictures of the amp with the Stealth? Just curious how much bigger the Big Mouth is. It's just wider, innit?

If memory serves, the big mouth is 30W x 20H x 14D. 1/2 a 4x12 with a little extra height.

 

[veinbuster]

Nice addition to a great looking set of amps.

 

[László]

Do you have any pictures of the amp with the Stealth? Just curious how much bigger the Big Mouth is. It's just wider, innit?

My Stealth was a 1x12, so this is both wider (it's a 2x12) and it's a few inches deeper. However, the DG Cabinet is a bit wider and taller, though it's not as deep. either.

This one's also made of birch, the other was pine.

Here's a shot of the Stealth 1x12:

 

[László]

Nice addition to a great looking set of amps.

There's an equipment rack in the back of the room that makes it look like something's on top of the amp head, but nothing is.

I have my power supply mounted in the rack, and I'll be adding a headphone amp there as well, for when I'm on that side of the room.

 

[toothace]

Nice score Les! The room is looking good!

 

[andy474x]

Nice score Les!

 

[FJ4]

Congrats Les, excellent cab!

 

[Blues Trucker]

NICE!!

 

[Boogie]

That's a great addition! I'm constantly surprised by the V30 as a great live and recording speaker. And the PRS cabinets are ideally suited to the speaker. You now have just about one of everything, Les.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

My Stealth was a 1x12, so this is both wider (it's a 2x12) and it's a few inches deeper. However, the DG Cabinet is a bit wider and taller, though it's not as deep. either.

This one's also made of birch, the other was pine.

Here's a shot of the Stealth 1x12:

Sorry, didn't realize this was a 2x12, didn't look wide enough to be a 2x12, must be my mind's eye is not registering scale correctly. Perhaps if you threw a cat or a banana into the picture...aye keed, aye keed...

 

[László]

Sorry, didn't realize this was a 2x12, didn't look wide enough to be a 2x12, must be my mind's eye is not registering scale correctly. Perhaps if you threw a cat or a banana into the picture...aye keed, aye keed...

I think next to the DG cab it looks smaller, but the DG cab is very large. For comparison's sake, the Mesa is a 2x12 combo, not a 1x12.

I'll look for a banana. I'm allergic to cats.

 

[László]

That's a great addition! I'm constantly surprised by the V30 as a great live and recording speaker. And the PRS cabinets are ideally suited to the speaker. You now have just about one of everything, Les.

I love the V-30s in this cab. They sound great - a better match for this particular amp than even the Recto cab was, and that sounded very good indeed.

I think I've assembled a set of "one of everything" I actually need for my musical tastes, but I'm still hoping PRS comes out with an AC30 style amp!

Not that I need one. It'd see limited duty, kind of like the Mesa, not an "every project" thing. But it'd be nice to mess with.

Fortunately, my surgery is in one week. Afterward, I won't be able to play at all for two weeks with my arm in a cast, and then afterward, no lifting for two months. So my shopping is now on official hiatus.

That's probably a good thing, since I've been looking at effects that I really don't need. I've even looked at a Helix, just for the multi-effects ability to use with my amps. And you know that is a very un-Les kind of piece of gear that I would sell in about two weeks after buying it. So better for me to be temporarily out of action than to waste that kind of dough on something that wouldn't stick in my rig for more than a few days!

 

[Dusty Chalk]

I knew that.

I was kidding about the banana, too.

 

[László]

I knew that.

I was kidding about the banana, too.

I figured. I'm out of bananas anyway. My wife went out of town for a few days, and the refrigerator is getting kind of low.

I do have some cherry tomatoes and some mustard.

Bachelor Fridge.

 

[Boogie]

...I do have some cherry tomatoes and some mustard.

Bachelor Fridge.

Unless those are Michigan microbrews, that is a paultry showing of a bachelor fridge. Unless, those are mold-bait, then brilliant!

 

[bodia]

I figured. I'm out of bananas anyway. My wife went out of town for a few days, and the refrigerator is getting kind of low.

I do have some cherry tomatoes and some mustard.

Bachelor Fridge.

If it's Dijon, I've got a great little recipe for those tomatoes. We'll need some blue cheese, a shallot, a little basil, olive oil and some red wine vinegar, and a little good old salt and pepper. And, of course, a good steak to put it on.