RickP
Established 1960, Still Not Dead
I know… it’s a PRS site. But, at it’s base, this is an HXDA post.
I’ve played through lots of 4x12s over the years. Originally an Ampeg V4 stack of them, then several different Carvin cabs, then several Mesa Rectos before steering away from the weight and hassle. Oddly, never a Marshall. Used the amps, but never the cabs. It wasn’t intentional, it just worked out like that.
So recently I came across a 1960A Lead cab on the cheap because the owner inexplicably decided to cut the grill cloth out (literally, just cut out of the front), and the logo was broken, etc. but the cab itself was in good shape. I’ve been wanting to drop 4 greenbacks into a cab for a while, and this was an opportune moment!
I stripped the cab down, removing what was left of the abused grill material, and swapped the G12-75T speakers for a quad of UK-made G12M GBs. To give it a proper classic look, I ordered some checked grill cloth. Also ordered a new logo and a 1960 Classic plate, as that’s closer to the current configuration, and I was born in 1960, so we’re both Classics now!
It sounds glorious doing classic rock with the HXDA. I’ll likely never lug it out of the house, but it’s a lot of fun here! And it was a fun and relatively easy/cheap project, to boot. Good vibes!
I’ve played through lots of 4x12s over the years. Originally an Ampeg V4 stack of them, then several different Carvin cabs, then several Mesa Rectos before steering away from the weight and hassle. Oddly, never a Marshall. Used the amps, but never the cabs. It wasn’t intentional, it just worked out like that.
So recently I came across a 1960A Lead cab on the cheap because the owner inexplicably decided to cut the grill cloth out (literally, just cut out of the front), and the logo was broken, etc. but the cab itself was in good shape. I’ve been wanting to drop 4 greenbacks into a cab for a while, and this was an opportune moment!
I stripped the cab down, removing what was left of the abused grill material, and swapped the G12-75T speakers for a quad of UK-made G12M GBs. To give it a proper classic look, I ordered some checked grill cloth. Also ordered a new logo and a 1960 Classic plate, as that’s closer to the current configuration, and I was born in 1960, so we’re both Classics now!
It sounds glorious doing classic rock with the HXDA. I’ll likely never lug it out of the house, but it’s a lot of fun here! And it was a fun and relatively easy/cheap project, to boot. Good vibes!