Doing some Speaker swaps

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Thinking that this year will be some experimenting in speakers. I have a number of cabinets here at the house that I want to start swapping out different speakers to try them out in a recording setting. Since I don't gig, there's no need to match up speakers and make the cabinet as a whole sound good, but I would like to try out different speakers and see if I can get some good tones.

I'm ordering up some Weber ToneCvlt speakers to start with, and have been trolling CL for decent speaker prices. I'm the guy who likes to play off the beaten path, so these I've been interested in for a long long time.

Just trying to motivate myself to play more these days and coming to grips with the fact that I'm a gear head, less a player. Not sure if that makes sense.
 
Pretty common to mix match speakers really, lots of guys do it and it can sound pretty good if you get the right blends, so yeah definitely give it a try.

Common practice I've seen is criss crossing 2 speaker types ( i.e greenback/cream back on top, cream back and greenback on bottom in a 4x12) and then I've seen using like two of the same on the top and two of the the same on the bottom, typically a more bass responsive speaker on the bottom. In 2x12s, it's anything goes really as long as the impedance matches up. Could try a bright speaker vs a darker speaker match up?

In the ToneCvlts , that would be something like the Gray Wolf for brighter edge and Silver Wolf for the darker edge.
 
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Clockworkmike said:
Pretty common to mix match speakers really, lots of guys do it and it can sound pretty good if you get the right blends, so yeah definitely give it a try.

Common practice I've seen is criss crossing 2 speaker types ( i.e greenback/cream back on top, cream back and greenback on bottom in a 4x12) and then I've seen using like two of the same on the top and two of the the same on the bottom, typically a more bass responsive speaker on the bottom. In 2x12s, it's anything goes really as long as the impedance matches up. Could try a bright speaker vs a darker speaker match up?

In the ToneCvlts , that would be something like the Gray Wolf for brighter edge and Silver Wolf for the darker edge.
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I went with the Gray Wolf and a Blood Hound. I grabbed (2) of the Gray Wolf's but only (1) of the Blood Hound. Not sure if the Blood Hound will be too dark, so I grabbed just the one to start.
 
Ghostman said:
I went with the Gray Wolf and a Blood Hound. I grabbed (2) of the Gray Wolf's but only (1) of the Blood Hound. Not sure if the Blood Hound will be too dark, so I grabbed just the one to start.
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I listened to some audio clips of a shootout of some ToneCvlt speakers vs Celestion V30s and a couple others. The Bloodhound DEFINITELY has some low end response, dark but for what the test demo was, it sounded pretty good. Website talks about it being great for doom/stoner metal, not for the articulation crowd lol

If you were mismatching, that could definitely work since the Gray Wolf's are big in the mids and a touch high in range like a Celestion T-75, so having something with a lotta low end response kinda balances out really. I run something like that myself with a T-75 cab on top and a K100 cab on bottom. Best of both worlds!
 
I think the Mojotone British Vintage series are really good right out of the box.

I have the BV-25M Their version of 25 watt Greenback.

I have a BV-30V as well. Their version of a Vintage 30.

I think the celestion Vintage 30 can sound a little too bright and harsh when new

Again the Mojo sounds pretty good right out of the box.

I think both Mojo speakers have a nice balance sould. The BV-25M was a little bright at first. It mellowed out after about 20 hours

I have both in different 1x12 open back cabs.

Im not affiliated with Monotone. I just think these speakers are a good value
 
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