NCD!

fitz said:
That looks like a fairly tight weave, even if you can see through it a bit.
Shiny also makes me think it may be synthetic.
A re-grill with some paper cloth like Marshall somweave might make a noticeable difference.
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I don't think the weave is as tight as it looks like in my pics. I can hold it up in front of my face and see perfectly thru it. I've tested it again with and without the grill on and I think it was just my imagination the other day. I'm not going to go thru the trouble of changing a thing about this cab.

Even my Greenback sounds good in it and I don't like Greenbacks. It sounds really good in fact, if it had a little more bottom end it might even be better than my Creamback, but it's just not.

I've rolled speakers again now that I've had it a few days and every speaker I've tried sounds good, but to my ears (and it's nit pickin') the Creamback wins, the Nighthawk is a very close second. Then the Greenback followed by the WGS ET65. I think if my FANE 70 was broken in it would probably knock a couple of those back. I still haven't tried an Alnico because they're still wired up together and soldered and I've been lazy about it. Maybe tomorrow.
 
I finally got to try an Alnico Cream 90 today....holy cow it sounds good! Wow!!

Some of y'all know what all I've been thru looking for a cab that sounds like I want it to. I didn't expect to think much of it based on how they sounded in my EVH cab, but in this cab it's a whole different animal and well, it's the best I've had yet.

Edit: I was planning to sell one of my Cream 90s, but it sounds so good that now I'm thinking about selling my other speakers (except the Nighthawk) to fund another one of these cabs (no matter what I have to pay for it) to put the other one in. It's that good.
 
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My old Carvin 2 x 12 has the expanded metal grill. Front load. Birch cabinet but the open grill eats dust. I could never really get a sound I wanted out of it. It’s in storage right now.

Nice cab, congrats ,goes well with the stealth.

I should add I guess that the only 2 x 12 cabinet I really like was back around 2012 at GC. I just had gotten my BadCat Cougar 40
and plugged it in. I think they were green backs in a Orange cab.
 
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ibmorjamn said:
My old Carvin 2 x 12 has the expanded metal grill. Front load. Birch cabinet but the open grill eats dust. I could never really get a sound I wanted out of it. It’s in storage right now.

Nice cab, congrats ,goes well with the stealth.

I should add I guess that the only 2 x 12 cabinet I really like was back around 2012 at GC. I just had gotten my BadCat Cougar 40
and plugged it in. I think they were green backs in a Orange cab.
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I'm not going to do the metal grill thing, that was just a passing thought.
 
T-Rex said:
Is this the same cabinet? Boy, the guy selling it is nuts on the shipping costs.

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Hey Terry, @T-Rex if you're still interested in one there's a used one at Sweetwater Gear Exchange for $300 + $75 shipping. If you have a SW rep you might be able to get it for less I don't know. It's got a G12H Redback in it. If I hadn't just spent all my money on pickups it'd be on it's way to me right now! I still love the one I have, it's the only cab I'm using. I will get a second one eventually. Having had mine for a while now, I wouldn't hesitate to pay that much for it as scarce as they are. I still say it's the best cab I've ever had.

 
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fitz said:
That looks like a fairly tight weave, even if you can see through it a bit.
Shiny also makes me think it may be synthetic.
A re-grill with some paper cloth like Marshall somweave might make a noticeable difference.
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Grill Cloth - Marshall, Black Somweave, 32" Wide | Amplified Parts

Grill Cloth - Original Marshall, Somweave, Black. Sold per yard.
www.amplifiedparts.com www.amplifiedparts.com
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My Orange 412 cab's grill cloth makes a diff especially on the treble frequencies. Everything seems a bit smoother/darker to my ears. Still sounds good but different than my other cabs for sure.
 
Just so you know Durty, i now have 2 Nighthawks!!! The second's not yet here but gonna put both in a 212.

The Weber Gray Wolf's I have and the Nighthawks are eerily similar. Like cut from the same cloth. Just a bit diff but sooo good with me Marshall's. I'm nailing the Weber's right now with the 2203x. I should say hammering them. They're in my EVH 212 cab. 100w each. So they are taking some high volume pounding right now.

Can't wait to hear a 212 of Nighthawks screaming vengence through my amps!

 
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Pissed Plexi said:
Just so you know Durty, i now have 2 Nighthawks!!! The second's not yet here but gonna put both in a 212.

The Weber Gray Wolf's I have and the Nighthawks are eerily similar. Like cut from the same mold. Just a bit diff but sooo good with me Marshall's. I'm nailing the Weber's right now with the 2203x. I should say hammering them. They're in my EVH 212 cab. 100w each. So they are taking some high volume pounding right now.

Can't wait to hear a 212 of Nighthawks screaming vengence through my amps!

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It that you, Joe? You've been here longer than I have and I didn't even know that was you! :run:

The gang really is all here!!!
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