I would pick between the RIGHT 1x12 or a 2x10 or MAYBE a 2x12, but go to the store and play a few. You can get a full sound from a 1x12, but the cabinet has to be big enough if you want a bigger sound, or designed/tuned for the sound you want.Animal wrote:No offense taken I agree 100%. When I started plying it was the guitar I saved for and the guitar I learned inside and out. At one point I finally realized a tube amp was the way to go and a big expensive cabinet was def gonna look good and I'd magically be good at playing because I had awesome gear. Well later in life I learnd what real tone was and unfortunetly moved into my first house and got married. I am learning and finally developing and understanding of the entire signal path. I failed to mention that I've spent the last12 years building and designing electric guitars so there's a reason I'm not so savy with amps and speakers. I am looking for a site to explain what makes sense. There must be some basic wrongs and rights when designing a rig based on venue. My venue is low volume basement tone. I expectthat a big full tone is still achievable. Some say to go with a 12 inch single speaker cabinet but man that does nothing for a full sound and good bass response I am not a solo scaling Joe satriani, I wish I was, so I need not only creamy hi end and articulate miss but thick tight asskicking bass. What's the issue if I load my 4x12 cab with great speakers and run this 18 watt what will I benefit from a single 12 inch. Just curious.
If you think you can't get full sound out of a 1x12, you're playing the wrong speaker/cab/amp combination. I'm playing a Scumback M75 in a Mesa 1x12 closed-back cab, and I keep the bass knob very low on the amps I put through it. The M75 is only 97db sensitivity, so it's a lot quieter than the EVM12L (100db sensitivity) in my 18W combo. I'm going to build a smaller 18W-EF86 combo with a 10" Weber Texas ceramic. I already tried that setup together, and it sounds killer.
