Cheap as chips but decent 1x12 cab?

Fiftyshadesofjay

Doing a ton of weddings this year and space is at even more of a premium. Currently using an Orange 2x12 which is proving a massive pain in the arse so looking to get a fairly decent but inexpensive 1x12.

It'll be for onstage monitoring only so doesn't have to be amazing but equally I don't really want a super cheap MDF job.

Currently looking at the Harley Benton Vintage 30 loaded one or the Jet City. The HB looks pretty unbeatable for the price but any others I'm missing before I take a punt?

sgosden

You play in raging speedhorn don't you? that sounds like the sort of wedding I'd like to attend!!! :P

Fiftyshadesofjay

sgosden said:

You play in raging speedhorn don't you? that sounds like the sort of wedding I'd like to attend!!! :P

I do indeed, still waiting to for the opportunity to bust out Necrophiliac Glue Sniffer for a first dance. 

photek

I have the Jet City 112s+ and its brilliant even with the stock emi speaker. XLR Mic sim is perfectly usable as well. Ply and removable rear panel sold it for me.

newi123

I also have the jet city 1x12 - good cab

meltedbuzzbox

Fiftyshadesofjay said:

Doing a ton of weddings this year and space is at even more of a premium. Currently using an Orange 2x12 which is proving a massive pain in the arse so looking to get a fairly decent but inexpensive 1x12.

It'll be for onstage monitoring only so doesn't have to be amazing but equally I don't really want a super cheap MDF job.

Currently looking at the Harley Benton Vintage 30 loaded one or the Jet City. The HB looks pretty unbeatable for the price but any others I'm missing before I take a punt?

are you playing with Fraudio?

Fiftyshadesofjay

meltedbuzzbox said:

Fiftyshadesofjay said:

Doing a ton of weddings this year and space is at even more of a premium. Currently using an Orange 2x12 which is proving a massive pain in the arse so looking to get a fairly decent but inexpensive 1x12.

It'll be for onstage monitoring only so doesn't have to be amazing but equally I don't really want a super cheap MDF job.

Currently looking at the Harley Benton Vintage 30 loaded one or the Jet City. The HB looks pretty unbeatable for the price but any others I'm missing before I take a punt?

are you playing with Fraudio?

Yep, that's also me!

Dodge

The Harley V30 1x12 is a cracking buy, if you like V30's that is.

viz

My approach is: I came by a passive wedge monitor and switched the speaker out for a V30. That’s my only speaker. I point it up at my face so I can hear myself, and I mic it to the PA. It works really brilliantly. 

meltedbuzzbox

Fiftyshadesofjay said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

Fiftyshadesofjay said:

Doing a ton of weddings this year and space is at even more of a premium. Currently using an Orange 2x12 which is proving a massive pain in the arse so looking to get a fairly decent but inexpensive 1x12.

It'll be for onstage monitoring only so doesn't have to be amazing but equally I don't really want a super cheap MDF job.

Currently looking at the Harley Benton Vintage 30 loaded one or the Jet City. The HB looks pretty unbeatable for the price but any others I'm missing before I take a punt?

are you playing with Fraudio?

Yep, that's also me!

and used to be me once upon a time.

ennspek

Harley Benton is very hard to beat.

chromatuna

There's a Marshall 1912 in the classifieds....

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/130833/marshall-1-x-12-cab-fs

CountryDave

I have a Jet City too.
Sounds great but is quite a bit taller than the Marshall 1x12 I used to own. 
However this could also be part of the recipe for nice noises. 

digitalscream

The JCA12S+ is a great cab, but the Jet City drivers are quite modern-sounding relative to the V30 in the Harley Benton. Really depends on what kind of sound you want.

I'd personally be looking at the Matrix NL12 'cos it's ludicrously light too, but I suspect that £335 + VAT doesn't really come under the "inexpensive" heading

Fiftyshadesofjay

Cheers for the advice guys, a Jet City cab is winging its way over to me today! 

Fiftyshadesofjay

It's here! Now how in the hell do you get that back panel off? 

digitalscream

Fiftyshadesofjay said:

It's here! Now how in the hell do you get that back panel off? 

Effort. Assuming you've taking the screws out, put a screwdriver (or similar) through that fabric loop, and put your back into it.

skunkwerx

Fiftyshadesofjay said:

sgosden said:

You play in raging speedhorn don't you? that sounds like the sort of wedding I'd like to attend!!! :P

I do indeed, still waiting to for the opportunity to bust out Necrophiliac Glue Sniffer for a first dance. 

Thats awesome lol! 

I remember discovering you guys, the wrong way round, after seeing viking skull support at the Astoria back in the day!