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i have the rehearsal room booked for Thursday evening. But probably bit too much of a trek.
Lovely offer Pete .......Thanks ,
It's a touch too far ......I ride a unicycle
Either replace the V30 with a G12H-30 (preferably Heritage) for a more classic/blues-rock sound, or replace the Greenback with a Creamback G12H-75 or Classic Lead 80 for a modern/hard rock sound, or a G12T-75 for metal.
Even two Greenbacks would be much better as leerocker said.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'm assuming the soldano has switchable impedance: try each speaker in isolation (don't crank it given the greenback's rating, be sensible with it) and see which you like best. Then I'd buy a matching version of whichever wins (unless you want to go the whole hog and replace both, that's a whole different conversation all together)
(I know others love combining speakers, so there'll likely be a long list of people telling me some new combination to try)
I’ve also remembered why the V30/Greenback pair became popular… Matchless used it in the 1990s. However, their customised V30 was very different from a standard one and actually closer to a G12H-30, which wasn’t available at the time. A standard V30 isn’t the same at all, and really doesn’t work with a Greenback.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Trading feedback here
they sound dark ,a bit over-compressed and don't fill a room
Somebody (not here) has offered me a pair of Alnico Red Fangs .......I know they are a great speaker and have had one in a Vox AC15 and loved it BUT would they be a good choice for a Soldano slo30 Marshall type sound ?
What will they sound like ?
Make sure the speakers are in phase, check the wiring on them. Someone bought one of my cabs second hand recently and the previous owner had swapped a speaker and got the phase wrong, the cab sounded horrible.
If you are struggling with compression then v30's would be my suggestion, trying each speaker by itself is a great idea though.
I don't know anything about the Alnico Red fangs, but normally Alnico speakers are more compressed when pushed.
Personally I find the Soldano sound to be quite compressed, more so than a typical Marshall amp, have you got another amp to play through the cabinet to make sure it is the cabinet that is failing?
If your amp has a resonance/depth control turn it down as the cab is adding resonance already.
Eminence are very sensitive speakers (may be a plus or a minus depending on your view) - typically very midfocussed (at least there's a bass and treble roll-off in most eminences). This gives them a very "punchy" sort of sound that cuts through a mix really well, typically at the expense of "complexity" - I think this is a big reason why eminences are so popular, in a shoot-out loud, punchy and mids tend to sound "best".
The Alnico compressing when pushed probably won't be a huge deal as you'll be running a 30w head into a 100w cab at that point, I assume the RF should have a heavy enough magnet to hold up to what you're throwing at it.
It's been years since I've tried the RF in particular though (and never used a SLO), so I could be totally wrong on this - take all I say with a pinch of salt, etc. etc.
I have a Red Fang and an EV in an oversize vertical Dumble style oval rear ported cab and it is truly great. The EV gives, well, authority, when pushed hard . And the RF is subtle and forgiving at lower volumes but still holds up when pushed, but by that point the EV is dominant.
Are they actually that efficient, though? I know they're rated as if they are, but to my ears they're nowhere near as efficient as their rating would suggest. EDIT: LOL I didn't mean that to sound so aggressive, sorry! I also agree with you (and @ICBM ) about mixing- there are a couple of known killer combinations which sound excellent, but outside of that it's a bit of a dark art as you said. If you already have the speakers it's a shot to nothing to try combinations, but if you don't it's pretty much a crapshoot... and very amp-dependent as @ICBM said. And great points by @Modulus_Amps too.
(I agree about their voicing, though, at least for most of their speakers... they have a funny lower midrange thing going on, at least most of the ones I've tried.)
Probably more Voxy, I would guess. I've got a pair of them here (open-backed Genz Benz combo, though) and I guess I could try them through my Jet City (I'm sure I've tried it before, I just forget!)... the problem is that's probably not going to be close enough to your rig to really tell you a whole heap.