Hello, new guy here.
So I have a bright chinese-made Masters EL84 1x12 combo whose cleans I like with my low-to-medium output alnico 2 High Order pickups (asymetrically wound, as I often split them). Overdrive channel sounds promising but it is a bit harsh, raspy with the stock speaker. The amp is nominally 30 watts, supposedly class A but I can assume, based on what I've read, it puts out more like 45 watts when overdriven at gig volumes, if not more. The stock speaker is supposedly modeled after a G1280, so rated at 80w power handling.
I want the amp to have a bit more tight bass overall and sound less harsh when overdriven. The eq controls are shared on the channels so I was thinking of getting something like a Suhr Koko Boost for a midrange boost for solos. I will be playing clean a lot so a high headroom and late break-up is important. For this reason I've been looking at some of the Eminence speakers with higher power and sensitivity ratings, but I came across your brand while watching some comparison videos on YouTube.
I like the sounds of your ET90, and Liberator speakers. My main concern with these two, though, would be break-up and bass content. Like I said I'd like to add bass and smooh out the top end without making the amp sound muzzled, congested. I know high power handling does these two things. Around $100 is the limit for my budget, and anyway this is the beginning of this quest, so I might not even buy a new speaker for a few months.... That being said, what WGS speaker would you recommend for this application? Liberator or ET90?
And now the request: Vaughn can you do a shoutout vid between the Liberator and ET90? Feel free to include any of your ownalnico 2 humbuckers/single-coils (as I would be interested in hearing thise as well), and if you have an EL84 powered amp with an output of about 30-40 watts the better LOL!!! I know these takes a lot of time, so this request is half joking. Thanks!