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Hi Vaughn, Hi other Forum members,

so long I have not written something but used my WGS speaker cabinets and

it goes on....

So here is a new object for me and maybe some have the same thoughts or

ideas what I can plan:

 

Playing with different guitars (Strat or Les Paul) means sometimes to change the

eq settings on my amp and maybe the speaker chose too??

The cab is as semiopen as closed back useful, the speakers I have for this

plan

ET 65; sounds good and full with strat and effects, but has in some leadsounds too much

dark parts which makes a dull sound, something undefined for that..

REAPER HP; this speaker sounds clean very good with strat or les paul, but gives some

more mids and little harshness to the sounds if I use a overdrive....

I mean not the drive but the REAPER sounds with it a little bit too nasty...

 

So what is your thoughts to make it better, better...

A) ET 65 plus Invader /  B) ET 65 plus Retro

or better the same speakers one sort??? THE AMPS I use have 25 - 30 watt Tubeamps

6L6 typePowertubes, JJ83s and Tungsol pretubes. Sound is more clean, blues, rock

but no metal, heavy metal or so.

Is it important first which wiring I do??? The amp has 16;8, 4 ohm outputs

So is it different between seriell ( that means 8 ohm plus 8 ohm = 16 ohm out,

which have a lot of amps mainly) or the parallel way ( that means 16 ohm plus 16 ohm = 8ohm out)

this parallel I use during the last time with my speakers.

It's no problem to buy new speakers, the more I have the more I could try.

The only speakers I dislike are: Celestion Vintage 30, China Greenbacks.

 

Every reply will be welcome, evry meaning and experience maybe help us all

Hollywoody Germany but my heart  belongs to USA

 

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It depends on your Amp.  If your Amp is bright, tone it down with Vet30.  If it's dull, bring it to life with Retro or Invader.

 

I had the Invader matched with Reaper HP and really liked it.  I sold it was MIC Cab (Crate) because I found a boutique Cab/speakers at 1/3 retail used.  I sold it and broke even.

 

I have Vet30 and ET-65 4X12 in a 1960a.  It's my favorite Cab.  Super reliable in tone.  I'm not sure how it does on stage because I play at home.  I run ET-65 top and Vet 30 bottom.  X pattern was really too topsy/turvey.  The Vet30 has a little bark and the ET-65 compiments it by toning it down.  This combination is your basic steak and potatos situation.  The Invader/Reaper seemed too off balance at low volumes.  High volume could be very different.