Telecaster Guitar Forum - View Single Post - Best Lightweight, Gig-worthy 1X12 under $800 (new or used)?

JohnnyCrash · June 13th, 2007, 11:35 AM

After having built a 1x12" and installing a neodymium speaker...

I can't stress enough how light neo speakers are. Perhaps you can rethink the amp with a super lightweight neodymium speaker swap-out in mind?

I'd suggest a Peavey Classic 30 with an Eminence Tonkerlite (extremely loud, although it was very prominent low mids you may not like)... I might suggest the Jensen Neo12-100, but I haven't finished the cab for that one yet, so I'm not sure how it'll sound.

I gigged in a metal-ish band with a Classic 30 and a 1x12" extension cab. Yes, metal-ish. Insanely loud drummer and bass player, the other guitar player used a 100w Marshall halfstack... with the V30 speaker, that Classic 30 hung in like you wouldn't believe!

June 13th, 2007, 11:35 AM	#54 (permalink)
JohnnyCrash Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lost Angeles and Orange County Posts: 7,128	After having built a 1x12" and installing a neodymium speaker... I can't stress enough how light neo speakers are. Perhaps you can rethink the amp with a super lightweight neodymium speaker swap-out in mind? I'd suggest a Peavey Classic 30 with an Eminence Tonkerlite (extremely loud, although it was very prominent low mids you may not like)... I might suggest the Jensen Neo12-100, but I haven't finished the cab for that one yet, so I'm not sure how it'll sound. I gigged in a metal-ish band with a Classic 30 and a 1x12" extension cab. Yes, metal-ish. Insanely loud drummer and bass player, the other guitar player used a 100w Marshall halfstack... with the V30 speaker, that Classic 30 hung in like you wouldn't believe!