Members 67mike Posted March 8, 2012 Members Share Posted March 8, 2012 I took the panel off my new jet city 2 x 12 cab....very impressed with the construction and quality. I am leaving the panel off so it is a semi open back now, I think it sounds much better that way. Also those stock speakers rawk!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OceansBetweenUs Posted March 8, 2012 Members Share Posted March 8, 2012 I can see 2 of those in my future. About a year from now...at $399 tops though. How is a vertical cabinet gonna be $200+ more than a horizontal cab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wookieslayer Posted March 8, 2012 Members Share Posted March 8, 2012 Nice! Really appreciate those pics. Helps me affirm my GAS for a 112 of theirs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mind Riot Posted March 8, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 8, 2012 Mind riot im surprised you dont build your own cabs with all those mad woodworking skills I looked into it, it's just a money pit. Solid sheet of good quality voidless ply is $50, and that's through my friend the cabinet maker. Forget the tolex and hardwire and just buy an Eminence for it and you're already at the price of the Jet City. The guitars are one thing. They're where precision detail work directly translates into a better quality instrument that's worth the time and effort. Unless a cab is total and complete crap, it'll probably do it's job just fine and it's hard to justify building one when JCA has these so cheap. If I was going to get back into building something, I think I'd do a new neck for my Strat. Maybe a walnut neck, with carbon fiber neck reinforcements, honduran rosewood board, flat radius, bone nut, and stainless steel frets. Even then I'd be sinking more money into it than just buying a neck, but you don't see too many flat radius boards on Strats. EDIT: This is so indicative of the culture of HCAF. I posted my first youtube clip of my toanz and it sank like a stone. Eight replies and five of them are me bumping. But throw a couple pics of GEAR into the mix and it's a land rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hrafnkel Posted March 8, 2012 Members Share Posted March 8, 2012 This just reaffirms my thoughts that, at least at new retail prices, Jet City cabs are the single best bang for the buck you can get. Really can't be beat in their price range, especially if the stock speakers are to your taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Miter Gauge Posted March 8, 2012 Members Share Posted March 8, 2012 Bought a new speaker for this cab so I thought I'd take a few shots while it was opened up. Looks solid to me. Here's the back panel both sides. It's plywood rather than chip board or MDF. The driver is held in place by four machine screws that screw into threaded inserts in the baffle. I've had four different speakers in this cab and they still tighten down nicely. Sorry for the bad focus here, it's my new camera that I'm still getting used to. The baffle is also plywood, I don't know if you can see the plys in the cutout with this pic but they're there. Another bad focus one, the replacement speaker. It's a WGS Retro 30. And here it is back in my humble little recording rig. Just thought some folks might want to see the inside of one of these before buying. It looks like it's all ply construction and it seems very nicely made to me. The stock speaker, though I'm replacing it, is not bad by any stretch. Very nice little lightweight 1x12 for $130. Nice. I just bought one and a Jet City head today. I expect I'm gonna like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted March 8, 2012 Members Share Posted March 8, 2012 anyone have experience with the jetstream iso12? kinda {censored}ing want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sbrett Posted March 8, 2012 Members Share Posted March 8, 2012 anyone have experience with the jetstream iso12? kinda {censored}ing want I've got one of the ISO cabs...used it for recording and actually live once or twice. Sounds pretty decent. Maybe a little on the congested side. Definitely keeps things fairly quiet. I found the gooseneck on the inside wouldn't support my SM57, but I rigged it up with a few cable ties and it worked fine. Actually trying to sell it if you're interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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