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I have always wanted a slightly warmer JBL that would take high gain, and have spent bundles of paychecks buying speakers. I have several JBL's from back in the day, so I know what I'm looking for. I never came close, so started buying the usual suspects looking for something that spoke to me...

The EV is harsh and mid-less. By the time you get it loud enough to get the mids to punch some, the highs and lows will take your head off. Does sound good in a Thiele cab, as it forces the mids forward, or across the bottom of a 4x12 with Delta Pro's across the top. Brutal. Can't stand V30's...

The EV12L has prominent highs and lows, with 'relaxed' mids, so it sounds scooped, and records like hell. I don't like them live, Zakk sounds much better with V30's than with the EV's and Joe B. sounds like he's beating a dead horse to get some mids to cut. My solution was to put the EV's...

Put a Weber CV124F in there. A better MC-90/CL-80 that works great in open back cabs/combos as well as the big sealed cabs. Full range, beautiful cleans, lots of mid-punch.

I tried the 6L6/EL34 combo in my Mark IV A. I'm getting tired of the straight 6L6 tone. I want some more mids, and no one seems to make a 'middier' 6L6. Wasn't impressed with the 6L6/EL34 combo, at lower/medium volumes there was too much mid tone, and it sure didn't sound like a boosted...