dimensions of the metal-grill 2x12" vertical halfback c

[eltrain858]

i'm contemplating jumping in the same boat as ibanez4lifeSZ...

i have a combo and i just now got a serious urge to pull the chassis and stick it in a new headshell.

then i could pick up a halfback 2x12". i've never heard one, but i really like the idea of the ported EVM/open C-90 combination. I love the way my amp sounds now, but i don't think that the two halfback C-90s i have right now do the IV justice.

i would probably sell the combo cabinet and the C-90 black shadow, but hold on to the wide 1x12" extension cab i have now for situations where the 2x12 would be too much. my combo is in great shape, so hopefully i could get close to what it would cost for the new headshell. then i'd just have to come up with the money for the 2x12...


does anyone have the dimensions for these old mark 2x12 cabs? i couldnt find them on google.. :?:


after fantasizing about the 2x12, i thought it would be sweet to replace the metal grill with something like the rectifier vertical 2x12" grillcloth to make it match the look of the mark iv a little better, but that would totally depend on the dimensions. (i highly doubt they would be close enough in size for it to work, but now that i thought of it i just have to know!)

 

[Russ]

Here is a pic of a wide combo sitting next to a 2x12 halfback.

Just as a size comparison. I had a pic of a wide head sitting on one but I lost it. I also had a pic of a short head on one but lost that too.

 

[disassembled]

That's a short combo.......

Greg

 

[Russ]

My bad, it was after midnight. I was pretty tired last night.

 

[Russ]

I would say if you could get it for $250 you'd be doing good. I think I would pass if I couldn't get it for $300. There again those cabs are disappearing again so you might want to try to get it anyway. The EVM's alone are worth a couple hundred. Last year I missed out on a couple here that went for $250 and $275 but they weren't loaded with a pair of EVM's. The one for $250 was C90's and the other was a C90 in the top and an EVM in the bottom.

 

[disassembled]

I paid $300-$350 for mine and it wasn't loaded with an EV on the bottom (it had a vintage 50) but I found it in Japan so I knew I wasn't going to get a good price on it. The 412 cabs go for like $400-$500 but the 212 cabs have more realestate inside for the speakers. I wonder if 2 212's would sound better than 1 412?

I'd say if you get one that has the stereo plate on the back then it is most likely C90/Vintage loaded but if it has the single input jack then it is probably C90/EV loaded or C90/Eminence 150 watt loaded. These cabs all sound good in their own right so don't pass it up at a good price because it doesn't have the EV's loaded. You can always buy EV's later (i bought my bottom EV for $78 and it sounds incredible) or go with Eminence Delta Pro's as an alternative.


Greg

 

[eltrain858]

hey greg, can you measure your cab for me? no more choo-choo comments, i promise :wink:

 

[disassembled]

hey greg, can you measure your cab for me? no more choo-choo comments, i promise :wink:

Well for your information i just put the choo choo on ebay! I don't have a tape measure so the measurements won't be exact but a rough estimate. I believe these cabs were also meant to hold the long heads without looking odd.


Greg

 

[eltrain858]

I wonder if 2 212's would sound better than 1 412?

i think you're onto something there.. that could really be my dream rig... use the mark iv combo with nothing in the loop, then run the Slave/DI output into effects processor/pedalboard, then into a two:fifty powering two 2x12" halfbacks :shock:

 

[disassembled]

i think you're onto something there.. that could really be my dream rig... use the mark iv combo with nothing in the loop, then run the Slave/DI output into effects processor/pedalboard, then into a two:fifty powering two 2x12" halfbacks :shock:

A 290 is nearly an exact copy of the Mark IV output section or you could use a 295 too.

**** that would be a lot of crap to setup but I bet it would sound awesome. Mark IV combo dry and the 290 wet with two half back 212 cabs running in stereo.

Greg