No more 27" head or wide body 1X12 combo?

[ziehmrd]

According to the 2011 Pronet price list, MESA isn't showing a 27" head or wide body 1X12 combo for the ED any more. Same for the Lonestar. Interesting.

 

[J.J]

I had heard that from my dealer a little while ago. I guess they are just trying to rationalise their range by dropping the least popular options.

 

[danyeo1]

Looks like they will just offer it in the 2x12 with V30's. Kinda lame as the 1x12 widebody kicks soo much *** with the MC90.

 

[J.J]

I have not tried the wide 1x12, but narrow one with the MC90 is great and would be my pick over the 2x12 V30 combo. Due to weight what I ended up with is the medium head and a 1x12 cab. I imagine it would come pretty close to the wide 1x12 combo since the 1x12 cab does not have to share its space with the amp chassis.

 

[ziehmrd]

I had a widebody 1X12 combo for awhile and that thing sounded HUGE. They have the MC90 and a 3/4 closed back, just like the matching 1X12 extension cab. I noticed the 23" combo and matching cab have a more open back, like 3/4 open. I guess that gives you a bigger sound from the smaller cab but do you lose any of that tight bottom/bass projection?

 

[J.J]

There are always trade offs, but I don't think the short combo suffers much. The MC90's bass is a fair bit deaper than the V30 to start with. If the short combo had a closed back the bass would probably get very boomy though. I find with my rig that the bass is usually set sound 10:00 or it gets to much for me, even with the open back cab. I also have a 19" open back Express cab with a V30 and that does sound a lot smaller and noticably boxy side by side with the larger MC90 cab.