Perfect cab for a Stiletto Duece?

[owen!]

Im looking for a new cab. I love the traditional cab but I can't afford it due to mesa prices in au. The Marshal 1960a does a reasonable job IMO, but I've only used one a couple of times.
Has anyone tried a vintage marshal cab?
I'm not a high gain sort of guy, I prefer a raw sort of sound.
At the moment I've got a Celestion Messiah Series cab atm but I find it too mellow.
Thoughts anyone?
Love Owen

 

[Charlie]

I've got an early 70's marshall 4x12 loaded with Celestion G12-65's - I'm really happy with the sound but I have never heard my amp through another cab so it's hard to give a definitive opinion on it.

 

[ursinus]

My Favorite cabs are 4x12's, but I can't drag those around anymore, so I suggest a Port City Wave Cab. They are full sounding and loud. Experiment with speakers as each person's ears will differ. Here's mine:

It currently has a Swam Thing and a Cannabis Rex in it, but I may replace the Swamp Thing with Scumback or a Celestion Gold, we'll see. I'm going to play around with this combo for a while. With this cab, the bass on the Stilletto came alive. With these speakers, I was able to turn up the Treble and Prescence, which the V30 Celestions' won't let you do....Anyway, have fun experimenting..... 8)

 

[Barry]

How about the Stiletto 2X12 cab ? Its pretty small

 

[Johnson]

When you say vintage, I'm not sure if you mean an early marshall cab, or the 1960AV cabs...I briefly owned a marshall 1960AV cab and I was not thrilled with it at all. The construction seemed really cheap, and I felt like my orange cabinet had better construction and over all sound. I recently landed a 69' marshall cabinet (it came with vintage 30's, not prerola's) and I was really impressed by the cabinet. I have heard people say that early marshall cabs were constructed better and sound better ect...but I had a lot of skepticism...However, I can say that the construction on the 69' cab is sooo much better than the construction and sound of the newer marshall cabinets (i've owned a jcm9001960a, 1960b, jcm8001960a, and a 1960AV). The 69 cab is really resonant and full, much like my orange cab. Now I just need to track down some preRola's and a Stiletto Deuce!

 

[owen!]

I'm looking at the marshall with the tweed cover, I think its th AV one. But really I just want a better cab because every cab that I've played through sounds better than the celestion that I have now.
Maybe I'll look into orange cabs, I've heard good things about them. Except that they're real heavy. I guess that's why they sound good.
Thanks everybody!