xnatex said:
how different is the sound of a half back compared to a closed back? i have always wondered.
I love these cabs especially since they come with different speaker configs.
It's very different man, first off:
These cabs are smaller than your usual everyday cab by any manufacturer.
This makes the closed bottom tighter and more focused, no flub or standing waves present.
I've heard some guys use polyfill or insulation in their cabs to eliminate this problem, not an issue with halfbacks.
The open top makes your tone sound huge as you get big waves of frequencies coming from the front and back, awesome for clean/jazzy tones. Also great for hard rock/metal, sounds awesome.
They're great for recording as you can experiment with mic placement in front and in the back. Very cool !
If you play somewhere that has less than great monitors, you can place your cab anywhere near your drummer and he WILL be able to hear you. Bonus.
Also the construction of these cabs is SOLID, the early-mid 80's cabs used mahogany! plywood, void-free of course and later they used baltic birch, just like the modern cabs, NO MDF/particleboard crap.
They are thick, heavy and usually need two people to lift but they're worth it. Great tone and a workout.
I've A/B'ed different cabs with this one and it always wins, hands down.
I've played Metal for years along with other styles all my life and I always come back to these halfbacks. There are some really good sounding cabs out there, no doubt but these are just the BEST IMHO !