dannybuoy Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 (edited) [u][b]Head now gone, cab should be gone tomorrow![/b][/u] Time to let this big boy go. I'm no longer in a band, and if I go to jam with some friends I just take the Promethean combo which is much easier to carry! I bought the head around a year ago, and in that time just used it for two gigs and low volume bedroom practice. I believe the guy I got it from bought it new and hardly used it either, therefore it's still in very good condition and looks like new apart from a little scrape of the tolex underneath where you won't be looking anyway. Comes with a surprisingly useful home-made cover made out of a thin stiff foam and gaffer tape! The cab is a Matamp sealed 2x12 with ceramic Eminence Delta 12A drivers in matching orange colour made to the exact same width as the Orange head. No Matamp badge on the front, just a label on the back, and it has a black grille cloth. Also comes with a Roqsolid cover. Cab details: 55cm wide x 36cm deep x 70cm high For those of you that haven't caught up to metric units, that is 21.5" wide x 14.2" deep X 27.5" high. Weighs around 35kg / 77lbs! [url="http://imgur.com/ZZbzT"][/url] [url="http://imgur.com/BCrrp"][/url] Edited May 7, 2012 by dannybuoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimelliottbassist Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Quality cab!! Easy to carry. Loud as fxxx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 pm sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I curse you OBBM, I rather liked the look of that Matamp cab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Dimensions too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umcoo Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Hell of a rig, I used to run the AD200B through my Matamp 2x12 and it was just beautiful! Good luck with the sale...both these bits are pretty rare secondhand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1334251480' post='1613317'] I curse you OBBM, I rather liked the look of that Matamp cab [/quote] Too heavy for my aging frame. I'm out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Pook, 77 lbs is too much for me as well. Aaaaarrrggghhhh!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Ah come on, you can always get someone to help carry it, and a little bit of back pain never hurt anybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Man, I soooo want this, but with a recurring back injury it`s just too much for me - especially living in a first floor flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinnyMike Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 I want this so bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Lovely bit of kit!!! At the risk of being thick; how does a sealed cab differ from a standard ported one? (in terms of sound, matching to heads etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 It has 'tighter' more controlled lows, meaning it doesn't extend as deep as ported cabs, but has plenty of punch. Think more classic bass tone, like the sealed Ampeg 8x10. Still lots of energy down low where it counts in the 60Hz region! There is no tweeter so it has a nice smooth top end, which sounds GREAT with fuzz and distortion feeding it. Also, the drivers in sealed cabs are usually more consistent in their impedance rating throughout the frequency range, whereas the drivers used in ported cabs tend to have a big peak in impedance at a certain frequency. Valve amps are designed to work best with a constant impedance load, hence valve heads usually being 'happier' when hooked up to sealed cabs. Solid state and hybrid amps aren't so fussy and work well with both types of cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Pedant Alert, Pedant Alert! Technically the Matamp 212 is not a sealed (or infinite baffle) cab. A sealed cab is where the entire box is made with no removable panels, then the drivers are mounted on the front of the baffle, so the only access inside the cab is by removing the drivers and going through the hole. Matamp do this with their 410 bass cab. You will see on the 212 that the drivers are mounted on the rear of the baffle via a removable panel to the back of the cab. Although the panel is very closely fitted, and yes, the cab is not ported in anyway, so most likely behaves in a similar manner to a sealed cab. Like I said, pedant alert! I only say this as I have two of them paired with my Matamp GT200, and yes they work and sound wonderful with all the lovely valve goodness. Also, did you know that Matamp fit Celestion drivers to their 212's as standard? Eminence are fitted as a special order with an up-charge. The money you are asking for the quality of the rig means someone is going to get very good value. I can't see this hanging around for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJMacL Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Man, there is just so much great stuff about just now. Wish I could win more than £3 on the lottery. B U M P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Thanks for the info dannybuoy and billyapple - learned something today!! If only it was black..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 [quote name='Shaggy' timestamp='1334504498' post='1616921'] Thanks for the info dannybuoy and billyapple - learned something today!! If only it was black..... [/quote] Shaggy, you are in luck. I've got a very special tin of black [s]emulsion[/s] tolex paint. Very rare and exclusive, only half a tin left, should cover most of this lot. Yours for 75 quid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 [quote name='billyapple' timestamp='1334508083' post='1616997'] Shaggy, you are in luck. I've got a very special tin of black [s]emulsion[/s] tolex paint. Very rare and exclusive, only half a tin left, should cover most of this lot. Yours for 75 quid. [/quote] Hmmmmm......as long as it's neodynium paint and not conventional, as the latter would push the overall weight above the 35.0000001 Kg threshold at which my spinal column would spontaneously deconstruct......... But bump for a fab rig; I had one of the original '70's 100W heads back in the early 80's - monster tone and cool as fcuk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 [quote name='billyapple' timestamp='1334484592' post='1616642']Also, did you know that Matamp fit Celestion drivers to their 212's as standard? Eminence are fitted as a special order with an up-charge. The money you are asking for the quality of the rig means someone is going to get very good value. I can't see this hanging around for long.[/quote] Hear that people, grab a bargain! I did snap up both the head and cab for a good price on BC, so just selling for the same amount I paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 Cab provisionally on hold and sold, head still up for grabs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jembullo Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1334951409' post='1624091'] Cab provisionally on hold and sold, head still up for grabs! [/quote] Cheers buddy Jem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheButler Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Thats looks like my old cab? Mines had a matamp logo on it though..? Intrigue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 It may well have been yours originally, it has changed hands a couple of times since so someone may have lost it! I'm sure Matamp would provide a new one if anybody wanted one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheButler Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Oh, and i'd happily buy it back. It made stupendous amounts of sound with my 400+. Also, it has a claim to fame; the bass player from 'The Cardigans' played through it, with a Gibson EB-2, and remarked on how good it sounded. Quite a tenuous link, but there you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayPH Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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