Can you hear the thunder?

[tayste_2000]

I'm shouting because I've just come home from playing through this beast.















So what we have here is the brand new Matamp Eighty 8x10 and matching 4x10 (Forty?) in red tolex with stainless steel grill, the 8x10 is an 8x10 and not 2 4x10's with a single piece of wood between them they have ports internally for the sound to pass between the 2x10's same in the 4x10 except the 4x10 is also rear ported and the 8x10 is sealed so the 4x10 is as loud as the 8x10 and these things just cream my Ashdown ABM 8x10 and 2 EA CXL112's. I can't imagine anything louder than this or what the hell you would use it for.

The 8x10 has a switch on the back so it can be wired in stereo or mono so I'm using the Mesa 400+ into the 4x10 at 8ohms (The cab is switchable to 2ohms so it is an all round stand alone) which is slaved into the Mesa Strategy 400 where I send the left and right to the top and bottom of the 8x10 again at 8ohms each so the transformers aren't working hard at all

This was such an amazing tone and so FREAKIN LOUD I ended up unplugging it and just using the 8x10 and 400+ but the tone was just perfect I'm finally happy with my sound and I have all the headroom I'll ever need for the bigger shows.

I should be getting a 3u drawer for the rack sometime this week which will fill it except I just need like 1 1/2u rack blanking plates to fill the bit between the 400+ and the Strategy.

So yeah wanted to share and show off so expect this in all the Rigs of Doom etc threads

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='tayste_2000' post='300043' date='Oct 5 2008, 06:52 PM']So what we have here is the brand new Matamp Eighty 8x10 and matching 4x10 (Forty?) in red tolex with stainless steel grill, the 8x10 is an 8x10 and not 2 4x10's with a single piece of wood between them they have ports internally for the sound to pass between the 2x10's same in the 4x10 except the 4x10 is also rear ported and the 8x10 is sealed so the 4x10 is as loud as the 8x10 and these things just cream my Ashdown ABM 8x10 and 2 EA CXL112's.[/quote]

That sentence is almost as big as the rig...

[Buzz]

'kin hell, that's a lot of cab and a lot of amp right there.

The cabs look nice in red tolex though.

[jmesa]

EPIC WIN

[bass_ferret]

Hope you have a roadie!

[TDM]

I bet that rig puts the 60w Ashdown guitar amp next to it to shame

[tayste_2000]

Puts the 100w Marshall on the otherside of the room in tears, the rest of the guys are trying to find the money to get themselves Matamps

[Noisyjon]

Flippin 'eck that's a backline and a half (literally!)
Good work fella and have fun disrupting the front rows' bowels

[Rayman]

Stone the crows Steve, I'm scared just looking at it. Is that [i]your[/i] rig, or borrowed?

[Mokl]

Holy cack! What a beast

[tayste_2000]

[quote name='Rayman' post='303275' date='Oct 9 2008, 07:54 PM']Stone the crows Steve, I'm scared just looking at it. Is that [i]your[/i] rig, or borrowed?[/quote]
That's my rig, come to the fx jam on Saturday and you'll hear it

[lee4]

Yellow Pages,C for chiropracter,O for osteopath or F for fork-lift truck.
Anytime soon,methinks.

[lee4]

Oh yes,turn it down please.The county of Surrey is trying to get some sleep!