GUITAR 1x12 cab advice

[NancyJohnson]

Yeah, yeah.  Guitar stuff.

 

I'm just looking for advice on anyone that has a standalone guitar cab, 1x12 (or smaller).  It's only going to be used at home and for home recording...I have a Fender Pugilist distortion (which works great on bass as well when going direct into an interface) and a Harley Benton GPA-100.  Don't want to spend a fortune, so used is probably the way to go.  I'm not entirely certain whether an existing (bass) cabinet would be fit for purpose (I have a pair of Darkglass 1x12s).

 

It seems the better deals are for loaded cabs (and to be honest, without a bit of investigation, I wouldn't really know what to load it with).

 

Advice, please!

[tauzero]

It's worth having a look at Glenn Fricker's Spectre Sound Studios videos on Youtube. They're from a metal perspective but should still be relevant across a broad spectrum of rock guitar. He's very complimentary about the Harley Benton cabs, mainly because of the drivers that they use.

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

You won't get a good guitar tone from a bass cab, at least not if you plan to overdrive it. It's tough to beat a Celestion Greenback.

[Dan Dare]

Bill's advice is good. If money's really tight, a Celestion Vintage 30 is a decent choice (they are what is used in the Harley Benton cabs tauzero refers to above). A bit brighter and slightly less full/mature sounding than the Greenback, but a good driver.

[FugaziBomb]

Smaller cabs tend to sound "boxier" than larger ones.  When looking for a cab, try to find something more rectangular than square.  Think like a Deluxe Reverb or AC15.  I recently got a Monoprice 15 watt (would be branded as a Harley Benton in the UK) and it definitely suffers from it's small cabinet design.