Greenbacks = <3

[chrisolson]

No pics, cuz a Marshall's a Marshall (I know - ), but I picked up a Marshall 1960BX cab today.

I traded my Orange and Avatar cabs in on it. I cannot begin to convey just how AWESOME Greenbacks are!! They made my amps totally wake up! It's almost the difference between going from Line 6 to realz tooobz maps! The amps I run through it (Mesa Mk IV, Splawn Competition, Metro Plexi w/Freidman BE/Sat/C45) sound NOTICEABLY better now. They are brighter, have much more musical mids, and the crunch is crunchier. This cab is 80's sound all the way - like Ratt 80's sound. I couldn't be happier...except that it has standard Marshall black grillcloth - I wish it had the checkered, but no biggie...it sounds AMAZING!

Greenbacks rule!!

I'd love to stick them in my Shiva combo, but I'm thinking it might be a bad idea to put a 25 watt speaker in an 80 watt amp. I'll probably replace the Classic 80 in it with a V30 or something like that - something to brighten it up just a bit. The CL80 is a pretty boring speaker - not much "character to it". Too bad there isn't a 60-watt Greenback!

[straycat]

Have a Marshall 900 cab in my sights 75 watters in it AFAIK, hope we seal the deal here in a few days.
Green backs are nice aren't they?

[chrisolson]

Sweetest speaker I've ever heard, Rich! Good luck on the 900 - there are a pile of them on craigslist locally right now. There's also another 1960BX cab with the cloth I want, but I was able to do pretty well thru MGR here. I'll have to let that one go.

[straycat]

If the deal goes thru $250.00 is a good price IMO.Nice to have friends in the pawn business.

[Cygnus X1]

Great price.
Worth $350 if I see them, back in the day it was $400 plus.

60 watt is kind of a non-issue.
What you are hearing is those speakers being pushed into the right range for breakup.
Look for some old G12M70's and you might "be there".

[chrisolson]

This cab made the other amps sound so good that the Shiva is going away. Let the Les Paul GAS begin!!

[lhrocker]

Greenbacks are great. All my cabs have either vintage greenback/blackbacks or are combo'd with G75's. Great tones there!!!

[Chief_CrazyTalk]

I agree, I've owned a few pretty good 800/75W cabs and I do like the 75s...but the AX and BX cabs are by far my favorite. Absolutely classic sound. I owned an old 72 metal handle cab which was awesome, but ended up losing it in hard times. I always wanted another so when I found a mint 1960AX for about $450 I jumped on it. Sounds awesome with my 4210. So much so that I hunted down a BX cab as well. Great, great sound.

[Wizard of Ozz]

I totally agree with and endorse this post.

Greenbacks for the M-Fin-Win for '80s high gain rock or metal tones. Much clearer, brighter, and crunchier than V30s or GT75s.

[Shawn Lutz]

cab construction also may have a lot to do with it too. For Marshall amps I actually prefer the 75's (JCM800 1960A). Greenbacks are sweet speakers though.