Just bought an ADA MP-1. What cabs?

[thetroy]

Well I recently got a rackmount poweramp (Carvin T100) and have been just using my Korg PX4 as the preamp for it and the cab of my Astroverb 1x12. I just won a real preamp on ebay for $144 shipped so I'm excited to try that out.

My question is this: What kind of cab setup would you recommend? Ideally I'd like to run in stereo but I don't want to be carrying around a pair of 4x12's. Would a pair of 1x12's work or do you guys think it would be worth it to move up to 2x12's?

[markD]

Re: Just bought an ADA MP-1. What cabs?

i use a pair of 1x12s with my stereo amp and i am MORE than satisfied with the sound. when i use to use a rack system i used teo theile-aligned 1x12 cabs and the sound was MASSIVE!!!

[neilli]

Re: Just bought an ADA MP-1. What cabs?

I use my MP1 driven rack through 2 Marshall 'compact' 4x12s and they sound great! Might be worth considering as you're already talking about 2x12s....

[Robotechnology]

Re: Just bought an ADA MP-1. What cabs?

There's a set of used VHT 1X12's on ebay now. Otherwise I would get 2 Avatar 2X12's if I was going new.

[Newc]

Re: Just bought an ADA MP-1. What cabs?

Depends on the size of venue you'll be playing (if any). For home use, 2 1x12's should get plenty of volume, and if you'll be playing out in smaller bars/clubs, it'd be the same as running a 2x12 volume-wise.

If you're playing out a lot and in medium-sized places, I'd go with 2 2x12s.

Congrats and welcome to the MP-1 club [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]

You might also want to look into some sort of external EQ (graphic or parametric) to do some tone shaping, as the MP-1 doesn't really have that much variety (to me, anyway [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] )

And if you want some patch settings, I'll be happy to share mine [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]

[thetroy]

Re: Just bought an ADA MP-1. What cabs?

Great. I'll look into patch settings sometime after it gets here. Isn't there a big ADA site somewhere too?

[Rupe]

Re: Just bought an ADA MP-1. What cabs?

2 1x12's will work fine if you are miking up but you will want to move more air than that if not. I use my ADA with 2 4x12's if I'm not mic'd up and a stereo 4x12 if I am. ADA vertical 2x12's are typically cheap and work well if you can find them.
Add a BBE to your ADA and I'll bet you'll like it even more.

[Newc]

Re: Just bought an ADA MP-1. What cabs?

www.ultimatetone.com

[Dreamland_Rebel]

Re: Just bought an ADA MP-1. What cabs?

you'd even be fine with 1 stereo 2x12.

[IrfaanSE801]

Re: Just bought an ADA MP-1. What cabs?

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you'd even be fine with 1 stereo 2x12.

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+1 I'm running my Randall 2x12 like that with my RG150 head and it's plenty loud and sounds freakin awsome

[charvelguy]

Re: Just bought an ADA MP-1. What cabs?

I use a 4x10 or the ADA 2x12 split stack.

[neilli]

Re: Just bought an ADA MP-1. What cabs?

Try www.adadepot.com

[Twisteramps]

Re: Just bought an ADA MP-1. What cabs?

I liked running my vetta in stereo through a Marshall 1960 cab. Not quite the spread of two cabs, but still sounded very full. Look for one used in your area, around $400ish I'd bet in good shape.

Or get two ADA 2x12 split stacks. I have one, it's a great cab and very small. Cheap too!

Pete

[Outlander]

Re: Just bought an ADA MP-1. What cabs?

Genz-Benz 2x12 G-flex...mono or stereo, sounds great

[toddstaples]

Re: Just bought an ADA MP-1. What cabs?

+1 on the G-Flex