Best Mesa Boogie 1x12" Rectifier Cab Alternatives

Based on 5 reviews

I absolutely love the build, feel, size, and sound of this thing. It's an oversized box for a 1x12", so it doesn't sound boxy. It's open and room-filling, the bass is tight and not flabby. Its size is perfect to fit an EVH 5150 50 W on top — and I imagine many other "mid-sized" tube amps. The speaker is aggressive, bitey, and singing and doesn't have that annoying sizzle in the high end that some popular metal speakers have. Oh yes, this is for metal. Maybe it works for bluegrass, but I wouldn't know.

Based on 2 reviews

The quality is great The sound is amazing. (Which you would expect from a celestion greenback) The size is nice. . . . I went with greenback becouse i don't like how muffled creambacks sound. Some like that bassier sound but this is for me the best blend of vintage v30 (which are relatively bright with lots of presence) and creamback (dark and muffled sound with almost no presence) Overall, i recomend the product, top quality. If there was some other brand making exact same cabs, they would go for at least double the price.

Based on 2 reviews

I decided to switch to tube amps at home and buy a lunchbox head and a 1x12 cabinet. I spent a long time choosing a speaker — watched all the YouTube videos on the topic, and decided on the Creamback M. I used to have 2x12 Greenback and 4x12 Vintage 30 cabinets. The Creamback M in my opinion is the best of both worlds — it doesn't have than annoying upper midrange on hi-gain of the Greenback which I hate, and isn't as harsh as the V30. At low apartment/bedroom volumes, it sounds good to me — full and even, quite a versatile speaker, good for both high-gain and clean tones. Choosing the cabinet on the other hand didn't take long — the price was the main attraction 😀 Unlike major brands that charge more than half the price for the box itself than the cost of the...

Based on 18 reviews

This cab was purchased to become a companion to my Orange Dark Terror. As I received the cab I was really impressed with the build quality. The cab weighs about 15 kg and is very sturdy and well put together. When I plugged this speaker in I was really disappointed and immediately wanted to go back to my old speaker. The speaker had really harsh highs and was kind of nasally in the mids (well, it has a Vintage 30 in it, it's supposed to be quite middy) and the sound character was constantly changing as I was playing. But don't let this deceive you and write the cab off as a piece of garbage. If you read online about guitar speakers (especially new ones) you'll read about something called speaker "break in". My previous cab was about 10 years old (long broken in) and I really...

Based on 299 reviews

Update 24/05/20, original review below: Due to the current situation of Covid-19, I am in one country and most of my gear is n another with not much chance of getting it anytime soon. As I needed a cab I took my own advice that buying this product is a no brainer, so now I have two of them in different countries... So scaling down from a JCM900 and 4x12 cab, because who needs that in this day and age (joke), I was looking around for a cheap, reliable setup that doesn't require a truck to move it. Doing the usual research on the ubiquitous Internet video channel, I came across various reviews of Harley Benton cabs with Celestion speakers at ridiculous prices. As the speaker itself costs only 10€ less than this unit I figured I had nothing to lose and ordered it. After a few weeks...