cosmo
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Post by cosmo on Mar 18, 2007 22:09:29 GMT -7
Hi, guys--I've had my Ghia for a few months, using it at home, for light recording and in a lot of rehearsal halls situations. Not being a working player at the moment, I've used in on a live stage only twice.
A few weeks ago at a small-to-medium club jam I played it through my 1x12 Alnico Blue cab, volume at 12 noon, and it was just perfect tone and volume wise. The other guitar player was using an old Gibson Lab 7. Today I took the Ghia to a larger club jam where the stage amps are silver face Super Reverbs (which I usually play at 5-7 volume). This time I had my Fargen open back 1x12 with Eminence Redcoat Private Jack.
Anyway, the Ghia sounded great as usual, but did not cut it at that stage volume. I'm wondering if the Blue would have been significantly louder vs, the redcoat. And if so, then would a larger cab like the Z-Best give me an additional increment of volume?
Any advice or thoughts would be appreciated--thanks!
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Post by billyguitar on Mar 19, 2007 10:19:08 GMT -7
18 watts thru one speaker will always be outgunned compared to 40 watts thru four speakers.
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Post by steveinnashville on Mar 19, 2007 21:40:07 GMT -7
I use a 30 watt Weber speaker and my Ghia at 1:30 or so kept up great with a silverface super reverb at 6 onstage just great. The blue is a lower wattage speaker, which will sound great breaking up, but isn't going to maximize your overall volume.
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Post by cosmo on Mar 20, 2007 21:26:42 GMT -7
Hmmm--I think I'll give this another shot. I'm gonna try it with the Blue, and it was behind a baffle on the floor, so I'll it up on top of another amp this time. Will report back if any differences.
Thanks for the input, guys. Mucho appreciado!
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Post by gforce on Mar 27, 2007 17:28:13 GMT -7
I don't know about a head-to-head volume wise, but I have a 2-3 year old Ghia with an eminence Red Fang (alnico). It is pretty loud and sounds much better than I play! That Red Coat rules!
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Post by T-R☼CK ♫ on Mar 28, 2007 6:08:40 GMT -7
I jammed with some buds this past w/e....The other guitar player was using a JCM 800 thru a 4x12...... My Ghia thru a CS Vibro-King 2x12 (English V30's) and nothing but a Keeley modded early 80's RAT absolutely SMOKED him.... All night long, he kept asking me, "How many watts did you say that thing has??".... ;D 2 knobs.....GOTTA love THAT man..... T rock..
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