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tradarama · 28th February 2007

I like open backed cabs for clean to Blues to some classic rock.

For example...a Dumble which is the reference point for clean to overdriven (note not distortion/gain) has open cabs (a football opening).

A Diezel or Marshall has a closed back.

I realize there are many examples that we can find where X player has a Marshall stack but this is just to paint an extreme on the continuum.

One alternative is to find a cab that allows you to remove 1/3 of the back. Not sure what's available to you there but in the states I use a small builder named Jenkins Sound Shop. That might be more for down the road when you find one.

28th February 2007	#3
tradarama Gear maniac Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 221	I like closed back for higher gain amps I like open backed cabs for clean to Blues to some classic rock. For example...a Dumble which is the reference point for clean to overdriven (note not distortion/gain) has open cabs (a football opening). A Diezel or Marshall has a closed back. I realize there are many examples that we can find where X player has a Marshall stack but this is just to paint an extreme on the continuum. One alternative is to find a cab that allows you to remove 1/3 of the back. Not sure what's available to you there but in the states I use a small builder named Jenkins Sound Shop. That might be more for down the road when you find one.