Anyone bought an unloaded Harley Benton cab?

DiscoStu · April 4

I'm thinking about buying an unloaded Harley Benton cab so I can put a Neo Creamback in it.

Anyone bought one of these cabs and are they any good?

fretmeister · April 4

I’ve had loaded ones and was very pleased.

I had a 2x12 with Celestion V30.

DiscoStu · April 4

Good stuff @fretmeister ; their 112 cabinet is £85, add in a Neo Creamback and I'm just the wrong side of £200 and (I think) under 10kg.
I haven't seen anything else that sort of price.

fretmeister · April 4

Buy one with a V30 in it.

Then sell the speaker to fund the Creamback. If my maths is right, you’ll have a lower total outlay.

DiscoStu · April 4

Hmm.
The V30 cab is £145 so yeah sell the V30 and put that towards the Neo.

The bit I don't get though, they say the unloaded cab is 7.1kg but the V30 cab is 14kg? Where are they getting the extra 6.9kg from?

webrthomson · April 4

V30 is 4.7KG - I suspect their maths is wrong:

https://celestion.com/product/vintage-30/

DiscoStu · April 4

Yeah, doesn't give me confidence that the unloaded cab is actually 7.1kg...

DiscoStu · April 5

Just spoke to Thomann.
They can't explain the higher weight quoted for the V30 cab. Same for the bundle deal for the unloaded cab + cover, it says 11.3kg which puts the cover at 4.2kg! Obviously wrong but they can't tell me why.

nero1701 · April 5

I'd rather shit in my hands and clap than buy anything from Thomanns

fretmeister · April 5

nero1701 said:

I'd rather shit in my hands and clap than buy anything from Thomanns

I love comments like this.
Long on vitriol and short on information.

Definitely worth paying attention to!

Jetfire · April 5

And people who pluralise shop names i.e Thomanns, Tescos etc make me chuckle with rage.

BillDL · April 5

fretmeister said:

nero1701 said:

I'd rather shit in my hands and clap than buy anything from Thomanns

I love comments like this.
Long on vitriol and short on information.

Definitely worth paying attention to!

This thread will explain @nero1701's hesitance in buying from Thomann(s) again:

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/259111/not-a-new-amp-day-but-a-poor-experience-from-thomann

nero1701 · April 5

BillDL said:

fretmeister said:

nero1701 said:

I'd rather shit in my hands and clap than buy anything from Thomanns

I love comments like this.
Long on vitriol and short on information.

Definitely worth paying attention to!

This thread will explain @nero1701's hesitance in buying from Thomann(s) again:
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/259111/not-a-new-amp-day-but-a-poor-experience-from-thomann

Thanks @BillDL ;

JCA2550 · April 5

I have a G112 Vintage cab reloaded with a Celestion-Vox Bulldog neo 16 Ohm taking up much needed space if you're interested? it weighs 11.5kg loaded.

Fingers657 · April 5

Jetfire said:

And people who pluralise shop names i.e Thomanns, Tescos etc make me chuckle with rage.

It’s like people who call records vinyls.
They are Records/ Albums/ LPs not Vinyls.
It gives me the right hump.

Fingers657 · April 5

I’ve got two of the HB 2X 12” Vintage Celestion cabinets and both are brilliant and amazing value for money.
Well made Plywood cabinets..

DiscoStu · April 5

Fingers657 said:

I’ve got two of the HB 2X 12” Vintage Celestion cabinets and both are brilliant and amazing value for money.
Well made Plywood cabinets..

Good to know

Dave_Mc · April 5

Fingers657 said:

I’ve got two of the HB 2X 12” Vintage Celestion cabinets and both are brilliant and amazing value for money.
Well made Plywood cabinets..

Just bear in mind, there seem to be two different HB 1x12 cabs, the slightly cheaper one seems to be MDF while the dearer one (the G112Plus) seems to be ply. For only another £8 I'd be getting the ply one...

(I haven't tried the 1x12s, the HB plywood 2x12s I had were pretty good, especially for the money.)

DiscoStu · April 5

Dave_Mc said:

Fingers657 said:

I’ve got two of the HB 2X 12” Vintage Celestion cabinets and both are brilliant and amazing value for money.
Well made Plywood cabinets..

Just bear in mind, there seem to be two different HB 1x12 cabs, the slightly cheaper one seems to be MDF while the dearer one (the G112Plus) seems to be ply. For only another £8 I'd be getting the ply one...

(I haven't tried the 1x12s, the HB plywood 2x12s I had were pretty good, especially for the money.)

Yeah it's the Plus I'm looking at

BillDL · April 6

If you upgrade the handle it will be as good, if not better than, a Cornell cab but for a fraction of the price

I'm actually very surprised at the prices of the Harley Benton 18mm ply cabinets. They seem to be cheaper than Gear4Music's own brand MDF ones.

strtdv · April 6

BillDL said:

fretmeister said:

nero1701 said:

I'd rather shit in my hands and clap than buy anything from Thomanns

I love comments like this.
Long on vitriol and short on information.

Definitely worth paying attention to!

This thread will explain @nero1701's hesitance in buying from Thomann(s) again:
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/259111/not-a-new-amp-day-but-a-poor-experience-from-thomann

To be fair I've bought several things from Thomann over the years including an Engl amp and had no issues. Brexit has slowed down their deliveries but that's hardly their fault

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