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Which are your favourite Kone Imprints?
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June 6, 2021 at 6:25 PM -
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oxford ....by far
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I like the Oxford too but I have used EVM12L in my Boogies for 25 years and am used to how they sound so I tend to gravitate to them with the Kone much of the time.
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Creamback sounds good to me.
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I am using the EVM12L too because Mesa profiles have become my most favorites. I even began using them for some Marshall profiles ...because I can.
Funny thing is that I never played a Mesa amp before and had no clue what speakers were in their cabs. The EVM just sounded like it belonged.
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Greenback for me. It's a good sign people choose different models though
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Creamback, Greenback, V30
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I have used EVM12L in my Boogies for 25 year
Do you know if the 'Black Shadow' cones fount on my ex boogie subway blues are actually some EVM12L ?
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Do you know if the 'Black Shadow' cones fount on my ex boogie subway blues are actually some EVM12L ?
Unlikely. The subway is a low power combo and is pretty portable. The EVM12L take 200w and weigh about the same as a baby elephant. ?
Blackshadow is Mesa's name for all their speakers but the usually have an additional part like Blackshadow C90 which is their tweaked version of the Celestion CL80. Never looked but I suspect even their V30 might have a Blackshadow label on it.
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Something I was struggling with when I got the Kone was the harshiness that some imprints have, at least to my ears, so i began to set the High Cut around 7000Hz specially on V30 and Greenback imprints. Although that kind of tone was useful for some things, it was too much compressed in general. Currently I use the Celestion G12-100 imprint which is the less harsh to my taste without any frecuency cut. And for fenderish cleans I am quite satisfied with the Jensen P12Q.
And excuse me if the following is a bit off topic: the FRFR mode. To me, it sounds as if there are a lot of hysterical chickens. Totally unuseful, to be polite. I'd rather not use the Kone to use it in FRFR mode.
But, as always when we talk about tone, it is something too much subjective to speak absolutely. You know... if it works for you...
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Creamback has a nice warmth I think.
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A mention to the G12 Blue one. Grab a nice direct AC15 or 30 profile, set the output to the Blue and you have a nice classic matched tone
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My #1 is definitely the Oxford, but then the Goodman and all Jensens can sound very good depending on the profile. Especially the Vintage Jen10" Imprints can archive some very interesting textures. On the celestion side I tend to prefer the Creamback.
Anyways, I really hope they do add more accurate Imprints at some point! There are so many more interesting Speakers than the old classics from Celestion.
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Creamback, Greenback, V30
same for me too
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I’m partial to the Celestion G12-100
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Creamback here.
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V30 and sometimes Creamback