I've currently got a the Power Station v2 that runs into a Port City 2x12 Vertical OS with Celestion Greenbacks. It's basically a mini 4x12 with current Chinese Celestions. It sounds fabulous but very much the Marshall + Greenback rock sound. Not a bad one sound to have! It's certainly my favorite. It's just that it's too much for other genres. The other thing is this is a 3 piece set up...unpowered head, amp head box w/ power station and conditioner, and the 2x12. Definitely not grab and go.
I'm thinking of one of the following:
- Just find a more versatile guitar speaker. Not an FRFR or modeling...just a guitar speaker that's more adaptable or maybe a combo of two different speakers
- Buy an oversized 1x12, partial open back with an Alnico, H30, or something for more indie/roots type sounds
- Buy a couple of Kemper Kones to put in the existing cab
- Buy a couple of Powered Kemper Kabs - if it's close enough on the imprints. That'd give me a grab and go plus something to cover a larger sound spectrum when needed
In reading up on some threads, I've seen mixed reviews of the Kones vs their real counterparts, but it also seems like some of that might have been user error in setup/config. I'd appreciate some up to date thoughts from those who have bounced between some of these options
USE CASE: Mostly playing for my enjoyment at home and looking to get back into jamming/rehearsals and some limited gigging. I gigged part time up to 2019 and COVID has obviously tamped that down. When I gigged, I almost always used a CLR as a wedge pointed back to me because we ran our own sound and everyone was pretty much direct to the board.