Subzero G110 Unloaded speaker cab and HH Invader 10

 Before we head straight to the speaker cabinet, let me tell you a back story of why I ended up building this guitar speaker cabinet. 

So I have a Vox MV50AC mini amp head and it's obviously paired with the Vox BC108. It's a good mini amp combination. Does the job but the trouble was, it's too small to compete with a loud drummer. Now I bought a DIY speaker cabinet with 10 inch speaker and it's from a Laney HCM30R. The problem with this one is that the cabinet is too small. Almost just the size of the the speaker and no room for air movement. It's very good for myself as a commuting musician because it's super lightweight and portable. But again, the sound seems a bit thin when the whole band is playing and with our recent three gigs, there's always someone commenting to turn my guitar up.

So here we are now. I found a proper speaker cab for a 10 inch speaker. It's being sold on eBay as an unloaded speaker cab and it's from Gear4Music. The Subzero G110.  Looks brand new. Sold cheaper but obviously without the speaker, which is generic or one from Gear4Music. Then, I found on eBay as well a selling who's got the HH Invader 10 that he took out from his Laney LC15 amp. Selling it super cheap as well. So I said to myself this is the perfect combination. Just under £80 for the cab and speaker plus postage. Hence I bought it and assembled. 

I've already gigged with this setup and the sound is amazing. I will say though that it still needs a little bit more to compete with a very loud drummer. Coz on our soundcheck, I thought I was already loud with the volume on 12 o'clock and gain 9 o'clock on my Vox MV50AC but they were saying I need to push it some more coz my guitar is still not that loud from afar. So I pushed it around 1 o'clock and Im afraid that the speaker cab might not handle it if I push it some more. But Im also plugged in the mixer through the Vox MV50AC line out that's why I don't want to push it full volume. Although I did it before when we gigged in a small venue and I was using the 8 inch speaker cab which was the Vox BC108. On our last song, I put the volume full blast. It didn't explode. 

Right, so tone-wise it's really good it's a perfect tone match for the Vox MV50AC most especially if I use a single coil pickup like strat type guitar. The cab is not that super heavy but it's also got a bit of weight. When it was empty the seller said it's 8.9kg but when I put the HH Invader speaker probably it went to 10kg. It's portable for some people and for me as well but not ideal if you're a commuting musician. It's a bit bulky as well. Not massive but i think it's more of the depth/thickness of the cabinet. 

Will have more gigs with this speaker cabinet so will keep you posted. But, if you've had experience with either the Subzero G110 speaker cab or the actual speaker that I put which is the HH Invader 10, please let me know in the comment section what your thoughts are. 

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