Calling Thiele cab users...

[marsos52]

happy holidays to all,,

I'm needing a 1x12 cab.. always have been interested in the Thiele design.

So here is my question. these cabs are on the small size, which i like.

I always see them on the floor and not on a raised cab stand..

So any one ever tried a Thiele on a cab stand and just on the floor?

interested to know what if any changes in sound happens..

Thanks

 

[71strat]

I like them much better up in the air about 3 feet. While mine are actually tuned for JBL E120s, they are only .5 cu/ft difference in physical size.

If you think about it, the Theile ect, isnt really as small as you think it is for 1 speaker.

17.75 x 14.5 x 13.5

Thats equal to a 35.25 x 29 x 13.5 - 4 x 12 cabinet...... Bigger than a Marshall 1960A cabinet

Thats a HUGE cabinet.

My 1966 Marshall JTM45/100 TVB Replica cabinet is 29.4w x 36t, 14d

I also wouldnt run any other speaker than an EV12L through the Thiele cabinet as it can damage the speaker. I had mine made with 3 piece backs and run Celestion Creams, Rawson Sparfield Starfinders, and Red Backs in Semi Open Back. Id get all 100% Baltic Birch.

TRM Cabinets has them.

 

[marsos52]

thanks,, great info EV's are my favorite speaker ever

I was looking at the Mesa Boogie Thiele with a 90 watt speaker

 

[LCW]

I have mine on an isolation pad.

 

[Ejay]

I played 2 thieles with EVs for quite some time. Still own one...mainly for “what If “ scenarios.
Those are “hardcore” cabs...lots of noise from a small footprint, ev stay clean up untill the point where eardrums bleed, and their build will probably have them be the last thing on earth next to cockroaches after Armageddon

But...they are very directional, which is nice when you need a lot of volume in one spot, but playing clubs or stages where you want to create a good overall sound from the backline....I don’t think they work well for that. Also they are bassy.
I keep mine for the scenario of open air gigs on large stages with crazy volume..as an “add on” to an open back combo.

 

[Coli]

I sometimes take 2 and stack them/ one on top is wired up and one on bottom is backup / Thiele stand
Looks good , and sometimes I go through both
It is my onstage monitor; I use a Gold Brick to go to mixer
Very flexible

 

[TP Parter]

thanks,, great info EV's are my favorite speaker ever

I was looking at the Mesa Boogie Thiele with a 90 watt speaker

I recommend looking used for an older one with the EVM12L. It's worth the trouble.

 

[ChuitoPR]

I got a Mesa Thiele 1X12 with EV200w and Mesa Mini Recto 2X12 with V30s. I love that combination with my Helix and SeymourDuncan PS700.

 

[foxyguitars]

I know 3 players in my close vicinity that play 1 or 2 EVM12L Thiele cabs. All of them put it on a table or on a stand, or when gigging on a flight case. One of them has the 3 piece back of which he removed 2 pieces (only kept the upper one with the cable connection), it gives a nice spread on stage.
I sold my Thiele long ago, and I regret, the best 112 ever.

2cts story from a Boomer here/...:

I owned 2x Thiele Mesa 1x12 for years
but they always sound woofy and sterile at the same time ( with EVM12L) .....

until I went full 4x12 ( and still do ),

But UPDATE:
now I finally got a Kerry Wright 1x12 cab with the OVal Back... O M G
this is a 4x12 sound with a tad more Midrange.

for 1x12: Thiele is cool, Kerry Wright with the Oval back is.... Dream

 

[stratzrus]

thanks,, great info EV's are my favorite speaker ever. I was looking at the Mesa Boogie Thiele with a 90 watt speaker

I recommend looking used for an older one with the EVM12L. It's worth the trouble.

My Mesa Boogie Thiele came with the 90 watt but I replaced it with an EVM 12L and liked it much better.

For a while it was part of my bedroom rig with a Mesa Subway Rocket Reverb and a Rivera Sub 1. As nutty as it was, for a while I took that rig with me to basement jams in West Philadelphia (think Will Smith) that went until 4 in the morning. It was actually a great rig for those sessions.

 

[GAT]

I used to gig with two of them with EVMs through a Mesa Quad Preamp and power amp. I liked them, but on stage they were hard to hear and they get much louder in the audience. They were hard to control without pummeling the audience. If I were to use one now, I would stick a Clearsonic in front of it.

 

[peter_heijnen]

I sold my Thiele design Bluguitar Fatcab after i got this baby: https://barefacedaudio.com/products/reformer-112?variant=23404540919866

It actually isn't even a fair comparison between both cabs. The Reformer 112 is smaller, lighter, louder, fatter, more brilliant, opener, spreads better, and is a bit more expensive.

Reformer is a very appropriate name for the cab, it's like from a different world.