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After 8 months of searching.. I finally picked up a new amp off ebay; a 5150 II head. Now.... I need a cab for it. What would you guys suggest? I was thinking an Avatar 2x12.. but I'm really not familiar with the properties of different speakers and such. I've also heard that 4x12's tend to sound better. Also, I don't wanna go TOO expensive here... like no more than 350-400 TOPS. I know that's not much..

Seriously, nothing sounds better than a 5150 cab with the 5150 heads.

if you're doing the scooped mid thing

eminence swamp thangs or legend 125's, seriously, IMO you will NOT find a better scooped mid sound

Peavey Triple X 412 quad as a bass set up and change speakers to suit, the good Ol' Celestion Greenback's are a retro dream but always check EVERYTHING as the most/more obscure something is might just be YOUR tone.
My rig is bizarre to the max but I get great tone; solid state amp circa 1980, Parts-O-Caster loaded with the same vintage SD's and Old Boss stomp boxes with a few select upgrades. Then again Tony Joe White gets his quot;tonequot; through a '65 Sunburst Strat neck PU and his technique, what you play is what you get.

I prefer Marshall cabs with 5150's, or a Mesa 4x12 Traditional size.

IMO the Peavey 5150 Enclosures complement the nuances of the head better than any other cabinet, especially the low end (particularly important for heavy users of the quot;resonancequot; control)

The 5150 cabs are, imo, some of the best cabs for metal out there. That's why you always see people using them with XXXs too.

you should be able to find a 5150 cab on ebay for around that price if you're patient!?

I used to work for a dealer and I AB'd a 5150 cab with a Classic 412. Classic winds hands down. It gave the amp a more aggressive tone and snarl that was just amazing to my ears. It also trimmed off some of the annoying chrilly (is that a word?) top of the 5150II.

by quot;classicquot;, do you mean a peavey classic cab?

I have an early original 5150 head and cab..... Love the balls of the 5150 cab!!!!! Saddly it is a bit too big for me at most gigs so i have been using that 5150 head thru a little 1x12 Marshall cab... model 1912 i think... It is 8ohms and has 150 watt speaker in it and it takes most of what the 5150 can throw at it! It has amazing low end for a 1x12!!!! But standing in front of a full 5150 stack is so amazing....

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