Dr Bonkers Guitar Cab-Oddities™ Volume 17: AHA 2X12 Guitar Cabinet IR Collection

Description

Zak Rahman demos in metal, rock, and jazz styles of the 1989 ADA® T2-12C Slant Face Split Stack™ 2X12 Guitar Cab with Celestion® G12S-50™ 12 inch guitar speaker impulse response (IR) files in action:

Great demo courtesy of Leon Todd:

All tabbed information is for both WAV and Fractal format Cab IR Packs unless otherwise noted.

WAV version is available for immediate purchase.. Fractal version is available for immediate purchase. Combo version is available for immediate purchase.

Please click above to hear sound samples or on the arrows or tabs to  see more information.

Use of ADA®, T2-12C Slant Face Split Stack™, Celestion®, G12S-50™ are owned by their respective corporate entities and mentioned on this site under the terms of fair use. Use of Fractal Audio Systems®, AX-8™, Axe-FXII™, Cab Lab3™, and Ultra-Res™ are owned by Fractal Audio Systems® and mentioned on this site under the terms of fair use. Any band names or artists mentioned in a purely historical & educational context are owned by their respective corporate entities and mentioned on this site under the terms of fair use. All such mentions do not connote any endorsement, approval, or use of Dr Bonkers Soundlab LLC® products. The trade name of HypeReal™ in the context of Cabinet Impulse Response Packs as well as the actual files for sale on this website are the intellectual property of Dr Bonkers Soundlab LLC® and may only be used under the terms of the EULA.

Additional information

Impulse Response (IR) File Inspired Cabinet Info (Click Here)

Inspired Model Recorded as Impulse Response (IR) Files: vintage 1989 ADA® T2-12C Slant Face Split Stack™ 2×12 100w guitar cabinet.

Speakers Loaded in Model Captured: original 1989 vintage 16 Ohm 50 watt Celestion® G12S-50™ speakers made in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

Use of ADA®, T2-12C Slant Face Split Stack™, Celestion®, G12S-50™ are owned by their respective corporate entities and mentioned on this site under the terms of fair use. Use of Fractal Audio Systems®, AX-8™, Axe-FXII™, Cab Lab3™, and Ultra-Res™ are owned by Fractal Audio Systems® and mentioned on this site under the terms of fair use. Any band names or artists mentioned in a purely historical & educational context are owned by their respective corporate entities and mentioned on this site under the terms of fair use. All such mentions do not connote any endorsement, approval, or use of Dr Bonkers Soundlab LLC® products. The trade name of HypeReal™ in the context of Cabinet Impulse Response Packs as well as the actual files for sale on this website are the intellectual property of Dr Bonkers Soundlab LLC® and may only be used under the terms of the EULA.

Microphones Used (Click Here)

Microphones Used in This Cab Impulse Response (IR) Cab Pack:

AKG C414 XLS II

AKG 451 EB

AKG D-12vr (used in passive mode)

Audio Technica AT4033

Audix D6s

Beyerdynamic M-160

Blue Electronics “The Ball” (used in “active mode”)

David Bock Audio – Soundelux U97

Crown PZM-6D

Electro-Voice RE-10

Electro-Voice RE-20

Sennheiser MD 421 II

Sennheiser MD 441

Shure SM57

Shure SM81

Past Brand Cabinet Users (Click Here)

Here are some famous players who have historically used this brand & type of cabinet in the past as reference and educational purposes for your tone quest or inspiration:

Kirk Hammett – Metallica

Paul Gilbert – Mr. Big, Racer X

Vernon Reid – Living Colour

Nuno Bettencourt – Extreme

Alex Skolnick – Testament

Jason Becker – Cacophony

Marty Friedman – Cacophony

Vito Bratta – White Lion

Bruce Bouillet – Racer X

Frank Hannon – Tesla

Steve Bertek – Oingo Boingo

Bill Connors – jazz guitarist for ECM and Pathfinder labels

Dave Mason – post Traffic solo career

Wayne Johnson – electric blues guitarist

Atomik Tommy McClendon – UFO

Jamie Glaser – Jean Luc Ponty, session guitarist – Sienfeld theme song

Yan Yanenkov – Gorky Park

Any band names or artists mentioned in a purely historical & educational context are owned by their respective corporate entities and mentioned on this site under the terms of fair use. All such mentions do not connote any endorsement, approval, or use of Dr Bonkers Soundlab LLC® products. The trade name of HypeReal™ in the context of Cabinet Impulse Response Packs as well as the actual files for sale on this website are the intellectual property of Dr Bonkers Soundlab LLC® and may only be used under the terms of the EULA.

Original 1989 Vintage 16 Ohm 50 watt Celestion® G12S-50™ speakers (Click Here)

Photographic recording of the top and bottom speakers in this cabinet captured as impulse response (IR) files:

Historical Info (Click Here)

In the late 1970’s, Dave Tasrnowski developed a Phaser and other effects pedals on the west coast of the United States under the company name ADA®. When other major pedal makers started to severely eat into his market share in the early 1980’s, Larry shifted gears with his company and started to produce rack mounted effects, preamps, and power amps. By the mid 1980s, his product line also featured a radical new design of cab for the era, the 2×12 Slant Face Split-Stack™. What made the Slant Face Split-Stack™ so special was the fact that each weighed approximately 45 pounds, so it made transporting two cabs less back breaking than lugging around a heavy and bulky 1960A™ cab for example. Eventually the cabs became ubiquitous  in the fusion shred metal and thrash metal communities.

While initially the guitar amps and cabs product line was a great success, the line was discontinued by the mid 1990s when many popular guitar styles fled solid state amplification for a majority of genres and embraced tube or hybrid ss/tube technology en masse.

This cab really plays well with both solid state and tube amp models in a very different way than the ubiquitous V30 speakers you see loaded in a majority of 2X12 cabs today. The speakers were engineered specifically for rack pre-amp and power amp rigs of the mid 1980s and early 1990s. When they went the way of the dinosaur, so did this cab and these speakers.

Wav & Combo Pack File Compatibility Info (Click Here)

Please check the documentation of your Yamaha® THR-100™, Kemper® KPA™ (Kemper Profiler Amp), Line 6® Helix™, Boss® GT-1000™, Two Notes® Torpedo™, Atomic Amps® Amplifire™, NuX® Cerberus™, AMT® Pangaea CP-100™, Positive Grid® Bias™, or other hardware or software based Impulse Response (IR) loader to see which WAV file format is correct to use.

For more instructions, click here.

All company trademarks for Fractal Audio Systems®, Yamaha®, Line6®, Kemper®, Boss®, Two Notes®, AMT®, NuX®, Positive Grid®, Atomic Amps®, Digitech®  are owned by their respective corporate entities and mentioned under fair use.