Jon Bloomer at GuitarNoize.com Demos a Governor and Man o War

What the Pros are Saying

Here’s another great demo from our good friend Jon Bloomer at Guitar Noize. In this demo, Jon uses one of our most popular combinations of 12″ speakers, the Governor and the Man O War, both from our British-voiced Red Coat Series of guitar speakers.

“The frequency response of each of these speakers are slightly different, The Governor has a great classic speaker response with a nice full and even tone whereas the Man O War is more pronounced around the 1kHz range and you can hear that in the Overdriven guitar parts in my demo in particular. The Man O War also seems a little tighter and is well suited to heavier Rock and Metal. When you blend these speakers together you get the best of both worlds resulting in a detailed punchy tone great for any genre you throw at them. I tried to show this in my demo video by layering clean, crunchy and high gain overdriven guitars on top of a Jamtrackcentral.com backing track. For each part I placed a single Audix i5 Dynamic Mic on the edge of the dust cap a couple of inches off the grill cloth. I used my Suhr Modern and Ceriatone Chupacabra 50 amp in 60′s mode for the clean rhythm guitars and added the Suhr Shiba Drive for the clean solos. For all other guitar parts I used the 80′s mode and added the Shiba Drive for the Overdriven lead guitars.”- Jon Bloomer | GuitarNoize.com

Check out more of Jon’s great posts at GuitarNoize.com

Continue reading

Sealed vs. Ported Enclosures

Tech Talk With Big Tony

Tech Talk With Big Tony

Are sealed or ported enclosures better for bass guitar? What are the differences between them? In this article, I will compare the two most common types of bass guitar enclosures and try to highlight the benefits and shortcomings of each. It took me a while to decide what details to cover, and I soon realized it might require a book to cover the concepts of cabinet design. It would take a couple of articles this size just to introduce the terminology. For the DIY guys and players interested in obtaining more knowledge, there is a wealth of information available online to learn more about cabinet design. There is also plenty of software available online to help you with calculations. Whether you find information about car audio, home hi-fi, pro audio or bass guitar, the principles are basically the same. This article will be used for the details I feel will help bass players the most.

Continue reading

Speaker Noise

Eminence Adds Three Advanced High-Power Loudspeakers to the Professional Series.

Eminence is proud to introduce three advanced high-power additions to the Professional Series: the Impero 12A, 15A, and 18A. Italian for “empire”, Impero sets the tone for this elite offering of high quality, hand-built loudspeakers.
More »

Eminence and Eric Johnson Team Up to Deliver 50 Watts of Pure Vintage Tone.

Eminence knows a thing or two about vintage tone, having made guitar speakers for the biggest amplifier brands in the industry since the late 60’s. But one guitarist is known the world over for defining vintage tone. Working with Eric and George Alessandro, Eminence has designed the first speaker worthy of Eric’s name.
More »

Eminence Speaker LLC Offers the Ultimate Loudspeaker Protection to Pro Audio and MI Markets

Eminence Speaker LLC proudly announces an exclusive license agreement with Evenstar, a wholly owned D-fendsubsidiary of SLS Audio, to use and sub-license their revolutionary new D-fend™ technology within the Professional Audio and Musical Instrument markets.
More »

Eminence Speaker LLC Gives Pedal Steel Players Something to Cheer About.

Now available in the Patriot™ Series of guitar speakers, the EPS-15C is a 4 ohm, cast-aluminum frame guitar driver featuring a lightweight neodymium magnet. EPS-15CWeighing in at less than 8 lbs., the EPS-15C delivers the highly sought after classic pedal steel tones at a fraction of the weight of most suitable drivers on the market. The addition of an aluminum dust cap lends chimey, extended highs that have come to define the classic pedal steel sound.
More »