Seismic Audio - 2x12 GUITAR SPEAKER CAB EMPTY - 7 Ply Birch - 212 Speakerless Cabinet NEW 12" Tolex - Black Tolex - Wheat Cloth Grill - Front or Rear Loading Options

I purchased this empty CAB as I wanted to build out my own with the speakers I wanted to put in it. Sure, I could have gutted my other cabs and replaced those speakers, but I love my other cabs the way they are, and I am not interested in gutting a higher end cab just to do some "speaker play" with various speaker type blending, so this was PERFECT!I decided on Swamp Thang and DV-77 for my needs and tests, so when this CAB arrived I was ready to rock and roll (pun intended).I opened this box, and it was perfectly packed. Corners protected, surfaces protected / foamed, and all was right with the world. It survived shipping without any damage or even a slight scuff anywhere to be seen, so the packaging was top notch.After initial inspection, I lined up the speakers with the screw holes, and this is where I deducted a single star. The holes were not lined up properly for a standard speaker mount... this has been noted in other reviews as well, and I can vouch for the same... HOWEVER, this is not a huge deal as I just used standard wood screws to secure the areas where the holes did not line up properly... problem solved without any real issue... so get some decent wood screws that are and inch or so long, and you will be just fine... the other holes line up with a majority of the speaker, so I used the included screws for all that and it worked beautifully.Once loaded up, and configured for my first test @ 4ohm for the speakers I chose, I connected several of my amps.... Most of your tone will come from your speakers, there is no denying this fact, and it's been scientifically proven over and over again... part of that equation is your CAB and it's materials, size, baffle, etc... let me tell you.... are you paying attention?!?!?!? THIS CAB SOUND PHENOMENAL!!!!!! Could this be a combination of the speakers I chose and my other gear? maybe..... BUT.... I decided to test to see if it was just a coincidence with what I had chosen... so I took my Vintage 30's out of one of my older Marshal cabs, and WOW was I amazed at how they sounded in this Seismic Audio cab over the Marshall cab they came from!The V30's sounded killer in the Marshall cab, but in this new Seismic Audio 2x12 cab they sounded even "heavier" with some more low end, and a growl that just turns my metal / hard rock love meter ALL THE WAY TO 11!TL;DR: This is a great CAB at a great price. It's solid, constructed really well, and the only thing I would modify is the mounting pattern for the speakers as they aren't perfectly lined up with modern speaker layouts in mind, but that is easily fixed. You can't go wrong with this guy, I can promise you that.

I bought two of the Luke 2x12s and I am really impressed by the quality. These look great and far exceeded my expectations. I must admit, for the price, I wasn't expecting too much, but was immediately pleased upon opening these up. Great plywood and grill, plus really fast shipping! I have been playing for years and find that you can really put together a nicer cabinet for less when you buy a US made cabinet such as this one and load it w/ some nice celestions. Most of the name brand cabinets (with a few exceptions) and pumping out particle board junk that is worse than ikea furniture. Not the case here. For the money you are not going to do better. These are well braced and mine had no gaps or imperfections. For what these cost, you aren't going to get dovetailed joints, c'mon! I put this on par with my 4 lopoline cabinets,& many of the avatar, and seismic is a fraction of the cost! Emperor cabs are really nice but offensively expensive. . . Great value and nice product for the money with the Seismic Luke series. Buy it in orange with wheat grill, or black with wheat grill- cool looking!

The build construction itself is decent. That being said it isn't great. the screws for the corner caps are screwed in at an angle so they don't seat and stick out, the screw inserts don't match standard 12" speaker patterns so you can only use 2 of them, the screws they send you are twice as long as they should be so you either need spacers or to go buy new machine screws.The screws are also angle capped instead of flat so they don't seat on your speakers cleanly.The way it is wired makes little sense. there are 2x 1/4 plugs to suggest the ability to run each speaker from a different amp or in stereo mode (which would still be a weird way of doing it) but it has a jumper between the 2 different connections also which would make it wired in parallel cutting your impedance in half. I rewired mine which wasn't a big deal just be aware.

Surprisingly well built for the most part. The only ding I'll give it is that the screws for the feet and corners are too short. One of the feet fell off almost immediately. That's okay though - I installed heavy duty locking casters. Loading speakers was easy. I put in a Fat Jimmy ceramic and a Fat Jimmy alnico. Sounds great, but be aware that this is a closed back cabinet and the sound projects more directional than an open back. Most of the cabinets I shopped cost 3 or 4 times as much, and I really don't see what that would have gotten me besides a different brand logo.

Originally bought this cabinet as an extension for my rig to run along with a Freyette 412 (only guitarist) and loaded it with WGS Veteran 30's . The result was a tight, focused, articulate sound with every note coming through and no " flubby" low end saturation. Build quality is superb save for the "t" nuts which take an M4 bolt, they should be chased from the inside first before trying to install from the front as there is burrs on some of the leading threads and can gall quickly. The aesthetics are awesome and the size is really surprising as it is much larger than most 212 cabs. I plan to buy another one and load it with 2 of the P50E's from the freyette, standing them on end at either side of the stage like a giant stereo system ....