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I missed the Black Friday-Cyber Monday sale at Next Gen by a couple of days. But I ordered the speaker I was after anyway.
It took until today to arrive from Nepean. Usually 2 days or less. Exactly a week for Canada Post to deliver.
The WGS G8C or the Jupiter were what I was after. The Jupiter was going to cost $100 or so to get to Canada, maybe more. WGS makes the Jupiters, so maybe G8C is close enough. It was the last speaker that Next Gen had in 4 ohm, and I have been waiting long enough. Ordered.
So I installed it about an hour ago and had at it with the MIM Gilmour Stratocaster I made and the newly acquired Eric Clapton. It went into my modded 1974 Bronco.
Not even broken in, I like it immensely, and immediately better. Clean, bright, jangly, percussive, and the bass that was missing is now there. I compared it to my 1968 drip edge Vibro Champ that has a smooth cone Weber Sig 8. Cleans were always outstanding with the Vibro Champ. Overdriven could be priceless or farty.
Back to the Bronco and the new speaker. The natural overdrive was very good. The mods really sounded studio quality worthy. The Clapton guitar could tastefully push things as if a very good pedal were chosen to push the tubes.
I am satisfied. I still need to work on the Clapton Strat. It still has original 2011 strings on it, and it sounded good. The speaker is worth the money, the amp is even more of a keeper now.
It took until today to arrive from Nepean. Usually 2 days or less. Exactly a week for Canada Post to deliver.
The WGS G8C or the Jupiter were what I was after. The Jupiter was going to cost $100 or so to get to Canada, maybe more. WGS makes the Jupiters, so maybe G8C is close enough. It was the last speaker that Next Gen had in 4 ohm, and I have been waiting long enough. Ordered.
So I installed it about an hour ago and had at it with the MIM Gilmour Stratocaster I made and the newly acquired Eric Clapton. It went into my modded 1974 Bronco.
Not even broken in, I like it immensely, and immediately better. Clean, bright, jangly, percussive, and the bass that was missing is now there. I compared it to my 1968 drip edge Vibro Champ that has a smooth cone Weber Sig 8. Cleans were always outstanding with the Vibro Champ. Overdriven could be priceless or farty.
Back to the Bronco and the new speaker. The natural overdrive was very good. The mods really sounded studio quality worthy. The Clapton guitar could tastefully push things as if a very good pedal were chosen to push the tubes.
I am satisfied. I still need to work on the Clapton Strat. It still has original 2011 strings on it, and it sounded good. The speaker is worth the money, the amp is even more of a keeper now.