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Avatar G412 Slant Cabinet

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Price New Avatar G412 Slant Cabinet @ Musician's Friend
Manufacturer URL http://www.avatarspeakers.com/
Features 9.1 (29 responses)
Sound Quality 9.1 (30 responses)
Reliability 9.5 (29 responses)
Customer Support 9.7 (28 responses)
Overall Rating 9.3 (29 responses)
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Product: Avatar G412 Slant Cabinet
Price Paid: US $350
Submitted 10/15/2003 at 10:04pm by Darin
Email: themeafingman at hotmail<dot>com

Features : 10
this cabinet is quality...i can say that straight up. I have had it for a day and am in love with it. Mine has the Eminence V12s in it and they arent Cele's but i honestly can barely tell the difference, umm it has two input things in the back for going from amp to cab, then cab to cab. mine has the fender style grill as well as the black tolex, it looks super tight

Sound Quality : 10
I use a Ibanez Sabre with the stock pick ups and am playing through a brand new Crate Blue Voodoo head and it sounds so awesome, this is a great cab for sure, very crisp and clean sounds...and can handle high volumes and maintaining that quality sound

Reliability : 10
I have had it for a day so i cant really say, but from what i hear and what it seems like, this amp is trully high quality for a not so high price

Customer Support : 10
These guys running the shop are pro, my dad actually drove to the warehouse to pick it up because its so close and he said these guys really knew their stuff and they said that if we needed anything, just call them up or swing by.

Overall Rating : No Opinion
This amp is just as good as any Marshall, Fender, Vox, Mesa, or Crate cab you can get, and you are paying for quality instead of a brand name. these guys are doing it right for sure, keep it up Avatar


Product: Avatar G412 Slant Cabinet
Price Paid: US $279
Submitted 08/19/2003 at 06:28am by Anonymous

Features : 10
All the features you could want for a cab 2 8ohm inputs for daisy chaining and a metal grill with black carpeting and celestion 70/80 speakers (great for metal) ..i paid 279 for this and it looks like a 1,000 cab!

Sound Quality : 10
This is quite possibly the sweetest sounding cab i have ever played on it has the most bottom end response i have heard..a wet dream for a metal head like me..

Reliability : 10
Built like a tank! went gigging with it a while ago and i accidently bumped it off the stage (i like to move around some....) luckily my head was on my other cab (avatar 4x12 straight cab) i went over to the thing expecting the worst but it didnt even scratch it!

Customer Support : 10
talked to dave himself told him what i wanted and it was at my door 3 days later.

Overall Rating : 10
if this thing was stolen i would beat the hell out of whoever took it. there is no need to go out and buy 500-600 dollar cabs just because they have a popular name slapped on them when you can get an avatar for half the price..if your looking for a total ass kicking cab look no further!


Product: Avatar G412 Slant Cabinet
Price Paid: US $279 plus 50 shipping
Submitted 08/08/2003 at 10:00pm by Justin
Email: imcoolandiminaband at yahoo<dot>com

Features : 10
412 guitar slanted cab, celestion 70/80's, 8 ohm mono, black w/ metal grille. BEST CAB EVER!!! Fits my music amazingly, I play anything from pop/punk to metal to acousticy clean stuff and it does it all, and very well. You would think this was at least a $1,000. The whole cab is cheaper than the speakers alone from musicians friend. Enough power, makes my amp loud, rh200 randall (May I SAY, AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT THIS HAS ALL THE FEATURES OF THE $500 RANDALL CAB SAME SPEAKERS BUT IS 200 CHEAPER AND SOUNDS WAY WAY BETTER) House shakes at 2, never had this happen before.

Sound Quality : 10
Best sound I've ever got, played many fenders, marshalls, crates, randalls. Avatar, is the best, they know there product and make it for you. They build you a cab, I got mine 3 days after I ordered, WOW. Perfect for a randall head. I would give this a 9,000,000 but it only goes to 10

Reliability : 10
Are you really asking this?

Customer Support : 10
You talk to the people that make this. Wow.

Overall Rating : 10
Best deal, best cab i've ever heard. If you want a half stack and dont feel like spending $800 on the cheapest one out there that sucks, get this cab for $279 and have a really good one. Wow, I've never been satisfied with any amp before, and I've finally found my partner. THANKS AVATAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Product: Avatar G412 Slant Cabinet
Price Paid: US $304.00
Submitted 06/17/2003 at 06:58pm by Anonymous

Features : 10
the amp was made this year i believe and it has 4 12 inch celestion 70/80's wich equals out to about 320 watts of handling,all in all very damned good

Sound Quality : 10
I play this witha crate blue voodoo 120 head and i think that the cab needs maybe a little bit more lower end..but it sounds great as is im just trying to find bad things to say about this lol

Reliability : 10
well i got it a few days ago so im not sure about all this but it looks like a tank so ima give it a 10

Customer Support : 10
called up dave i believe his name was told him wanted i wanted and it was at my door 2 days later..now thats service!

Overall Rating : 10
if this somehow broke down on me(wich i dont think it will)i would deffinetly buy another one. this is the best cab out there for the price!


Product: Avatar G412 Slant Cabinet
Price Paid: US $322.00
Submitted 05/12/2003 at 04:50pm by Anonymous

Features : 10
Its a 4x12 cabinet...nuff said. 2 8 ohm jacks and celestion seventy/80
12's. Rock and Roll!

Sound Quality : 10
Sounds great. Gets nice warm tones for clean and good distortion.
Suits my style of playing-metal-metal-metal.

Reliability : 10
I just got it but it looks to be built very well-solid. I will let you all know if it breaks...

Customer Support : 10
Dave is the best! Built and shipped the same day. Cheap shipping cost with the best packing ever! A real pro. Looks like a 1000.00 cabinet, how he does it for so cheap I don't know. Beautiful black tolex cabinet with perfect wheat grill. I think this will make Marshall and Fender cringe...hahaha! I will buy from him again.

Overall Rating : 10
A+, 11/10- perfect sound, appearance and customer service.
Keep em coming Dave. You get what you pay for with Avatar.


Product: Avatar G412 Slant Cabinet
Price Paid: US $225
Submitted 03/23/2003 at 12:01am by J.W. Connelly II
Email: darkenism<at>hotmail dot com

Features : 7
Made in 2002-2003?. PLywood cab. Celestion 70/80's speakers. Great Sound Tight low end for the Nu-metal I play. 320 watts?

Sound Quality : 10
I play an ESP F-100 with Duncan Humbuckers > zoom 505 pedal > A/B Box > crate gfx212 with this 412 cab on my distortion side, and a crate mx120 with an avatar 212 cab(w/V30's) on my clean side. This cab has a very tight LOW END. It gives great CLARITY to my Nu-metal tone. I play songs like deftones, tool, godsmack, etc. Clean channel is loud and clear. Distortion is Tight and Defined.

Reliability : 8
Dave at AVATAR Speakers is great. Always ready to help out. This cab is doing great so far. VERY TOUGH.

Customer Support : 10
AVATAR is always ready to help out. Emails are answered quickly.

Overall Rating : 7
Ive been playing 5-6 years. I have gone thru LOTS of gear. I'm a bit of a GEARHEAD. I love to try out the new stuff and read and learn about guitars, cabs, and amps. I AM GETTING ANOTHER ONE, Cause I love it soo much. I love the sound and affordability. The black carpet and metal mesh face screen LOOKS AWESOME. ***I WISH IT HAD A LARGER TOP SHELF AREA....most heads are too large to fit on the top and not hang over... Also these cabs are slightly Smaller than the new straight cabs and DONT MATCH UP perfectly....maybe they should make an ADAPTER BOARD with the corner protectors on it to go between them...


Product: Avatar G412 Slant Cabinet
Price Paid: US $329.00
Submitted 03/04/2003 at 07:07pm by John LaGrassa
Email: john<dot>lagrassa at verizon<dot>net

Features : 9
This cab was made in 2003, and was bought Brand new From Avatar with my personal choices for speakers. This Cab is made with 3/4" void free plywood and is covers with Black Carpet. On all corners of the cab it has plastic protectors that seem very tough and there is a metal mesh cover over the speakers.
For Speakers i got 2 Eminence Legend V12 for the bottom and 2 Celestion V30 for the Top I also got to choose the Impedance I needed wich was 8 ohm mono. To carry this cab around there are side mounted handles that are flush into the cab, Casters are optional which i got from Dave and makes the cab a lot easier to move around

Sound Quality : 10
Well any new speaker system will sound stiff at first and need to break in but after a couple of hours of playing i could already hear the speakers getting smoother. My Amp is a Mesa Single Rectifier and my guitars are PRS McCarty and a Fender Fat strat Texas Special and Both Guitars feature Bill Lawrence pups.

The amp with the new cab sounds amazing it has nice tight low end and plenty of highs and cuts through the mix with ease. I really love the fullness i get with the cab

Reliability : 10
Well I have only had this for a week but I'm sure i will have no problems with this. The Cab is well made and the covering looks like it was put on to last. I was curious about the inside of the cab so i took off the back plate and looked in side at the wiring it was nice heavy guage wire and all connections were tight.

Customer Support : 10
I've only emailed Dave a couple of times but all Emails were answered promptly and it was a breeze to order

Overall Rating : 10
I've been playing 28 years and have got a lot of gear but this was one of the best purchases i have made. I would definitley buy again from Avatar, It's a quality product at a price not many company's can match.


Product: Avatar G412 Slant Cabinet
Price Paid: US just less than 300
Submitted 02/11/2003 at 02:29pm by Tj
Email: metalmaster_1 at hotmail<dot>com

Features : 10
I got mine with eminence v12's in them. I heard that the celestions were the shit, but i wanted the eminence, and it couldnt be better. I got mine in 4 ohm stereo. Built like a fuckin tank.

Sound Quality : 10
Like i said, i got the cab with eminence v12's. I use that with a Jackson Dxmg > crybaby > Ada mp-1 pre-amp > Marshall 8008 Valvestate power amp > Avatar 4x12 cab. I play heavy metal with it, and i have to say, the eminence really do have more of a bottom end with it. my tone improved soo much when i got it. Probably the best part, was the way my clean sounded through the cab. Using stereo chorus, it was soo nice.

Reliability : 10
Built like a fucking tank. you could throw this thing off of a moving truck, and it wouldnt break. But, it is a heavy mother fucker too, about 70 pounds....and im not very big.....eh.

Customer Support : 10
This is where Dave wins the fucking gold medal. I sent emails to him, and he was there to answer my questions, and he did it fast. On the phone, he knew what i would need, and through the whole thing, he was very nice.

Overall Rating : 10
Overall, this cab kicks major ass. Ive been playing for 3 years, and i used to have a small 2x12 crate combo, and let me tell you, the tone that i have right now, kicks any crates ass. If someone were to jack it ( and they could have fun moving it ) i would definatly chase that person down and beat his ass. for the price, nothing beats Avatar.


Product: Avatar G412 Slant Cabinet
Price Paid: US $399 + $49 for shipping
Submitted 11/07/2002 at 07:00pm by M.Misko

Features : 9
I bought mine this year (2002). You can get your cab "customized" the way you want it, but I got mine in a x-setup with two V-30's and G12H30's speakers. The V-30's have a better clean higher tone and the G12H30's have a bit better basser tone to them. I did it this way to have a little bit of both worlds. I got my cab setup in 8ohm mono wiring, cause it would work best for how I'm powering it. You got the choice of having it in one of the configurations: 4 ohm mono, 8 ohm mono, 16 ohm mono, 4 ohm stereo, 8 ohm stereo and 16 ohm stereo. And if you ever need to change the wiring for some reason they have the wiring diagrams on they're site. It's also a soild back with two input jacks. The cab is made out of pile wood with metal handles on the side and has a metal screen guard on the front and it's wrapped in carpit.

I'm going to rate it a 9 on features, cause you have to rewire it to change the wiring, but yet, it's easy to do and for the cost it's well worth it not having a switch that changes it to a 16 ohms Stereo.

Sound Quality : 10
Sounds great! For now, I have my older 2x12 120-watt Crate combo powering it. I unplugged the Crates speakers and just running the amp into the cab untell I'm able to afford a nice tube amp. I'm thinking of getting a Peavey 5150 II. Any ways, so far it's great! Very nice clean, clear, bassy, heavy tone(s). I haven't had one dispointment with the sound, it seems to do whatever you want. It sounds good quite or very, eat bleeding loud.

Far as styles I play; I play a bit of everything. From Creed, Foo Fighters, Weezer, Metallica, Tool, Deftones, Zao, Linkin' Park, Hoobastank...whatever...I play anything from finger picking classical to heavy streaming stuff, but mainly stuff my band and I have written.

Reliability : 10
Seems very well made. And heavy too! It's like 80lbs. Just like anything, if you take care of it then it will last you. If you throw it out of a moving van then that may hurt it a little...like rip the carpit...hehe

Customer Support : 10
It comes with a one year warranty and 14 day return policy. If you don't like it for some odd reason, then you can send it back within the 14 days, but, of course you have to pay shipping costs. Dave seems like a awesome guy and hopefully I won't have to deal with him except of course buying more cabs from him for the rest of the band. Plus, he'll talk to you on suggestions on how you want your cab and answer any questions you have.

Overall Rating : 10
I've been playing for about 6 years. If it was stolen, then yes, I would order another one. I did compare this cab to others such as: Marshall, Johnson, Randall, Line 6. I gotta tell you, it's a very good cab for the money that gives you a very good sound that sounds as good, if not better then cabs that will cost you $300+ more. The only bad thing (besides only one wire configuration) I heard on the slant top the the top is a little too small for some heads, it's not like super small either thou...I guess I'll find that out when I get a head for it.

That's about it...if you're on a budget and looking for a good cab, then Avatar is a very good choice!


Product: Avatar G412 Slant Cabinet
Price Paid: US $219.00
Submitted 11/01/2002 at 05:26pm by J.Rosenau
Email: jtrosenau<at>appletonnet dot com

Features : 9
My cab has the Emninence speakers in it. The Legend V12's. 8 ohms mono. I wasn't a believer before but I am very impressed with the Eminence speakers and the bottom end they have. I originally ordered a G412 cabinet with Celestion Vintage 30's but the forces of nature delivered one with Eminence speakers. Dave, who answers the phone everytime I call sent me 4 Celestion Vintage 30's immediately. I put them in, plugged in, played, then took them right back out and asked Dave if I could just keep the Eminence speakers. The Vintage 30's to me are just too mid-top end sounding. Weak is how I would term it. There was no oomph. Dave agreed with my opinion and apologized for the original UPS delivery mistake. So I sent the V30's back. If you are looking for a very nice heavy and solid sound, go with the V12's. You will be very happy. The price is right too. I am not really into the bright sound of the Vintage 30's so those didn't work for me. I'd like to hear a combination of the two and I regret not having tried that since I did have the speakers all available. Don't forget to order the casters. Picture yourself gently pushing your cabinet instead of trying to carry 80 pounds of wood and steel. Get the casters.

Sound Quality : 9
I use two Peavey Wolfgang Specials. One stoptail and one with tremelo. 3 different Marshall 2555SL SLASH heads, so obviously I am looking for a heavier sound and I get it with the Eminence V12's. I am in love with the sound that they give me. I tried the Celestion Vintage 30 route like I said before and I personally didn't like it. The combination idea really has me wondering. Interestingly, I believe that Slash has Vintage 30's in his signature cabinets and I like his sound.

Reliability : 9
Covered in a very tough, heavy duty looking black fabric. Sort of like a really thin carpet or astroturf. I did not like the idea when I was originally ordering, but I like it now and it looks cool as hell. Not a whole lot is going to damage this thing outside of dropping it out of a 3rd floor window. I recommend ordering the casters. If you have ever owned a 4x12 cabinet without them you'll know what I mean.

Customer Support : 10
When you call, a guy named Dave (the owner?) is going to answer the phone and is top notch. I really enjoy the fact that I am talking to the same person during the buying process. He remembered me everytime that I called. That was pretty cool.

Overall Rating : 10
I had a great buying experience and highly recommend Avatar Speakers. I will be buying again.

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