Thanks all for the posts, very helpful
I have not owned a guitar amp stack in 12 years! looking forward to it. My first was jcm800 2203 and it was loud as murder so I could not crank it, and the preamp with pedal sounded horrible and it had horrible feedback even with noisegate; so I refuse to repeat that again!
I got the jcm900 for $500 so that I would not worry if it got beat up or stolen, might get a thunderverb 50 in years to come though...
Randy Bass wrote:I would go with the Mesa if it has MC-90s in it. The M*rshall 1936 would probably be my first choice with that amp though. I have a 100-watter (4100) and I have a hard time getting decent bass response unless the speakers are tight/scooped sounding like the G12T-75s.
Thanks - much appreciated, I did not know the G12T-75s characteristic versus the v-30 characteristic
4100? Thats pretty spot on! 100 watts - decent bass response? hmm...thanks for your insights
I think boomy type cab is best for me in that case; I played my jcm 900 with the 412 marshall cab for 20 minutes at volume level "8" and was not that satisfied with the bass however... my ears are different, and then it sounds different in a band setting etc etc too many variables lol this is a problematic question it seems, best to get one and go, buy less play more
thanks for the insights
baytamusic wrote:I'd just try a V30 loaded cab (Mesa or Orange or whatever) and then try a regular Marshall cab and see what you like speaker wise. There are 2x12 Marshall cabs. What sucks is they tend to sell for more used than the 4x12 cabs. More in demand I guess.
We can make suggestions, but honestly if you have access to trying out the gear, that's the best thing to do. You'll get all kinds of opinions on the internet as you probably already know. At the end for the day, If it sounds good, it is good.

very cool man - I see your post above - there are a ton of factors in this - I wish I could play at band volumes with a band and check this shiz out to see how it sits in the mix but in the end Im gonna blindly chance it lol not sure if Ill get an orange head later on...people on the marshall forum really like the orange cabs from the threads I read there so that is a good indication
I honestly just dream about orange amps/cabs alot during the day so I might need to just feed my orange gas monster a little and pull the trigger on the orange cab

cheers