Vader Cabinets
Lots of posts today…but I just have to say that Vader 4×12 speaker cabinets rule in everyway imaginable.They’re built incredibly solid, and sprayed in freakin’ Rhino Liner! For christs sakes lol.
Needless to say they’re tough, and with the metal grille and awesome logo design they just scream “metal”. They look as if they want to hurt you, and will if given reason. 
As far as sound wise they have a pretty flat, even EQ range, no annoying midrange hump. You can dial them in any way you like and it’s a terrific match to my Dual Rectifer. The sound is just rediculously clear, tight and heavy.
Surprisingly though, they’re not one trick ponies, they produce great clean tones as well, and lower gain tones. I was able to pull an almost “texas” style breakup out of the speakers.
In conclusion, these cabinets absolutely rule, no complaints what-so-ever.
In addition I also wanna say that the Seymour Duncan Blackout active pickups have blown me away, they have all of the benefits of actives, but also sound lush and full with plenty of output. They’re everything they’re advertised to be.
/whore
Depeche Mode
I’m quite surprised I’ve taken to this group as well as I have. I picked up their greatest hits album a while back because I felt I needed to own at least one disc from this group, because of their status and influence on many musicians. Plus, I always dug the songs “Personal Jesus” and “Dream On”
I’m listening to this CD about as often as I listen to Pretty Hate Machine, yes, I’m digging “pop music” haha. There’s an edge to these guys though, and such great skill in orchestration, writing, and subject matter.
That said, their first two or three albums are laughable compared to what they would come to create. Songs like “It’s No Good”, “Dream On”, “I Feel You”, “Strangelove” amongst others, and you cannot forget “People Are People” and “Master And Servant”. Listening to those songs and then listening to a song like “New Life” is just a drastic difference. Depeche grew in a big way.
Plus, I’ve found that I can mimic Dave Gahans vocals well enough…so, I think a cover version of “It’s No Good” should be my first true studio endeavour, my first little project to wrap my head around Cubase, and all of this VST instrument shit, drum programming and the like. It should be fun.
