DV Mark Jazz head with Allessandro speaker or combo?

[frankhond]

I have a 12 inch Allessandro speaker (in a One Control cab) that I got to match my BJF S-66 head. Sounds great and very Fender. The Allessandro is supposedly a vintage Fender voiced speaker (but I don't know much about these things).

I was thinking to get a more typical solid state jazz setup and was looking at the DV Mark Jazz combos. But I could get the Jazz head and use the Allessandro head.

Has anyone tried something like that i.e. a solid state jazz type head and a Fender type speaker? Would the amp lose its mojo? I'm thinking that the DV Mark Jazz speaker is specific in some way...?

[mad dog]

Sounds like you're talking about the DV Mark DV Micro 60 Jazz head, yes?

If so, my experience may apply. I had an open back, oversize pine 1x12 cab made to go with a solid state DV Mark Micro 50 CMT head. I'm using an 8 ohm Alltone 1250 ceramic speaker in the cab. That speaker came to me in a vintage '68 Deluxe Reverb, where it sounded quite good.

I got an oversized combo cab for the DR, trying other speakers, so the Alltone was available. Bottom line: it's perfect in this pine cab, with the DV Mark Micro head. I'm playing mostly P90 and Franz p/u equipped hollowbodies at low/medium volume, loving the sound.

Not sure how the micro 50 CMT differs from the newer Jazz head, so YMMV.

[Gitterbug]

I have no experience with the particular speaker, but speakers do matter and deserve more attention and experimenting. DV Mark heads are darker-sounding than, say, Quilters. To me they sound very jazzy. The CMT version has a tube preamp, others don't. Haven't had the opportunity to do an A/B test between CMT and other models. The non-CMT versions all share the same clean sound. They differ in overdrive, which is a superimposed chip/circuit: finer-grained in the basic version, more rectifier-like in the M version and missing in the Jazz version. Earlier Micro 50s and current 60s seem to differ in optics only; both are 50W @ 8 ohms, 60W @ 4 ohms.

[frankhond]

"Sounds like you're talking about the DV Mark DV Micro 60 Jazz head, yes?"

The white one with the word "Jazz" printed on it :-) ... for some reason the name (or wattage) seems to have changed.

Good to hear that it can sound good with other speakers. I'll see if I can get my hands on one.

[mad dog]

Frank:

This may be relevant as well. The speaker I'm using now in my deluxe reverb is a Weber 12A150A - the speaker Weber designed for Fender's lo power tweed twin RI. First time I've tried an alnico speaker in a BF amp. It's a little quieter (in dB) than the Alltone 1250, gets a bit of edge coming in sooner as volume goes up. Sounds ridiculously good.

The 12A150A is pricier than the likely ceramic candidates. No idea how it sounds with the DV Mark Micro 50 CMT ... I should try that myself.

[jpb]

I'm using Fender-type speakers with my DV Mark Micro 50. Eminenece 1058, Copperhead, C-Rex and I find them to sound good with the DV. I have to turn down the lows and mids more than I want to, but stil great sounds can be found. Highs can be a little unforgiving at higher vols, so I prefer the Vibrolux for gigs. That said, I'm not a fan of Polytone-like jazz sound, and the DV combo-versions didn't do it for me, too subdued, at least when listening to other players..never played one myself.

[frankhond]

I'm using Fender-type speakers with my DV Mark Micro 50. Eminenece 1058, Copperhead, C-Rex and I find them to sound good with the DV. I have to turn down the lows and mids more than I want to, but stil great sounds can be found. Highs can be a little unforgiving at higher vols, so I prefer the Vibrolux for gigs. That said, I'm not a fan of Polytone-like jazz sound, and the DV combo-versions didn't do it for me, too subdued, at least when listening to other players..never played one myself.

Thanks for your input! I like the fender sound, but would like to give something else a shot.