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Have you ever heard of Canibus?


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Not weed. The Canibus Rex speaker from Eminence.

=) I love this speaker. I have tried 4 different speakers in the last three years of owning my Gries 35 and was constantly left wanting.

 

I tried the Eminence Tonker Lite, WGS ET65, a WGS Reaper 50, and an old Jensen. I finally broke down and bought another speaker and the Canibus Rex showed up this afternoon.

 

The Tonker Lite was very clean but I didn't quite like the breakup when I pushed it that hard. The reaper was too dark, the ET65 I HATED the breakup tones, and the Jensen was farty and ice pick.

 

The Canibus Rex warmed up the top end but it still bites, the low end is nice and fat & tight but not farty and the mid range is just perfectly balanced. This is the best speaker I have heard, at least in this particular amp and for the style I play. I am happy I didn't give up, I have found a permanent replacement. I have tried some of the speakers mentioned with other amps and been happy. I feel like speaker and amp is a tricky relationship and requires a lot of trial and error. A speaker that sounds good in one amp may not do it for another.

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I have one in my PRRI. I love what this speaker does for this amp. Bigger, warmer, yet still focused. Great sound for jazz, classic rock, blues....

 

I dropped on in an '80's Princeton Reverb II and woke it up! The buyer was a very good jazz player and made it sound amazing...warm and clean.

 

I have a brand new Emi CRex sitting in a box, waiting for the right application. Great speaker!

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It is breaking in as we speak. I put my ditto looper x2 with a wide dynamic range song with some solos in it and am just letting it play. The wife is annoyed but I want to hear it broken in as well. This speaker is incredible. I just feel like it has the tone that's been in my head. Sounds incredible overdriven and creamy when clean. It's perfect. Glad to hear others enjoy it as well. My Sweetwater guy recommended it to me when I described what I was after. He was spot on.

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I have a Cannabis Rex in my modified Blues Junior and really like it. Sounds great clean, sounds great overdriven, and doesn't get brittle/ice picky on the top end. When I was looking for an upgrade to the stock "Fender Special Design" speaker (also made by Eminence, as it happens), I came across THIS ARTICLE by Blues Junior mod guru Bill Machrone. He tested 17 different 12" speakers in a Blues Junior, and the Cannabis Rex was one of his top picks, though it obviously depends upon what tonal characteristics you're going for. His comments:

 

"The Cannabis Rex gets its name from its hemp cone. Hemp fibers strengthen the cone and impart a different flavor than typical paper cones. The cones are made for Eminence by Tone Tubby, the leader in hemp-cone speakers. This is the warm/clean jazz speaker! It’s a great clean speaker, but its cleans have that hemp cone personality–soft-edged, but not mushy. It handles overdrive and distortion very well when you push it. It’s very efficient, one of the loudest speakers you can put in an amp, and it pushes out pretty, round bass notes really well. The top end is very sweet, even forgiving. This speaker couldn’t make a harsh note if it tried and is beautifully balanced bottom to top. Super for creamy lead work."

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...it's a gateway speaker[/

 

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