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It does. It's a pretty 'deep' cabinet - much deeper than say Marshall half stacks. There are like resonating chambers and stuff attached to the rear cover that are all meant to take the sound and move it forward.

The speakers in it are 12" and I want to say they came from a pair of fairly fancy organs. So, they have tremendous range in them. When I wrote '4 x 4' I meant '4 x 12'. It weighs a ton but it's on wheels. They're even locking wheels. I wouldn't take it onstage these days. It takes two men and a boy just to move it. The box itself is 1" thick maple. There are other holes in the front that folks would think are tweeters, but they're not - they're just holes to let air and sound out the front. The back is, as mentioned, sealed. So, you've gotta get air to move air. Thus the holes.

As far as amps go, especially tube amps, it's one of the cleanest amps I've ever known. That's what makes it a great pedal platform. Well, that and the range that the speakers have.

Also, it's not like 8 or 16 ohm. I want to say it's 2 or 4 ohm. In other words, it's pretty fucking robust. If you lay it flat, you can fit it into a station wagon. He even did a bunch of math to determine the optimal speaker placement - with like distances between them and the rear of the cabinet and that sorta stuff.

Hmm... All this talk about it makes me kinda want to dig it out and see if it still works. If I crank it up, you can probably hear it from your house! (I kid... I kid...)

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I was thinking that it would probably weigh a ton. And do you mean 4 feet by twelve feet? That's humongous! Did he make amps like that for other people or did you get a one off? It sounds super awesome. I would love to hear it when you dig it out!

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No - 4 x 12 means 4 speakers that are 12" in size. Like 4 x 8, or 2 x 6, or 2 x 8, etc...

As near as I know, I was his only amp project. We kinda dreamed it up while drinking and smoking, and eventually decided to move forward with the project. I barely paid for his labor - meaning he spent many hours on it and I only paid like $500 for the amp and cabinet.

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That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure. You got one hell of a deal!