The Magellan series cabinets share a heritage to many previous Jeff Genzler designs. These light-weight cabinet designs constructed from 12mm and 15mm Baltic Birch plywood deliver powerful, full-body response with a modern, yet classic styling. The cabinets are wrapped in a heavy-duty black textured vinyl with a complimentary woven wire, silver and black grille cloth and silver metallic piping. The distinctive front triangular ports provide an optimum porting design as well as structural strength in the corners of the cabinet. All of this sets the Magellan series apart from standard black boxes and defines that this is the pinnacle of professional bass amplification equipment.
The MG-112T is an extremely compact design, but produces exceptional depth and clarity for its size and weight. It features a traditional combination of a single 12” high performance neodymium woofer and a compact ultra-smooth compression tweeter. Although small in size, the low frequencies are strong and solid, easily handling the depth and extension of the low B fundamentals of the 5 string bass instrument. This is blended with an articulate and responsive midrange voice and smooth, natural top end.
Mitch –
I bought this cab along with the 212 version to have the flexibility of any size rig, depending on the venue. I use this single cab 75% of the time with my Magellan 800. It’s a piece of cake to carry with one hand, and my amp in the other. With a very loud rock band, this cabinet holds it own great. I have it on an amp stand to get it higher off the ground, and run my Magellan around 50% volume, and it’s got plenty of volume to keep up with a loud drummer. You can feel each note in your chest as well. Looks are very deceiving!
Steve Mays –
I was looking for a smaller cabinet than my Genz-Benz 115T-UB but with a similar tone and volume. I went down to the Atlanta Bass Gallery (sadly gone) to listen to what was available in a smaller footprint. I listened to many things including all of the Genzler cabs they had. This little guy was almost as loud as the 15″ GB cab with quite similar tone. I purchased it about a year ago and haven’t regretted it! I use it with a GB Shuttle 9 and can carry the cab, the amp and my bass in one trip to most of my gigs. Everyone loves the sound of the cabinet and I love the lack of chiropractic visits. I would imagine that two of these stacked would be perfect for any gig regardless of volume (and I plan to find out!). As you can tell I’ve been quite happy with Jeff’s creations for a while and this cabinet just continues that happiness. Get one or two now!
Steve Mays KS4KJ –
Well I’ve had this cabinet for almost 2 years and I’m even happier with it than when I last reviewed it. How can you not love a cabinet that is small, light and sounds great? I’ve used it on gigs that I used to take my Genz-Benz Uber 115 on and unless I really need to be LOUD this cab does the trick. It’s powered with a GB Shuttle 9.0 and the combo sounds wonderful. You can’t go wrong with stuff Jeff creates.