Trying to find a replacement speaker... pics included

Beneficial · 15th July 2008

I've got this old 60's amp that came with a vintage mellosonic stage organ I got off of craigslist. I use it to play guitar and bass through for recording. It had an amazingly warm... full round tone to it but it's crapping out now... I think one of my friends was playing way too loud in it and blew it. It's rattling pretty bad when I play some deep bass through it. Anyway, I'm trying to find a replacement speaker for it that will give me the same warm tone. Anyone know what speaker this is? or what would be a good replacement. The amp is real simple and doesn't even have a volume knob... just one level. It's a 12" speaker... the amp is 30watts. I'll just be using it to record bass in my home studio.

danbronson · 15th July 2008

For warm vintage tones my favorite speakers are the Celestion Alnico Blue or Greenback, but they are 15 and 25 watts respectively. So you'll probably run into the same problem, especially playing bass.

Perhaps the Alnico Gold? It's 50 watts and designed to sound like the Blue. Anyone tried it?

6strings · 15th July 2008

Try tedweber.com

Ted may be able to help. He makes recreations of old speakers of many makes & models.

tINY · 15th July 2008

I'd flip though an Eminence catalog.

Eminence - The leader in guitar speaker tone. Upgrades for Celestion, Jensen and Fane.

-tINY

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Beneficial Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 648 Thread Starter	Trying to find a replacement speaker... pics included I've got this old 60's amp that came with a vintage mellosonic stage organ I got off of craigslist. I use it to play guitar and bass through for recording. It had an amazingly warm... full round tone to it but it's crapping out now... I think one of my friends was playing way too loud in it and blew it. It's rattling pretty bad when I play some deep bass through it. Anyway, I'm trying to find a replacement speaker for it that will give me the same warm tone. Anyone know what speaker this is? or what would be a good replacement. The amp is real simple and doesn't even have a volume knob... just one level. It's a 12" speaker... the amp is 30watts. I'll just be using it to record bass in my home studio.

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15th July 2008	#2
danbronson Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2008 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 871	For warm vintage tones my favorite speakers are the Celestion Alnico Blue or Greenback, but they are 15 and 25 watts respectively. So you'll probably run into the same problem, especially playing bass. Perhaps the Alnico Gold? It's 50 watts and designed to sound like the Blue. Anyone tried it?

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6strings Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2005 Location: New England Posts: 1,727	Try tedweber.com Ted may be able to help. He makes recreations of old speakers of many makes & models.

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tINY Gear Guru Joined: Jul 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 10,234	I'd flip though an Eminence catalog. Eminence - The leader in guitar speaker tone. Upgrades for Celestion, Jensen and Fane. -tINY