Wonder if anyone would be kind enough to give me some idea of what I should pay for a couple of 12" JBL speakers in fair to good shape? I haven't bought speakers in so long I wouldn't know what would be a good price. I just bought an original 1973 Fender Twin with the master volume and 135 watts , but it has the original Fender speakers in it and I will change that soon. If anyone could help me, I would appreciate it very much.
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Gene H. Brown
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Ken Fox
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$150 to $200 range. A very nice speaker for this amp would be the Peavey 1203-8. Same paper voice coil construction as a 1501-4 SB. I put one in an LTD 400, wioth a old Peavey Pacer (1-12") style cabinet. It blew my socks off for power and tone, Gene. Another exceelent speaker is the Electrvoice Force 12 at 8 ohms. A pair of these came up on the for sale area a while back and I missed them!
Also, be sure the speaker studs in the amp are long enough to accomidate a cast frame speaker.
I have bought a lot of D120-F, D-130F and D-140 speakers. All had to be re-coned. Typically these speakers are old and tired! They usually worked, but "farted" on the low notes. Re-coning with an "E" series cone should also increase the power rating. <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Ken Fox on 18 October 2003 at 07:05 AM.]</p></FONT>
Also, be sure the speaker studs in the amp are long enough to accomidate a cast frame speaker.
I have bought a lot of D120-F, D-130F and D-140 speakers. All had to be re-coned. Typically these speakers are old and tired! They usually worked, but "farted" on the low notes. Re-coning with an "E" series cone should also increase the power rating. <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Ken Fox on 18 October 2003 at 07:05 AM.]</p></FONT>
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In 1980 I bought a new Fender Twin-Reverb in Honolulu. (135 Watts), Silver-Face. I immediately (before I left the store) swapped out the Fender Speakers for (2) K-120 JBL's. That was the best sounding Amp. I have ever owned, in 55 yrs. When I went to Stereo in '82, I traded on two Peavey Amps., because of the tremendous weight of just one Fender Twin-Reverb! I would have preferred (2) Fender Twin-Reverbs! However, I must add: I've never had any problems with using Peavey amps.! In fact, I've owned (8) pairs of Peavey Amps. since '82. Now, in my old age, I'm down to (1) Peavey Classic 50/212 and am still very satisfied with my sound, using only an old Ibanez AD–9 Analog Delay for both P-SG and Non-P-SG!
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