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Re: OT Marshall amp + external spk



He meant that when old vintage speakers get worn out and sound bad
there are excellent substitutions to put into the cabs.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.perboysen.com
http://www.youtube.com/perboysen


On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 10:07 PM, David <tubaczar98@hotmail.com> wrote:
> What's the point of having something you really love by the sounds it 
> makes, excites you when you play and you don't use it (nearly) all the 
> time? I find your thought about speakers highly limiting. As artists we 
> need to be seeing and thinking with concepts that have no limitations. 
> -David
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 18, 2014, at 9:41 AM, Jeff Shirkey <jcshirke@frontier.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Aug 18, 2014, at 11:08 AM, bill walker wrote:
>>>
>>> PS conventional wisdom these days with vintage amps, is to remove the 
>>> original speaker and replace it. Old amps will last forever if 
>>> properly maintained, but old speakers don't, Sure you could use it 
>>> till it blows and have it re-coned,
>>
>> But what's the point of setting aside a great, old speaker and never 
>> using it? I know it will preserve the value of the amp, but I suppose 
>> I'd be more interested in having great tone. My old Voxes sound 
>> fantastic in large part due to their speakers. I'm not gigging them 
>> night after night, though, so for someone in that kind of position, 
>> putting in a modern replacement would make sense. But for recording, I 
>> think I'd choose the vintage speaker every time, if it was in good 
>> shape.
>>
>> My .02
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>