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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 >> >