Ok, Here's some of my stuff...

[GAR]

I just found this on ebay for cheap...

I would focus instead on replacing the speakers and amp with a solidstate preamp setup you can run modern amps and effects with. The weight savings as a result will be almost 80 pounds and as you know that amplifier is about as musical as a boat anchor.

Since you're in Louisiana, maybe you can offer it to the locals there at dockside, the amplfier as a boat anchor. However, the power supply and output tranny together get about $80 bucks on ebay, the tubes about $50 and if they're Telefunken EL84s, and EL86 then you'll got an extra $50 there but don't give up the preamp tubes. Keep em.

One thing you could do to tighten up your tens for more brilliance is, take them out and dust them off with a soft paintbrush or something, rag the dust off it, and cover the voicecoil cap with a soda lid and then lightly spray clear Bullseye Shellac on the cone, and touch up any breaks in the edges with white Elmers glue. Then lightly dust the cone for color with flat black spray, 99 cents at Home Depot. That cheap stuff reeks, but it dyes the paper cone black again really well.

The shellac will restiffen the cone but avoid the edges, you need them to flex and that paper is some fragile stuff if theyre the orginal Altec 10's

[ELVIS]

No, actually I was thinking of that 10" Celestion for the Peavey 5watt combo or my Champ...I just realized the speaker in the Peavey is an 8"

All the speakers in my cabs are like new as is the speaker in the organ...

The only amp I have that is in dire need of a speaker is my blackface Champ...any suggestions ??

Both the peavey and the Champ sound similar when plugged into my Orange Marshall cab with Greenbacks. Do the same with the Epi Pro (yeah right) Jr. and it farts out...

But I have done the trick of spraying cones, but I used DupliColor satin lacquer...

Two that I did have lasted 18 years so far and look new. The Duplicolor never gets super hard and if you use satin, you can't even detect it...

But i don't plan on taking the Hammond anywhere and i'm counting six amps setting around it as well as my guitar preamps and effects, so i should have no problem getting some sounds...

[ELVIS]

I wonder what this would do in one of my small amps ??



Using the legendary AlNiCo type speaker magnet, this speaker is the heart and soul of smaller vintage combos and studio amps. This is a great replacement for most Fender® Champs.

Please note:The P8R depth is 104.5mm = 4.11" and may not fit in all Champ models.

The P8R has a warm clean tone with emphasis on the highs. It responds to overdrive distortion with a warm and bright fuzz lead voice.

8" speaker, 25 watt, Alnico Magnet

[GAR]

I would try to find an 8 or a 10 inch Altec or University (made by Altec for pa systems and home stereo) or if you can, a rare Stephens Trusonic 8.

Nobody knows the history of the Trusonic. I had a cab with originals labeled as Standel. These had ungodly sensitivity, more than my whiteframed Altecs and with huger alnico magnets.

If you're in a pinch, the cheaper alnico Oaktron 6 and 8 inches break up pretty good, but you gotta get a mid-70's or older one for a decent range, and they all vary in quality and sound as they weren't designed for musical instrument application they were for playback and voice system useage such as T-bar ceiling installations.

[GAR]

I don't really trust Celestion Vintage when it says "60 watt" rating when the originals were about 10 or 12 watts.

I had a 4x10 cab loaded with experimental Rola's from the big parking lot sale given when Electro Music (Leslie) went out of business and sold off a huge lot of manufacture samples, Rola USAs are really good. A really light cone.

Sometimes I've gotten thrift store speakers from old Magnavox consoles, the huge 6 foot suckers you gut for parts then bust up into a pile of firewood for the curb? They're great sources for all sizes of speakers: 4's, 5's, 6x9's, tens and even 12's and low-wattage 15's from time to time.

For 10 to $40 dollars, you get a tube chassis half the time you can resell the transformers - usually Hammond and Triad - a grip of tubes, and handfulls of screws for later projects.

Hey don't laugh, everytime I have to replace a set of screws for a speaker cab, it's 99 cents per 4 pcs in those Home Depot bags, they're not cheap anymore.. even when you buy them in the 100 pack they're $6.99.. they come in handy, and you never know when or what for if you're industrious.

[GAR]

btw "Jensen" is the brand owned by Antique Audio Supply of Arizona. They bought the name but are actually made by an Italian company called Sica Driver.

[ELVIS]

Thanks!

[ULTRAMAN VH]

Hey Elvis, I know you are a fan of the Agile guitars. What model would you recommend? Do you have a al2000 or al2500 model.

[letsrock]

Any pics of those guitars?

[ELVIS]

Hey Elvis, I know you are a fan of the Agile guitars. What model would you recommend? Do you have a al2000 or al2500 model.

Get a 2500 at least...

The 3000 and 3100 models are even better, but not build wise, just as far as electronics...

I've changed the electronics and some hardware on every Agile I have, including the 3100, but they are fine guitars to start with...

[ELVIS]

Hey Elvis, I know you are a fan of the Agile guitars. What model would you recommend? Do you have a al2000 or al2500 model.

Get a 2500 at least...

The 3000 and 3100 models are even better, but not build wise, just as far as electronics...

I've changed the electronics and some hardware on every Agile I have, including the 3100, but they are fine guitars to start with...

[ULTRAMAN VH]

Thanks, kind sir. I really liked the 2500 with the maple finger board, but it appears to have disappeared from their website listings.

[ELVIS]

Keep checking back as things sometimes pop back up...