Boggs Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Peerless 4.25" full range speakers from about 1970. Sounds pretty good especially with the epi... Surprisingly loud, too... http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/boggs.com/CigarBoxAmps/MicroStack1S.JPG http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/boggs.com/CigarBoxAmps/MicroStack2S.JPG Check out my Rock Beach Guitars page showing guitars I have built and repaired... http://www.rockbeachguitars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Looks great, congrats on a nice looking job too! How about some sound clips!! http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Geezer Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Soundclips hell More info on the speakers themselves How much wattage / rockage you think they can handle? Lynn G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg B. Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 That is a cool idea and it looks great. Nice job. I wish that my woodworking skills were good enough to do something like that. For my Valve Jr. head, I bought a cheap ($30) pawn shop POS 1X10 combo that was in really good cosmetic shape, trashed the guts, wired up an input jack, recovered the whole front with grill cloth, and have a small, very portable cab. I have a Peavey 410E cab, but it is not very portable and is pretty loud for playing at home (especially when the wife & son are home). This little 1X10 is somewhat quieter (or at least doesn't project near as much) and alot more portable for when I go jam with my brother or uncle. If someone can tell me how, I will post up a couple of pictures of it. Avoid playing the amplifier at a volume setting high enough to produce a distorted sound through the speaker-Fender Guitar Course-1966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg B. Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 That is a cool idea and it looks great. Very nice job. I wish that my woodworking skills were good enough to do something like that. For my Valve Jr. head, I bought a cheap ($30) pawn shop POS 1X10 combo that was in really good cosmetic shape, trashed the guts, wired up an input jack, recovered the whole front with grill cloth, and have a small, very portable cab. I have a Peavey 410E cab, but it is not very portable and is pretty loud for playing at home (especially when the wife & son are home). This little 1X10 is somewhat quieter (or at least doesn't project near as much) and alot more portable for when I go jam with my brother or uncle. If someone can tell me how, I will post up a couple of pictures of it. Avoid playing the amplifier at a volume setting high enough to produce a distorted sound through the speaker-Fender Guitar Course-1966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg B. Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/gwb/IM000398.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/gwb/IM000399.jpg This is the cabinet that I was talking about. I need to take the grillcloth off and spray paint the frame flat black, and fit it a little bit better, but overall I am pretty happy with the outcome and sound. Notice how jealous my Classic 30 is in the background. I have promised that I will not neglect it too much. Avoid playing the amplifier at a volume setting high enough to produce a distorted sound through the speaker-Fender Guitar Course-1966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior 1 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 That looks great Greg. What kind of amp was that? I'm thinking of doing the same thing with my VJ head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted July 3, 2006 Author Share Posted July 3, 2006 Well, they are so old that I honestly cannot remember their rating, but I know it isn't a whole lot as they were used in full-range (top pair) or mid-bass (bottom pair) applications in high fidelity speakers. These are Belgian Peerless speakers and they were very high quality in their day but not made specifically as instrument speakers. I figured since I had them lying around, I'd try and make something different and cool with them. They are not high-wattage speakers. Lower pair are butyl rubber surrounds and the upper are rubberized cloth surrounds with whizzer cones at the voice coil. I will try and figure out how I can record this sometime, but I cannot during the day as my wife works overnights and sleeps during the day. They get WAAAAY too loud to try anything like that. They would not be suitable for gigging though. Just don't push enough air for that. Not any kind of earth-shaking bottom end, but just fun as hell! Dimensions are 14" x 13.5" x 6" and weighs about 7 pounds. Check out my Rock Beach Guitars page showing guitars I have built and repaired... http://www.rockbeachguitars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted July 3, 2006 Author Share Posted July 3, 2006 New info: The top ones are Peerless AD5061/M8 midrange units and the lower ones are Peerless AD5060/W8 speakers which were used as the upper bass/lower midrange drivers in the Dahlquist DQ10 phased array high fidelity speakers (pretty much state-of-the-art particularly with respect to stereo imaging back in the early '70s). Having trouble finding specs on the drivers though... Check out my Rock Beach Guitars page showing guitars I have built and repaired... http://www.rockbeachguitars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg B. Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Originally posted by Junior 1: That looks great Greg. What kind of amp was that? I'm thinking of doing the same thing with my VJ head. Texas Twister was the name on it, made by International Music Corp (I think that was the manufacturer). It was a total piece of crap. It had the on/off switch in the volume knob if that tells you anything. It played, and sound came out of it, but that's about it. I bought it because 1) it was cheap-$30 2)the speaker worked fine, and 3)cosmetically it looks nice-not perfect, but very presentable after I cleaned it up. It had black grill cloth, but I bought a scrap piece from a local shop that was bigger to cover up where the chassis was. It's not perfect, its a little bit narrower (front to back) than the VJ head, but it works great and I'm pretty happy with it. I searched several pawn shops (even asked a few if they had any non-working amps with speakers) till I found it. They had it marked at $40, but they took $30 for it. After buying the grill cloth, amp, and wire/connectors, I have about $45 in it. Let me know how it works out for you if you go this route. Avoid playing the amplifier at a volume setting high enough to produce a distorted sound through the speaker-Fender Guitar Course-1966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior 1 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Thanks Greg. I'm going down to Florida where they have great pawn shops in a few weeks and I'm going to try and hunt one down. I'd like a 10 inch cab, and it looks great for $45!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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