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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3280
Total number of notes:61432

2988.0. "32 ohm speaker needed for Fender Bassman Ten" by MONTOR::HANNAN (Beyond description...) Thu Oct 13 1994 15:04

I recently acquired a Fender Bassman Ten amp.  After getting it I quickly
blew 1 of the 4 10" speakers (possibly bought it that way but didn't catch it).

I called Fender and learned that the speakers are 32 ohms each, which is what
I figured given that the cabinet contains 4 speakers wired in parallel, and
a head that is rated at 8 ohms (32 / 4 = 8 ohms).

The Fender rep told me that I might have trouble locating a 32 ohm speaker
these days. 

Does anyone have a source for a 32 ohm 10" speaker ?

I live in central MA.

Thanks,
Ken
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2988.1go NEST young manRICKS::CALCAGNIThere's no money to be made above the 5th fretThu Oct 13 1994 15:2812
    Call New England Speaker (N.E.S.T.).  I don't have the number handy but
    they're in Stoneham, MA.  If there's a 10" 32 ohm speaker out there,
    they probably know about it.  They should also be able to recone your
    speaker, which would probably be the cheapest way to go.
    
    Also, if you have access to a pair of 8 ohm'ers you could use them as
    well.  Wire the two 8's in series and then have that combination in
    parallel with two 32's.  Or better yet go wild and just rewire the whole
    cab with 8 ohm'ers :-)
    
    /rick
2988.2MPGS::MARKEYThe machine that goes `ping'Thu Oct 13 1994 15:5912
    Wire the whole cab, if you're going to do that. Different speakers
    of different impedence will result in unbalanced operation... see
    Ohm's law regarding power dissipation for further hints.
    
    Your best options are:
    
        1. Get the current speaker reconed
        2. Get an exact replacement
        3. Buy four high-quality 8 ohn speakers and wire them as
           two serial pairs (16 ohms) in parallel (8 ohms).
    
    -b
2988.3GOES11::HOUSEHow could I have been so blind?Thu Oct 13 1994 20:585
    I'd have the old speaker rebuilt.  It'll cost you less then a
    replacement (if you can even find one) and will leave all your speaker
    frames looking original.
    
    Greg
2988.4MONTOR::HANNANBeyond description...Mon Oct 17 1994 10:144
	Thanks for the info!  The thought of having the existing speaker
	redone (reconed?) never occured to me.  

	/Ken
2988.5success ;-)MONTOR::HANNANBeyond description...Fri Nov 04 1994 07:2411
	A quick update on the 10" fender speaker...  I sent it out to
	New England Speaker about 1 week ago, and got it back yesterday,
	all fixed for a grand total of $15.00!   There was a little crack
	underneath the dustcap that they fixed with some sort of epoxy.
	"Better than new and a cheap fix" they said.  Sounds good to me ;-)

	Thanks again for the reference. NES is like a great place to know 
	about...

	/Ken