Literally had a vintage speaker fall in my lap figuratively.

[preacherofrock]

I bought a piece of crap 2x15 bass cabinet off of a friend because he is hard n cash, and I wanted to help him out. It's mdf that is falling apart spray painted black with a splatter coat of lavender (yes, I'm a man who just said lavender) on too of the black. It is UGLY. I gave him a measly few bucks for it because I assumed the whole thing would end up in the trash except for a few pieces of hardware. When I got it home I decided to start taking it apart, noticed one of the speakers had a metal dust cap with a couple rust spots on it...flipped it over and what I found was an original JBL d140f! Didn't expect that at all.

It is in great condition for its age, and has never been reconed as far as I can tell. It has a serial number on the cone that leads me to believe it is original. I plugged it into my fender blues deluxe and it sounded amazing. Deep lows, glassy highs, amazing overdrive sounds. I know these are bass drivers, but fendr used to put them in guitar amps back in the day, and I know why.

Anyone have any knowledge about them? What type of enclosure should I put it in? If it needs sealed what would the correct dimensions be? I'm new to that part. I wish the other speaeker in the cab was the same, but it was some cheap ceramic thing that weighed 3 feathers, and sounded like poo.

Thanks.

 

[LesStrat]

Re: Literally had a vintage speaker fall in my lap figuratively.

No idea.

*reads thread title again*

Mais, wha:?:

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Literally had a vintage speaker fall in my lap figuratively.

I used to play thru two cabs loaded with 2x D140Fs each. They were great for guitar. Each cab was about the size of the large vertical 2x12 bassman cab, but was about twice as deep with a bass port at the bottom. They were custom made by Don Wear (Music City) in San Francisco in the late 60's.

Since you only have one, I would think it would sound good in a 2x12 sized sealed-back cab.

 

[AlexR]

Re: Literally had a vintage speaker fall in my lap figuratively.

What is the figurative part, if its literal

Did the cabinet fall on you while you were sitting down

Nice score Btw. I always think cabs with all the same size speaker sound like a poor idea. Why not 1x10, 1x12 + 1x15" all in the same cab. Different speakers to highlight certain parts of the frequency spectrum.

 

[phil_104]

Re: Literally had a vintage speaker fall in my lap figuratively.

What is the figurative part, if its literal

Did the cabinet fall on you while you were sitting down

Nice score Btw. I always think cabs with all the same size speaker sound like a poor idea. Why not 1x10, 1x12 + 1x15" all in the same cab. Different speakers to highlight certain parts of the frequency spectrum.

Off topic but : In my opinion, this would work great if you are playing alone. But, if you have a full band, the 12 is the most popular size because it allows you to focus on a certain range, where the guitar sits in the mix. Just my 2c, but I like having 2x12 and just fitting in nicely in the mix, with just the right amount of presence and cut.

 

[Dr.K]

Re: Literally had a vintage speaker fall in my lap figuratively.

Cool deal. If that was my friend I call him up and give him a few more bucks.

 

[drew_half_empty]

Re: Literally had a vintage speaker fall in my lap figuratively.

oh semantics...

Nice score though

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Literally had a vintage speaker fall in my lap figuratively.

Er, isn't this loudspeaker what turns a Silverface Twin Reverb into a Vibrosonic Reverb?