What to do with my Legacy 4-12"??

DankStar

Her Little Mojo Minion
OK, OK, I know I've said this a million times, but it's really getting down to the wire. I need to either sell my 4-12" (Carvin Vai Legacy, the first edition) or take out 2 speakers for a 2-12" cab and sell the other two speakers and scrap the cabinet (for easy shipping), or maybe sell the empty cab locally to a kid building a 4-12".

The problem is, the cab looks like H-E double hockey sticks, and it's wired for 4 ohms instead of the standard 8 or 16 (so I could get the most power from my Line 6 head when I was in a band: 300 watts). I'm afraid with the way it looks and the weird wiring, I won't be able to get much more than $300 to $350 for it, and I'll need to buy a 2-12" anyways. Hence, the idea of scrapping it out. I don't have a ton of time or patience to rewire it or recover it (and although I like to tinker with electronics, I'd probably screw up the wiring job believe it or not).

My questions are:
1. What would price would you set for a visually bad Legacy cab?
2. What do you think about the idea of salvaging two speakers and selling the other 2?
 
Re: What to do with my Legacy 4-12"??

I think selling it is a mistake. Carvins have low resale value, but they are made very well, out of poplar ply rather than particleboard. Best thing to do is rewire and recover it, even though you're not looking to do that.
 
Re: What to do with my Legacy 4-12"??

I think selling it is a mistake. Carvins have low resale value, but they are made very well, out of poplar ply rather than particleboard. Best thing to do is rewire and recover it, even though you're not looking to do that.

I agree with the above solution, I had a Legacy 4x12 that I got rid of recently, it was in 8/10 condition and I got $350 for it. It was an excellent cab, I'd buy another if I needed a 4x12 in a pinch.
 
Re: What to do with my Legacy 4-12"??

I've always got an eye out for a beat-up empty 4x12 cab... shipping to NJ/NYC might get expensive though... Is it a slant or straight?
 
Re: What to do with my Legacy 4-12"??

What are the individual speaker impedances ? (it sounds like 16). You can probably rewire for 8 with what you have...and rewiring a speaker harness is pretty simple or you can get somebody to do it pretty cheap.
 
Re: What to do with my Legacy 4-12"??

fire: cool, no problem.

moose: it's slant. yeah, shipping probably would be a bear. I don't know if it'd be worth the price of shipping, ya know?

ES: good points.
 
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