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For sale Grateful Dead Wall of Sound Speaker

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1 x 15 Alembic built speaker from The Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound in excellent operating condition. Has original JBL D140 driver. Will trade for an Alembic Series I or the right pre-CBS Fender bass. Within 1,000 mi. I will meet half way.
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cstone

cstone

Feb 16, 2007
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Sebastopol, California
LukeSlywalker said:
Well, that’s sweet. What’s the story?
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I spied this and a 2 x 12 with the same history in the shop of a local luthier that was doing some set up work on one of my basses and, of course, expressed some interest. About a year later he was trying to raise some funds and offered to sell them to me. Not long after this he pointed me towards the man that sold me the 2 x 15 pictured here (on Bobby's right with black grill cloth).
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At $300 that was the most I paid for any of them. Never considered parting with them until a 1 x 15 like this sold at Sotherby's recently for more than $15,000. I know.
 
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lowfreqgeek

lowfreqgeek

Mar 15, 2010
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cstone said:
At $300 that was the most I paid for any of them. Never considered parting with them until a 1 x 15 like this sold at Sotherby's recently for more than $15,000. I know.
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Very cool piece of history!

I suspect you might have better luck finding a good Pre-CBS Fender if you sold this cab at auction like Southerby's and put the funds toward the right bass. I think you'll greatly expand your potential buyer base to include more GD fans than just Pre-CBS-owning bass players looking for a historic bass cab.

GLWS!
 
LukeSlywalker

LukeSlywalker

Jun 9, 2014
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cstone said:
I spied this and a 2 x 12 with the same history in the shop of a local luthier that was doing some set up work on one of my basses and, of course, expressed some interest. About a year later he was trying to raise some funds and offered to sell them to me. Not long after this he pointed me towards the man that sold me the 2 x 15 pictured here (on Bobby's right with black grill cloth).
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At $300 that was the most I paid for any of them. Never considered parting with them until a 1 x 15 like this sold at Sotherby's recently for more than $15,000. I know.
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Wow, that’s crazy. I had to look up that auction.

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auc...eful-dead-and-friends/wall-of-sound-mc-2300-2
 
cstone

cstone

Feb 16, 2007
16
30
Sebastopol, California
lowfreqgeek said:
I suspect you might have better luck finding a good Pre-CBS Fender if you sold this cab at auction like Southerby's and put the funds toward the right bass. I think you'll greatly expand your potential buyer base to include more GD fans than just Pre-CBS-owning bass players looking for a historic bass cab.
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Agreed. After a year of contemplation I chose TB as a tentative first step. A toe dab, if you will. The responses I get here will likely inform my decisions going forward.
 
bassman10096

bassman10096

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Jul 30, 2004
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Very cool. When BagEnd started up making cabs, they reproduced that very 115 sealed design (down to the banana plug jacks), but branded (burned) with BagEnd on the side. (Back when I had a very young and strong back) I gigged for a time with one of the original BagEnds loaded with an old EV. Sounded great paired with the same sized BagEnd vented cab. Garnered lots of Deadhead/Gearhead attention at gigs.
The challenge with your cab is definitely finding the right buyer. Wall of Sound gear turns up occasionally on the Alembic Club board's Swap and For Sale section (You are being redirected...). You might find leads there. At least most readers will understand the cab's history.
 
jschulman

jschulman

Aug 21, 2018
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bassman10096 said:
Very cool. When BagEnd started up making cabs, they reproduced that very 115 sealed design (down to the banana plug jacks), but branded (burned) with BagEnd on the side. (Back when I had a very young and strong back) I gigged for a time with one of the original BagEnds loaded with an old EV. Sounded great paired with the same sized BagEnd vented cab. Garnered lots of Deadhead/Gearhead attention at gigs.
The challenge with your cab is definitely finding the right buyer. Wall of Sound gear turns up occasionally on the Alembic Club board's Swap and For Sale section (You are being redirected...). You might find leads there. At least most readers will understand the cab's history.
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Whoah really? I play in a Dead cover band and I've been using a pair of Bag End 115s this whole time - doubt they're original though, I don't know much about the history of these cabs. I had no idea.
 

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