Recent content by chuckfalcon

I currently run my SVT with a 210 ampeg cab loaded with 2 Eminence Delta's. I was trying to get that SVT sound in a less refridgerator sized rig.

I ended up going with a Eminence Beta 15A because it seems like its gonna be decent and it was cheap. I'm still going to get the speaker repaired. The actual cone of it looks great, maybe they can still use it? I'll probably be trying different speakers on my "tone journey" until I find the...

Thanks Jimmy! You da man! I gonna be overhauling this thing. New or used (working) speaker, new foam strip that goes between, the head n cab, cap job (lord so many many caps in this one), probably some new tubes, new power cable, swap out the 4 prong xlr for a standard 1/4". Luckily I only...

I play a hofner with a pick and flatwounds, with my hand muting at the bridge. The initial attack it full, rounded, and bassy, and causes speakers to move. I have experience, this type of playing will cause some speakers to rattle. Is that because ive been using speakers with not enough xmax...

Yeah, I don't know the first thing about repairing a speaker, I just wasn't sure if the vintage kits were available or who in the USA would do the "best" job.

Thanks for the help, guys. Looks like I have some options. The sounds that I dig are basically Paul McCartney and Carol Kay. Big and meaty, holding down the low but usually always doing a counter melody type thing. I have a 70's SVT and a 70's V4 and I love the way my Hofner sounds through...

If I were to go the recone route, which recone kit should I go with? Do they still have original parts to recone these? Is it possible that this speaker is original to this amp?

Update, I just took out the JBLk140 and put in a Hartke VLF1508 speaker in and viola, it sounds "better". What kinda messed up world am I currently living in where Hartke sounds better than JBL? LOL. That hartke speaker is all I had laying around. Sounds ok. Kinda farty in the low end. I...

Hi there everyone, I just got one of my dream amps in the mail today an Ampeg B15S I am excited but I am also kinda let down. I plugged my trusty o'l Hofner 5000/1 in and the tone is great, well as long as you don't go above 10 o'clock. Anything above I am getting a loud "clack" or "pop" It...

f I totally agree. I played one of these once before and it definitely had a "hofnery" type sound and I really dug it. The only other basses that really floored my like my hofner was my 60's Fender Coronado Bass II that I have since sold, and a Fender competition Mustang Bass that I played...

thanks for all the input. It's just baffled me. I know so many people are opposed to Hofners because they say they are too "Beatley" or too small, or whatever the reason. Its just surprising to be, if they sound THIS good why aren't they as commonly used as a Jazz or Precision. Not a gripe...

Hi everyone! I have a scenario that has been baffling me. I have a German made Hofner 5000/1 Deluxe Bass with flats that sounds full, punchy, thumpy, and round all over the neck. Its the greatest, and just my favorite bass. I also have a 1973 Fender P Bass with round wounds that sounds and...

Hi everyone! I recently got a 1974 Fender Mustang Bass in mocha finish with black pickguard and black pickup covers. The black on black doesn't look awesome and I am wanting to put a gold anodized pickguard on it like old 50's and 60's fenders have. I have contacted "Toneguards" and "Anotone"...

I still have both the original Jensens too but they both need to be reconed. SO, I was on the fence whether it would be better to recone them and put them back in OR go with something different or better.

I was kinda thinking celestians too. Would the Celestion Golds do the trick? They are rated at 50 watt each.