Any idea about this speaker?

[superbassman2000]

Hi all,

so i got this one bass cab and it had some old speakers that i kinda want to just replace. Anyways, Its a sunn 215s and i guess one of the 15s is a black widow, and i don't know what the second one is...any ideas on at least a maker?

and the back

there is a stamp on the back with some numbers
"810010
6/(faded out)/229"


any ideas?

 

[nysbob]

CTS was big on the square magnet...but I 'don't recall seeing one with that silver dustcap. Throw a matched pair of something decent in that cab and you're set.

 

[billfitzmaurice]

CTS was big on the square magnet...but I 'don't recall seeing one with that silver dustcap. Throw a matched pair of something decent in that cab and you're set.

It still could be CTS, or Utah, or one of a half dozen other vendors of the late '60s early '70s. Big magnet yes, but a small voice coil and short excursion, so nothing with any real value.

 

[superbassman2000]

thanks guys

my big goal is once i figure out who makes it, maybe i could figure out the specs to find a decent replacement--the cab is pretty solidly built and it seems like maybe i could find some similar speakers new to go in there to make a nice 215

 

[greengoblin]

Hmm.. The numbers you posted dont match up with any of the speaker mfg codes.

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Are there any code stampings on the basket/frame of the speaker?

 

[fishsticks]

i pulled some speakers like that out of an old acoustic cab once. they were 12's and it was a guitar cab.

 

[Red Planet]

Pyle?

 

[billfitzmaurice]

thanks guys

my big goal is once i figure out who makes it, maybe i could figure out the specs to find a decent replacement--the cab is pretty solidly built and it seems like maybe i could find some similar speakers new to go in there to make a nice 215

Chances are whoever made that driver is long out of business, and the cab pre-dates modern driver/cabinet design theory as well, so what might work well in it is a total crapshoot.

 

[B-string]

Looks like the vented cap CTS Kustom used as their base model speaker. They were.......little better than no speaker at all? Okay at low power, farted out with any moderate power.

 

[superbassman2000]

do you think maybe it would make a nice guitar cab then?

 

[B-string]

Measure the inside dims. of the cab, that will give the wizards here an idea of what speakers stand a chance of working. If the internal volume winds up being to small, then make it a guitar cab, single driver sub, cable and mike box, well you get the idea.

 

[Oren Hudson]

Everybody has their own opinion and experience, but, I have a '68 Kustom 2-15 with the original CTS speakers. It's a great sounding cab when combined with a good head with good EQ. For example, I paired it up with a Sunn Coliseum and it was thumpin' with several combos of EQ from big bottom to classic rock.

 

[B-string]

Mine was a '71? Very happy yours gets the job done!

 

[JazzMarius]

thanks guys

my big goal is once i figure out who makes it, maybe i could figure out the specs to find a decent replacement--the cab is pretty solidly built and it seems like maybe i could find some similar speakers new to go in there to make a nice 215

that's pretty useless!
u need the cab interior dimensions to replace the drivers, not the specs of the old drivers.

 

[Oren Hudson]

Mine was a '71? Very happy yours gets the job done!

I just listened to your YouTube band recordings. Good job. I love various classic rock and liked listening to the band. Was this a performance recording or studio? What rig did you use?

 

[B-string]

I just listened to your YouTube band recordings. Good job. I love various classic rock and liked listening to the band. Was this a performance recording or studio? What rig did you use?

Hey thanks! It was a garage recording with my old ADAT XT. I was using my G-K 800rb with 215 and Fender Jazz MIM 5 string with SD pups and RotoSound SwingBass strings. Mackie 1604 VLZ and a Mircroverb III.

That was about 2 1/2 years ago, we really need to get some newer stuff up but the Bass player is the engineer?

 

[BassmanPaul]

A bass playa who's an engineer??? Heaven help us!

Paul

 

[B-string]

A bass playa who's an engineer??? Heaven help us!

Paul

I thought most of us were?

 

[Oren Hudson]

I thought most of us were?

We are 'cause we know what sounds good (lots of bottom) and know how to use it.

 

[superbassman2000]

internal volume = 8664 cubic inches

compared to other cabs it's a lot taller, but also way less deep