Can someone identify this Fender cabinet?

[shoegaze23]

Anyone seen one of these before? I've been researching online but cannot find the model or year of this 1x15 cabinet. Would like to know more about it if anyone knows anything. Thanks for looking!

 

[Blues Bass 2]

Looks like a single Showman with a different grill .

 

[Oren Hudson]

Based upon the pics, I'd agree with Blues Bass 2. Non-original grill cloth.

 

[rodsf]

Could be a "tone ring" cabinet- can't tell. You'd need to take off the grill cover for us to check. As stated, the grill cover isn't by Fender…

 

[beans-on-toast]

It does look like a tone ring cabinet. Showman or Bandmaster.

Showman

 

[shoegaze23]

Thank you everyone for your responses. I have a couple more questions if anyone can help.

I unscrewed the back cover to take a peek inside and I took a few more photos (attached). I know you guys suggested I take off the grille cloth but I haven't done that before, so I'm hoping this will suffice.

It looks like it might be a tone ring cab. I know the speaker is not original - from looking online it appears to be a Peavey speaker but I can't find much info on it. The sticker on the speaker says "96000094 - SHEFFIELD 15 PRO 500 - 71201771". I found info for a Peavey Sheffield 15 Pro 1500, but not sure if that's the same thing. I'm really just wanting to figure out what I can use this for and how I could figure out the impedance. Would it be appropriate to use this with my Hartke HA3500 head? Could I use it as an extension cab for my old Hot Rod Deluxe? Thank you for looking!

 

[walterw]

I'm really just wanting to figure out what I can use this for and how I could figure out the impedance. Would it be appropriate to use this with my Hartke HA3500 head? Could I use it as an extension cab for my old Hot Rod Deluxe? Thank you for looking!

mostly a guitar cab at this point and a somewhat sought-after one; i wouldn't use it for bass at anything above practice room volume

impedance should say on the speaker itself, otherwise you'd measure it with an ohm meter across the tip and sleeve of a cable plugged into it; a bit below 8=8Ω, a bit below 4=4Ω

 

[shoegaze23]

mostly a guitar cab at this point and a somewhat sought-after one; i wouldn't use it for bass at anything above practice room volume

impedance should say on the speaker itself, otherwise you'd measure it with an ohm meter across the tip and sleeve of a cable plugged into it; a bit below 8=8Ω, a bit below 4=4Ω

Thank you! I'll pull out my old multimeter and give it a shot.

 

[beans-on-toast]

The Peavey Sheffield 15 Pro 1500 is normally 8 ohms but do test it.

 

[shoegaze23]

mostly a guitar cab at this point and a somewhat sought-after one; i wouldn't use it for bass at anything above practice room volume

impedance should say on the speaker itself, otherwise you'd measure it with an ohm meter across the tip and sleeve of a cable plugged into it; a bit below 8=8Ω, a bit below 4=4Ω

Ok so I've tested it and the reading is right around 8. Sometimes a bit below or above (7.8 all the way up to 8.7) but I've got a cheap multimeter. So I guess it is 8 ohms. Also, as I was testing it I heard some noise coming from the speaker, like a quiet crackling sound. Is that normal? Thanks! Guess I'll try it out at the practice spot with my HRD and see what happens lol.

 

[Redbrangus]

The crackling noise IS normal, and it's good thing. It's pretty good indicator that it works.

The only single-15 cab I can think of in the relevant era is the (single) Showman. What are the external dimensions of the cab?

 

[shoegaze23]

The crackling noise IS normal, and it's good thing. It's pretty good indicator that it works.

The only single-15 cab I can think of in the relevant era is the (single) Showman. What are the external dimensions of the cab?

Thank you for the info! Dimensions: 36" wide 11.5" deep and 24" high. It's definitely an oddball...gonna see how it sounds on Thursday when I haul it to the practice space. If anyone's curious I picked this thing up for $100 the other day off of Facebook marketplace.

 

[Redbrangus]

Those are the right dimensions for the Showman cab, and that's the right logo in the right place and orientation, so that must be a Showman single-15 cab from the Blackface era. They started selling that cab in '63, but the raised logo indicates '64 through '67. (After '67, the cabs were bigger.) JBL D-series -- either D-130F or D-140F -- were upgrade options in those years.

 

[shoegaze23]

Those are the right dimensions for the Showman cab, and that's the right logo in the right place and orientation, so that must be a Showman single-15 cab from the Blackface era. They started selling that cab in '63, but the raised logo indicates '64 through '67. (After '67, the cabs were bigger.) JBL D-series -- either D-130F or D-140F -- were upgrade options in those years.[/QUOTE

Thanks!