Do Companies make their own raw drivers?

I don't know about SWR, but I know that Ampeg contracts with Eminence for drivers. Actually, Eminence makes speakers for many builders including Carvin and Crate.

They apparantly build them to the required specs of the individual makers.

There is all sorts of differences in quality of speakers, but I am not so sure it matters where they are built. It is more important how they are built and what they are built out of.

 

I think, say *think* that EBS cabs and combos have Celestion speakers and Motorola (??) tweeters. In any case, it would be a no as an answer to your question.

 

Besides Carvin and Crate, they make speakers for Ampeg, Peavey, Marshall, Soldano, Gallien-Krueger, Genz Benz, Hartke, Yorkville, Fender, Roland, Yamaha, DOD/Digitech, and Evans Customs.

This isn't to say each brand uses them in every cab model nor that they use what is offered to the public, (I know Carvin's are made to Carvin's spec's).

In short, even if you haven't played through them, you've undoubtedly heard them

 

SWR used to use Eden speakers. Now I think they use PAS and/or Bag End, or something.

 

Almost all bass amp makers have their speakers made by speaker manufacturers, e.g. Eminence or Celestion, in most cases after their specs.
Eminence does a lot of OEM apparently.

Glockenklang has Volt speakers made to their specs, Tech Soundsystems uses Ciare speakers.

SWR uses PAS, Ampeg Eminence.

Peavey seems to use their own.

 

Peavey = Peavey
Eden = Eden
SWR = P.A.S.
Ampeg = Ampeg/Eminence
Carvin = Carvin/Eminence
Marshall = Celestion/Motorola

Etc, etc.

 

It was actually the other way around. The speakers that Eden were using we originally SWR speakers.

 

???
No way!
David Nordschow at Eden Electronics designed the original speakers found in the original Goliath. Since then SWR has been using P.A.S. speakers, Le Son Tweeters, Fostex Tweeters, etc.

 

SWR does use a Bag End speaker in the Big Bertha.

 

And of course, Bag End makes their own.

 

And SWR use custom Celestion 8's in the Henry cabinet.

 

Jerry J,
Bag End speakers are manufactured by Eminence!
Eminence built a wing onto their building to house production for Bag End exclusively.

 

That may be...but it seems odd that SWR says that they use Bag End speakers.

 

Yes, SWR uses Bag End speakers made by Eminence, for the Big Ben. Three companies in one speaker cab. Bag End is on the company listing on the Eminence website.

 

Who makes speakers for Mesa Boogie cabs?