Can anyone tell if this is a used SWR Goliath? If so, that's an amazing price! It just says that it's a 4x10 w/a tweeter.
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Goliath Cab?
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It doesn't look like mine, maybe it's not a Goliath. SWR cabs typically have a kind of silver colored grill and are ported on the front bottom, this one looks like black matte, and looks as if there is no front port, but the pic may hide that.
That doesn't look like the old style SWR grill to me. At least it doesn't look like what I've seen on first generation Redheads, Baby Blues, Goliath II's and my 8x8. Could be something that predates all that stuff, but I'm pretty sure the Goliath had the diamond shaped grill design.
The silver square punched grill would be quite a bit later than a Goliath. The old ones had a darker, diamond shaped grill design. This doesn't really look like those either.
I've seen black grills before on an SWR but rarely usually they have the silver.
I wouldn't touch it with out a serial number to make sure.
I wouldn't touch it with out a serial number to make sure.
If it IS a Goliath, it's an older rear ported one. If so, I wager the previous owner replaced the grill since the one on there is foreign and has no logo plate. The rear jack plate should tell all - should have the SWR logo and a serial #. Have Daddy's confirm that.
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The early goliaths were built by Eden. However, that grill is not a goliath "I" or goliath II grill, even though the cab may be. Need pic of the back.
Should be a ducted port, and a control plate that says SWR (made by Eden).
If it is an early goliath, I gotta say they are very nice, IMHO. I have an early goliath II. It is still the punchiest thing I have ever had (thought my epi is close). Weight is almost 100 lbs...
PS link to a workingmans 4x10:
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That's an Eden grill on the cabinet, and the first generation Eden cabinets had silver tweeters (though I have never seen a D410T with a silver tweeter, only a D210T). A view of the rear crossover plate will solve the mystery, but in the absence of that information I would vote for either:
A. SWR Goliath I or II with the original grill replaced with an Eden grill
or
B. Early version of the Eden D410T.
Cheers,
Duff2
A. SWR Goliath I or II with the original grill replaced with an Eden grill
or
B. Early version of the Eden D410T.
Cheers,
Duff2
