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JBL E-140s

#21
Funkengrooven said:
You are right, although I am not sure that Acoustic was T/S literate at that point.

I have heard JBL's in Acoustics and they seem to work well.
Your mileage may vary.
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Well, most of the Acoustics around were built in the 70's,
I don't think they made it much into the 80's, bankruptcy
and whatnot.

Vance Dickason mentions in his book that Thiele and Small
presented their papers that formed the basis for current
T/S design technology at a engineering conferences from
1982 onward.

I can't tell you what is in my 106 bottom, I have never had to
open the bugger, it has resisted all my attempts to destroy
it with feedback, unplugging the bass, turning the rig on with
the volume at 11, etc., for many years now.

As far as the rice grinder mentality goes, my little Eminence
loaded rig would be allright for small stuff, but if I am going to
the dragstrip, there ain't no substitute for indestructible V8
power.

But my back is better than others, as I let the drummer and
guitar player carry it, they don't know any better.

Work smart, not hard ... :D :ninja:
 
#22
Thor said:
Well, most of the Acoustics around were built in the 70's,
I don't think they made it much into the 80's, bankruptcy
and whatnot.

Vance Dickason mentions in his book that Thiele and Small
presented their papers that formed the basis for current
T/S design technology at a engineering conferences from
1982 onward.

I can't tell you what is in my 106 bottom, I have never had to
open the bugger, it has resisted all my attempts to destroy
it with feedback, unplugging the bass, turning the rig on with
the volume at 11, etc., for many years now.

As far as the rice grinder mentality goes, my little Eminence
loaded rig would be allright for small stuff, but if I am going to
the dragstrip, there ain't no substitute for indestructible V8
power.

But my back is better than others, as I let the drummer and
guitar player carry it, they don't know any better.

Work smart, not hard ... :D :ninja:
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I'm already missing my B320. :(

-Ray
 
#23
Thor said:
Well, most of the Acoustics around were built in the 70's,
I don't think they made it much into the 80's, bankruptcy
and whatnot.

As far as the rice grinder mentality goes, my little Eminence
loaded rig would be allright for small stuff, but if I am going to
the dragstrip, there ain't no substitute for indestructible V8
power.

But my back is better than others, as I let the drummer and
guitar player carry it, they don't know any better.
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Acoustic went to a lifetime warranty, a huge mistake as it turned out. I did some warranty work around '84 or so, but I think the dealer might've just been honoring the warranties on his own at that point. I remember working on a big pile of the faux-Mesa tube guitar amps, they had some very interesting flaws in that design. :cool:

There's a cool unofficial Acoustic website here: Link Removed

According to their message board, the 406 and 106 came stock with...you guessed it...Eminence drivers! Most of the other cabs I remember working on had Eminence (the stock choice for many of the models) , Altec (an option in some, but stock in some models too), or Cerwin-Vega (stock in the folded horns) drivers. But JBLs definitely found their way into a lot of those cabs, one way or another.

Check out the many wacky cab designs on that website.The 408, a 4-15 with direct firing, down firing, and up firing drivers? :eyebrow:
 
#24
Passinwind said:
Check out the many wacky cab designs on that website.The 408, a 4-15 with direct firing, down firing, and up firing drivers? :eyebrow:
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Awesome! Even though 4x15 speakers ALONE would weigh 100lbs! I wanna hear it...

-Ray

Sweet, just found out the old B320 I (just) sold, was $700 new. :cool: No other info about it though :p.
 
#28
Ray Salamon said:
Still think you got a fair deal outta it? :smug:
Oh well, those funds went straight for a Peavey Classic 400... ain't nothin' like 400W of tubey goodness!

-Ray :D
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A little O/T, but felt a need to comment: I see in your gear list, Ray, you have the Peavey T-Max. I just fried mine about 2 months ago. Bought it new in early 90-s. Lots of hours on it, just gave out. A couple techs went through it and couldn't find a reason why. Rather than spend nearly $200.00 on repairing it with no guarantee it would pop again, I decided to move on. I loved that thing! Serious power, decent sound. Sorry about my digression.

Cheers,
Hammer
 
#30
hammer2748 said:
A little O/T, but felt a need to comment: I see in your gear list, Ray, you have the Peavey T-Max. I just fried mine about 2 months ago. Bought it new in early 90-s. Lots of hours on it, just gave out. A couple techs went through it and couldn't find a reason why. Rather than spend nearly $200.00 on repairing it with no guarantee it would pop again, I decided to move on. I loved that thing! Serious power, decent sound. Sorry about my digression.

Cheers,
Hammer
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That's strange. Sorry to hear it though. I hope you bought one to replace it :p. Mine isn't going to go anywhere, I love it to pieces. I have Gard to thank for that piece of amp. I used it to power the cab we're talking about, and it's godly tone. I'm thinkin' about taking James' advise and just keeping the 2x15 for the C400, and using my ashdown with the T-max. Two rockin' setups :smug:.

-Ray

Edit: Hammer, if you somehow still have it, and wanna let it go, I'll take it off your hands... it'd be good to have a parts one lying around, just in case ;).
 
#32
Ray Salamon said:
Edit: Hammer, if you somehow still have it, and wanna let it go, I'll take it off your hands... it'd be good to have a parts one lying around, just in case ;).
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Actually my T-Max is in the shop. You'll note that in other threads I've been going back and forth over some decisions about new rigs and after sleeping on in the last couple days, I feel like I'm just moving further and further from the truth of what I need to do......that said, I'm going to have the T-Max repaired, but still purchase something "lightweight" like the Ashdown Mag-300 as a back-up. A real decent back-up at that. You're right, the T-Max is a work-horse that shouldn't be put down. If I change my mind, I'll definitely keep you in mind though.

Cheers,
Hammer
 

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