The Acoustic Club

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I love that 371 logo. You don't see that very often. Congrats!

+1 It's at least 1 better than the 370 logo!

 

[FranF]

So, with that little persuasion proposed, I got it open.

The clamps where super tight, but the black cone is cracked on about half of the speakers diameter. Mostly it's just a crack that shows when gently touching the cone, but on the bottom it's more prominent and a bit of the material itself seems to be missing. I guess that's the problem and I also guess that the speaker, it's the Cerwin Vega 187, needs to be either repaired or replaced.
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Now, I don't feel confident enough to try to repair it myself. I might ask my amp tech if he's up to it. Is it even worth trying to repair it?

And as for replacing it: what speaker would work in there?
Funny enough, a Goodmans Audiom 91 (8 ohm) in good shape just popped up locally, but apart from being an "old 18" speaker" I don't know how it might behave in the 301 enclosure.
Any modern drivers that can be recommended?
Bonus points, if the speaker could handle the Meatbox sub frequencies.
I have been using a Sunn 200s with the cab, so power rating isn't really a concern.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I love the folded horn sound of the 301 and would like to get it back into my bass life.

Thank you.

I love that 371 logo. You don't see that very often. Congrats!

Agreed! Always dug the 371 look more.

 

[FranF]

Gotta admit, when I fired up the 370-371-301 rig a few weeks back, it was emotional... lol. Still an amazing thing!

 

[StereoPlayer]

The 371 System

 

[ghostinthemach]

Can i join?

Wow, I can't remember who is in charge of anything anymore. Maybe no one atm.
In the mean time use your first equipment photo post as your 'member number' and consider yourself one of us!
Same for you FranF

 

[FranF]

Wow, I can't remember who is in charge of anything anymore. Maybe no one atm.
In the mean time use your first equipment photo post as your 'member number' and consider yourself one of us!
Same for you FranF

Sounds good to me! (pun intended)

 

[Philonius]

FWIW there is a 360/361 combo listed on the Seattle CL for $800 right now. 'Looks like they could use a good bit of TLC!

 

[StereoPlayer]

I love this thread!

 

[FranF]

Also loving this thread! I'm still nearly as excited about finding this banner years ago as I was finding all my ACC gear. lol...

 

[StereoPlayer]

Also loving this thread! I'm still nearly as excited about finding this banner years ago as I was finding all my ACC gear. lol... View attachment 4181325

Oh yea! I wish I had my water slide decal. It was on my 1965 Buick Specials back window. And...I sold my cab for a while but got it back a year later...during that time I threw away my "Lifetime Warranty" card...
The banner is great!

NCD NAD Vintage Acoustic 371 Got "MY" speaker cab back!

 

[StereoPlayer]

Also loving this thread! I'm still nearly as excited about finding this banner years ago as I was finding all my ACC gear. lol... View attachment 4181325

Btw, your cabs are in great shape!

 

[FranF]

Btw, your cabs are in great shape!

Thanks! They've been babied.

 

[Sorado71]

 

[Fuzzonaut]

Eminence OMEGA Pro-18C

Thanks again for your advise regarding my blown CW 187. Reconing didn't pan out and as somebody on a German bass forum did put the Eminence into his 301 cab and highly recommend it, I finally gave it a go.

I also changed the jack and cable while I was at it and after a short test drive to make sure it works I'm quite pleased with the results! Should get more time tomorrow, looking forward it!

 

[ghostinthemach]

Vintage Acoustic 136 Bass Combo Amp Nice Shape | eBay

 

[ghostinthemach]

Vintage Acoustic 320 Bass Amp Head | eBay

 

[ghostinthemach]

I will likely be posting sound of my own ACC gear for sale in coming weeks. Need to recover some space.

 

[Thornton Davis]

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I stood to close, no wonder I've lost my hearing!

TD

 

[FranF]

Being a (retired) residential/commercial electrician, I sketched out this drawing showing my plan to upgrade my '71 150b from the two-wire death cap line cord to modern three wire grounded. In theory, it's viable, but I just want to make sure I'm not missing a trick or two, or forgetting any detail that would make it not kosher in the amp itself. Ultimately, at the last step of this drawing, I'll have the neutral white going direct to one of the two black transformer wires, and the fused, switched and pilot-lit side going to the other black. My goal is to keep the convenience outlet working, the pilot obviously, and the ground switch and death cap totally disabled. Look good?

Thx!

 

[Roxbororob]

Being a (retired) residential/commercial electrician, I sketched out this drawing showing my plan to upgrade my '71 150b from the two-wire death cap line cord to modern three wire grounded. In theory, it's viable, but I just want to make sure I'm not missing a trick or two, or forgetting any detail that would make it not kosher in the amp itself. Ultimately, at the last step of this drawing, I'll have the neutral white going direct to one of the two black transformer wires, and the fused, switched and pilot-lit side going to the other black. My goal is to keep the convenience outlet working, the pilot obviously, and the ground switch and death cap totally disabled. Look good? View attachment 4196370 Thx!

You are more qualified than I am but that is how I bypassed mine. At the time that I did mine I found this on the interweeb:

Did the same thing on an old Dynacord Gigant Tube amp.