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Webb cabinet info?!

I've been meandering around the internet for, oh, about 4 hours now, and it's a bit of a problem finding any concrete info about Webb cabinets.
This is what I know (or, I think I know):
-Started by "Jimmie D." Webb out of Antioch, CA.
-made typical speaker combos at first, then moved on to making amps.
-Owned a repair/instrument shop, and was almost uniformly disliked by everyone.
-He made a steel guitar amp that everyone still loves, apparently.

I've got a Webb 2x15, and I'm pretty sure it has horns in it.
Nothing is labeled, and there's a switch on the back by the input that seems to do a heck of a lot of nothing.
Does anyone have any more info on these, in general? any links I can check out? Better yet, anyone still OWN one? I'm on the cusp of getting rid of it, but I have no idea if it's worth anything, either.
 
You're research is pretty spot on. Webb's Music in Antioch CA made speaker cabinets styled after the Fender cabinets of the sixties. Most had black grille cloth with white piping. I had 2 of Webb's cabinets years ago. One had 4-12" Jensons with 2 horns. The switch by the jack was an on/off switch for the horns. I remember the horns always blowing out. After 2 replacements I just stopped using the horns. I was playing a Vox Continential with a black faced Bandmaster for power. The second cabinet was part of our PA at on time. It had 2 15" Altecs with a large port on the bottom. It was basically a taller early Showman cabinet with a bass port. I sold it years ago to a guy that wanted just the speakers. The 4-12 cab I traded for a new P-Bass @ Guitar Showcase back in the eighties. They were great cabinets in their time, but there was no science to their design. There are a few in the background at Woodstock!