Members De-bone-air Posted May 27, 2008 Members Share Posted May 27, 2008 Hello!! I've found that vintage organ speakers make damm good guitar speakers. With the price of Cobolt for Alnico speakers going through the roof lately, it's not unusual now days to see $200 speakers (new...each). 1950s & 60s Alnico organ speakers from ROLA, Heppner, CTS, Cleveland , and others can often be bought on e-bay for the price of a single CD. A 12" NOS 1956 Quincy (Quincy, Ill. made) speaker....a dead ringer looks and sound-wise for a Jensen P12N....cost me $22, including shipping. With the price of everything going up....they are no-brainer bargains IMO. Anyone else use recycled organ speakers in their rig? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members newholland Posted May 27, 2008 Members Share Posted May 27, 2008 i would think that they would be closer to hifi speakers in that they'd have a lot more room to drive them before going into distorting. that said-- a lot of guys like that-- but not necessarily in alnicos, which people seem to buy precisely because they'll drive 'out of the gap'.. giving them a good portion of the mojo people attribute to alnico guit speakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted May 27, 2008 Members Share Posted May 27, 2008 I just got told today by a Leslie speaker system builder, that organ speakers aren't good at all for guitar sounds, as they sound too "snarky", especially without crossovers etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted May 27, 2008 Members Share Posted May 27, 2008 I do though have two Electro Voice 12" speakers to use as guitar speakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thefyn Posted May 27, 2008 Members Share Posted May 27, 2008 Noooooooooooooooo. Bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BIGRED60NOLA Posted May 27, 2008 Members Share Posted May 27, 2008 I think that dynamically the organ speaker should work, but the guitar is of course mid frequency based, organ speakers will be more like baby PA speakers that should handle a full frequency range, I am sure that the old manufacturing processes used back then may contribute to some degree of speaker coloration, but I would guess that if the sound suites your ears and taste, then what does the peanut gallery add. Good luck and I may look into the organ speakers myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nevandal Posted May 27, 2008 Members Share Posted May 27, 2008 Put those organ speakers into a real guitar cab and call it the organ donor cab. ...ba dum pshhh!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members De-bone-air Posted May 27, 2008 Author Members Share Posted May 27, 2008 50 years ago....you did not have guitar or organ speakers per se.You'd often see the same speakers in organs as well as guitar amps and cabs. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.