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Find of the day! [message #13954] Fri, 11 June 2010 18:38   sunnhead Messages: 221 Registered: June 2010 Location: Minnesota Senior Member So I bought a speaker cab today, a Ross 2x15 for $150! So this is the cool part it has one speaker that im not sure of and one Altec 418! Not to bad! So one question for you guys, is this a guitar cab or bass? and does any one have a spare 15 for sale???? -Sunnhead Report message to a moderator

Re: Find of the day! [message #13955 is a reply to message #13954] Fri, 11 June 2010 20:48 BC Messages: 583 Registered: March 2000 Location: Kentucky Senior Member The use of the cabinet is up to you and how you load it. 418s are my favorite "guitar" 15 speaker. However, several years ago I was using a 2x15 with 418s for bass at a blues festival and the sound man kept asking me to turn down as they project very well. For higher volume bass the Altec 421 would be the choice, but a pair of 418s make a good all round cabinet. Kustom traditionally loaded 418s for guitar and voice use and 421s for bass. Congrats on a good find.....what color? BC Report message to a moderator

Re: Find of the day! [message #13956 is a reply to message #13954] Fri, 11 June 2010 21:14   sunnhead Messages: 221 Registered: June 2010 Location: Minnesota Senior Member yeah, I have a bass rig with 421's awesome rig, I gig with that all day long. The cab is a charcoal cab, really nice TNR. Missing handles but ill get replacements. The other speaker is unknown, has a big magnet, but I dunno. I hope I can get a hold of another 418 on here or Ebay. The one I have here is 16 ohms, so I need to find one more of those to be really happy Does anyone have any suggestions on how to clean all the yellow tar smoke from the ports? I'm thinking CLR or something. Report message to a moderator

Re: Find of the day! [message #13957 is a reply to message #13956] Fri, 11 June 2010 22:03   pleat Messages: 1452 Registered: June 2004 Location: Belding, Mi Senior Member Are we talking aluminum or the plastic ports. I stick the aluminum ports in my dishwasher. I've done the bell of the siren horn in there as well. Chrome plastic ports I use a light soapy steel wool. Clean the baffle boards, car wash is the answer. pleat Report message to a moderator

Re: Find of the day! [message #13958 is a reply to message #13956] Fri, 11 June 2010 22:26   pleat Messages: 1452 Registered: June 2004 Location: Belding, Mi Senior Member I forgot to mention, that Kustom used 16 ohm speakers in all their cabinets. Are there any marking on the no name speaker? There is a speaker manufacture code that we can use to see who might have made it. On the replacement handles, good luck. Another collectore and I have dropped off the insert part of the handle to have some made in aluminum from a sand cast mold. Hopefully we will have some by the Sept. convention. pleat Report message to a moderator

Re: Find of the day! [message #13959 is a reply to message #13954] Fri, 11 June 2010 22:27   sunnhead Messages: 221 Registered: June 2010 Location: Minnesota Senior Member Yeah it's the alum. Type, not to bad, I don't have a dish washer but I'll give it a go in the sink. I played though the cab..... Absoulty love it! No lie this cab sounds awsome. I just need to get lucky with another altec 15. I'll have to get pics up of this thing! Report message to a moderator

Re: Find of the day! [message #13960 is a reply to message #13954] Fri, 11 June 2010 22:34   sunnhead Messages: 221 Registered: June 2010 Location: Minnesota Senior Member Kustom handles are avaliable pleat. I'm suprized you dint know this but monument music in wi sells the kustoms remake handles. Around 20 a handle but u get direct form kustom there retro hands from there reissue. Report message to a moderator

Re: Find of the day! [message #13961 is a reply to message #13960] Sat, 12 June 2010 03:56 BC Messages: 583 Registered: March 2000 Location: Kentucky Senior Member As an addition to Pleat's post.....16 ohm 15s were used in the 200 series cabinets. When the 250s came along the 2x15s were loaded with 8 ohm speakers for a 4 ohm total. I once had a 200 cabinet that had 250 series KEI speakers and I always wondered why it sounded so good. The cab was a 4 ohm and that seems to be the favored load for the 200 head. BC Report message to a moderator

Re: Find of the day! [message #13965 is a reply to message #13960] Sat, 12 June 2010 08:54   pleat Messages: 1452 Registered: June 2004 Location: Belding, Mi Senior Member You might want to check to make sure the screw holes are the same spacings as the originals. Someone was talking that the replacement handles they found look the same in a photo but in real life next to an original they are wider and you'd have to bend the straps to align the mounting holes to the original holes in the cabinets. Another collector and I have found a small foundry that is sand casting the inserts in aluminum. I have a company who can anodize them if we need them in colors. Aluminum inserts will allow a lot of bent handles to be brought back to their original shape and should last forever. They will be a lot cheaper than the 20.00 replacement you mentioned. pleat Report message to a moderator

Re: Find of the day! [message #13967 is a reply to message #13965] Sat, 12 June 2010 11:03   sunnhead Messages: 221 Registered: June 2010 Location: Minnesota Senior Member Yeah the holes are a bit different , they do have a bend, but not too badly, I like them, they make the amp more complete Report message to a moderator

Re: Find of the day! [message #13973 is a reply to message #13954] Mon, 14 June 2010 12:33   stevem Messages: 4739 Registered: June 2004 Location: NY Senior Member Get a hold of some semichrome polish from auto parts store to shine up the ports, and then clear coat them with a spray poly clear anf they will stay brite for years. Report message to a moderator

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