LSC
685 posts
Sep 26, 2014
9:54 PM
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Has anybody had any experience with the 8" Tone Tubby Low Watt Alnico in a Champ or Champish amp? I'm thinking of replacing the speaker in my HG1. ---------- LSC
Last Edited by LSC on Sep 26, 2014 9:55 PM
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HawkeyeKane
2637 posts
Sep 27, 2014
8:24 PM
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I have no firsthand experience, but I'd wager it to be a safe bet. Hemp cone is always a plus, and TT has an outstanding reputation. They ain't cheap...but its on my shortlist for my Lonewolf build. ----------
Hawkeye Kane - Hipbone Sam
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paul45
162 posts
Sep 27, 2014
9:03 PM
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The Eminence 820h is a real good hemp cone 8 and a little more reasonbly priced.
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JJ Harper
15 posts
Sep 27, 2014
10:06 PM
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What is wrong with the tone of your HG1? What speaker is in there now?
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LSC
686 posts
Sep 28, 2014
9:08 AM
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@JJ - Currently a Weber Sig8. It's not terrible or anything but sometimes it just sounds a bit grating in the upper mids.
I once swapped the CTS for a Weber 10a100 in a Kalamazoo. The Weber brought a quality to the tone and a perceived increase in volume with very little loss of break up crunch.
Basically, cheap speakers sound like cheap speakers. Sometimes that can be a cool thing but I'll swap that nastiness for a bit of warmth and quality.
BTW, the HG1 is a pretty damn good sounding amp. Lately the majority of our gigs have been low volume affairs so I've been using it a lot.
---------- LSC
Last Edited by LSC on Sep 28, 2014 9:13 AM
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Barley Nectar
531 posts
Sep 28, 2014
9:31 AM
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I'm with Hawkeye on this. No experience but should be good. Be ready for an eye opener when you upgrade from the Sig. Let us know what you think. Thanks...BN
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HawkeyeKane
2638 posts
Sep 28, 2014
9:56 AM
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Paul...I agree about the 820H. Good speaker and lower priced. But it's also a ceramic as opposed to the alnico LSC's looking for. There's a difference in sound between ceramic and alnico...some can discern it by ear, others can't. But alnicos are harder to manufacture, and as a result, are more pricey.
A very wise amp guru friend of mine (in some ways my mentor in the field) always says: "when it comes to harp players, I put them through a blind test. I hook up an alnico and have them play without looking, then I hook up a ceramic and have them play again. Then I ask which speaker's tone they like better. 9 times outta 10, they pick the ceramic, even though they'd come in wanting an alnico." ----------
Hawkeye Kane - Hipbone Sam
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1847
2243 posts
Sep 28, 2014
11:07 AM
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if i am not mistaken the hemp cone is produced for eminence, by tone tubby. ----------
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JJ Harper
18 posts
Sep 28, 2014
11:15 AM
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Hawkeye, I agree with your friend.
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HawkeyeKane
2639 posts
Sep 28, 2014
1:59 PM
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I'd never heard that Bob. I'll look into it. It seems a little sketchy of a claim to me...just considering that Eminence is pretty much the foremost speaker manufacturer on the planet these days... ----------
Hawkeye Kane - Hipbone Sam
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1847
2255 posts
Sep 28, 2014
3:15 PM
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so they either make them their self or buy then from new way chicago.
cant remember where i heard, they just buy them then make the speaker ----------
Last Edited by 1847 on Sep 28, 2014 3:16 PM
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SleepyStevenson
4 posts
Sep 29, 2014
8:00 AM
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I have the Eminence 8" Hemp in my '74 Champ and really dig it. I had tried a number of other 8" speakers before taking a leap of faith on the Em. (Tried OLD Rola and OLD Heppner alnicos and new Weber vintage alnico as well as new Weber vintage Ceramic. [one was the 125 and one was the 150, but don't remember which was which] Of those the Weber Ceramic was my clear favorite.) I generally prefer ceramics over Alnicos, for what that is worth. I considered going with the Tone Tubby low watt, but after hearing all the good things about the Eminence 10" lil buddy hemp cone, I decided to save the money! Would love to hear/try the TT alnico though!
Last Edited by SleepyStevenson on Sep 29, 2014 8:01 AM
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