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OT help ID these speakers in amp I just got
OT help ID these speakers in amp I just got
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bonedog569
122 posts
Dec 01, 2010
9:53 AM
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Just picked up an 80's Rivera era Fender Concert 2-10 in good shape for a great price ($330). It's a very well made point to point hand wired amp - Fenders last production amp of that kind. Not a great harp amp as is - but a good guitar amp for when the blackface deluxe goes down or two people need a guitar amp in the studio.
The speakers in it are heavy as lead. Anyone know what they are?
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Last Edited by on Dec 01, 2010 9:58 AM
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7LimitJI
218 posts
Dec 01, 2010
2:13 PM
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They look like the EV Force 10 with the badge off.
Look here
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-10-EV-Force-10-Speaker-8-Ohms-150-Watts-/150525830779
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bonedog569
123 posts
Dec 01, 2010
11:31 PM
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You are right 7Limit, - thanks
These are 'not the original speaker. My other, identical concert has the stock speakers, and weighs about half what this amp weighs, I kid you not.
These speakers make the stock ones sound weak and farty by comparison. Ballsy, - they make the amp sound like 100 watts are moving through it instead of 50- and just make a good amp excellent.
I spent the night playing harp through the double dirty channel (two pre-amp gain stages) - at a low volume with a little reverb, - and had a lot of fun. I tend to play through smaller, power tube distortion amps -cathode biased Valcos, or my own diy lone wolf harp amp - and have been prejudiced against pre amp gain stage distortion - but hey - you get the compression and 'singing' quality at low volume, though the tone is not quite as sweet - and sounds a little 'forced'. With guitar, the clean channel is killer potent and very responsive to pick attach and touch.
This amp came with a slightly funny story - Previously owned by Al Stewart of "Year of the Cat" fame - who had 'upgraded" the amp. The seller was good friends of a girl was 'going' with Stewart for a long time. These EV's are the upgrade.
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