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Topic: Anybody use the Black Widow in a tube amp? |
Dan Cooper
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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2014 11:16 am |
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I just picked up a Session 500 for pretty cheap but I think it needs a new power supply. In the meantime, how do the Black Widow speakers sound powered by a Fender Twin?
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Walter Glockler
From:
Northern New Mexico
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Posted 10 Aug 2014 11:53 am
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| I had a BW in a '77 Fender Vibrosonic for a while and it sounded good to me. |
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Dan Cooper
From:
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2014 1:21 pm
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Thanks, Walter. I haven't got the Fender with me right now, so I can't try it. I was just wondering about others' experience.
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Don Poland
From:
Hanover, PA.
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Posted 10 Aug 2014 3:14 pm
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| I have a BW in one of Charlie Tryon's CWT tube amps. It sounds absolutely great but I would like to change it back to the Eminence EPS15C that came with it. It had the BW when I got it from Ray Walker years ago. |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 10 Aug 2014 9:30 pm
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The black widow is the speaker of choice for a bunch of top Nashville players. I think Paul Franklin uses them with his Little Walter and Wayne Dahl is using them with his Milkman. They are great speakers.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 10 Aug 2014 9:57 pm
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Since my first amp (Twin Reverb with JBL speakers), I have never used any other brand of speaker than JBL or Black Widows. I actually prefer the BW over the JBL.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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David Nugent
From:
Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 11 Aug 2014 4:08 am
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| The 'Session 500' I believe came equipped with the BW '1502-4' which is actually a bass speaker. The '1501-4' came in later models. I have a '1501' with the neo magnet installed in my '67 Twin and it sounds great..Simple enough task to test the BW in the Twin however due to the fact that both amps attach the speakers to the chassis utilizing 1/4" jacks. (You will need a 1/4" to 1/4" coupler and a short speaker cable to perform the test). |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 11 Aug 2014 9:53 am
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The 1502-4 is what I use. It came in the early Nashville 400's.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Dan Cooper
From:
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2014 10:50 am
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| I don't see a model number but I think it must be the 1502. It says "Super Structure Focused Field Geometry." |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 11 Aug 2014 12:27 pm
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The 1502 has a ribbed cone and the 1501 has a smooth cone.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Dan Cooper
From:
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2014 1:27 pm
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| Thanks, Richard. It's a 1501 then. |
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David Nugent
From:
Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 12 Aug 2014 3:58 am
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| I have a Peavey bass cab from the '70's loaded with a Black Widow with a paper cone. |
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Darrell Owens
From:
California, USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2014 7:31 am BW Speakers
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I have a Little Walter Amp with 2 12" Black Widows in the open back cabinet. The Black Widow works great in a tube amp.
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Zum Steel, Little Walter Amp, Benado Steel Dream
Darrell Owens
www.darrellowens.com |
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Ad Kersten
From:
Beek en Donk, The Netherlands
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Posted 12 Aug 2014 1:08 pm
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I have two BW 1501-4 enclosures and use them for 15+ years with a Peavey Tubefex + Peavey Classic 50/50 tube amps. They sound great to me. 
I like the more full tone, so I have the TrueTone pickup on my Zum S12 Universal wound at 19 kOhms.
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Stanley Benoit
From:
New Iberia,Louisiana, USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2014 3:14 pm Black Widow
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I have one in a Fender 65 twin reissue kicks butt for fiddle and steel I think it came out of Nashville 400
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Dan Cooper
From:
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2014 4:42 pm
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Cool, thanks guys for your opinions.
Dan |
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