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Chris Boyd
From:
Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Posted 19 Nov 2015 1:29 pm |
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Do any of you guys use one of the old 70's EV SRO "coffee can" 15" speakers for pedal steel? Just got one and plan to compare it to a D130F,Sica,and a EPS15C....any thoughts,insights ?? Yeah... I know they weigh 25 lbs ! Thanks...
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Chris Bauer
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2015 4:14 pm
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Chris Boyd
From:
Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Posted 19 Nov 2015 4:25 pm
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Thanks Chris... I've been using the SRO 12's for guitars..love them aside from the weight..Am thinking the 15" SRO would be a great pairing with a '69 Dual Showman Reverb... and separate cab..
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Bill A. Moore
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2015 5:06 pm
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| I have one in my "Twin" clone, and love it! |
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George Redmon
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Muskegon & Detroit Michigan.
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Posted 19 Nov 2015 8:27 pm
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I also have the 12" EV SRO. Mine has the white plastic mag covering. Great speaker. I use it mostly for guitar. Mine came in an old "West" combo amp. Yes, I like it better then any of the ones you've listed.  |
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Chris Boyd
From:
Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Posted 20 Nov 2015 12:10 pm
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Wow....The EV SRO 15" "coffee can" is truly the BEST speaker I've ever used for pedal steel.... what an amazing speaker! You were right Chris,Bill and George...thanks very much for your input.
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 21 Nov 2015 8:10 am
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I have one in my BF Twin Reverb...best speaker ever made. IMHO, it blows away any of the JBL's. It is unGODly heavy, though.  |
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Jerry Hedge
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Norwood Ohio U.S.A.
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Posted 21 Nov 2015 4:54 pm
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| I have a modded Silver Face Fender Deluxe Reverb with one of the "coffee-can SRO 12's. It's my favorite small gig amp. That speaker sounds great for pedal steel or guitar. |
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Steve Spitz
From:
New Orleans, LA, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2015 2:50 pm SROs
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I had a blackface twin, with twin SRO 12s . The weight of the speakers destroyed the baffle board. It actually caved in due to the weight. Funny thing, it was a blackface drip edge. I replaced the baffle board with plywood.
I was a blues guitar bum at the time, and discovered how much better I liked the Super for six string. I traded away the twin for a triple neck Rick when I got the steel bug.
I was too stupid to know it at the time, but that blackface twin with coffee can SROs may have been a holy grail steel amp. I wouldn't mind finding that one again. |
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Carl Mesrobian
From:
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2015 10:18 am
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Back in the 70's I put a pair of 12" SRO's in my BF Twin. Had no car, lived in Brookline, MA, and carried them home quite a ways from an electronics store in Allston near Boston University to my apartment. Best 12's I ever owned!!
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 29 Nov 2015 1:22 pm
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Ah, yes - coffee can SROs. Probably the best clean guitar speaker ever made, to my tastes - at least for an open-back cabinet. Clean but not sterile or woofy. I used a '64 Deluxe Reverb with a 12" CC SRO for pedal steel until the band got too loud for it. I've probably tried about every other speaker there is, but have never been in the right place at the right time to get a 15" coffee can. But I generally prefer 12" speakers anyway, even for pedal steel.
Um, Carl - RS or Lafayette down on Commonwealth around St. Mary's St.? I used to traipse daily from between Coolidge Corner and Brookline Village down there and over to Cambridge from late-60s to circa 74. My first real amp was a blackface Bandmaster, with a fairly compact wood-shop speaker cab with 2-12" speakers from Lafayette - I believe they were just cheap Jensens. OK, I had an old 30-watt Bogen monoblock head that I wired 1/4" jacks onto before that. Hardly anybody I knew drove - streetcars/subway would take me most anywhere I couldn't walk. Used to haul that head/cab on a hand-truck down the road if it wasn't too far and I couldn't get someone to drive me. Even took it on the streetcar sometimes, if it wasn't rush-hour and jam-packed. |
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Carl Mesrobian
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Salem, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2015 1:33 pm
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Dave - it was DeMambro on Comm Ave , right after the left turn on the outbound "C" car and before Harvard Ave. I schlepped them from there to Coolidge Corner with a couple of breaks to get my rubbery muscles back, even at 23 years old - hah! I needed cash and sold the speakers to Randy Roos, put the originals back in it, and then the amp got stolen in Roxbury a few years later..
In the 90's I picked up an old Ampeg B12 that had a West speaker in it - I think it was a relabeled SRO.
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John Billings
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2015 2:04 pm
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I was visiting Mike Zaite, Dr. Z, on Tuesday, and the talk turned to speakers. Doc said the SROs were the gold standard that everybody else tried to emulate.
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"74 Bud S-10 3&6
'73 Bud S-10 3&5(under construction)
'63 Fingertip S-10, at James awaiting 6 knees
'57 Strat, LP Blue
'91 Tele with 60's Maple neck
Dozen more guitars!
Dozens of amps, but SF Quad reverb, Rick Johnson cabs. JBL 15, '64 Vibroverb for at home.
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Carl Mesrobian
From:
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2015 2:09 pm
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I play my 1967 ES-330 guitar through a BF Princeton with an Altec Lansing 425 10" in it; really nice!
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Dan Robinson
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2015 6:37 pm
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I had a Twin, and replaced stock speakers with two 12" SROs. With Les Paul or similar 6-string it was too clean, and too loud in most rooms.
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I never used it for steel guitar before it was stolen in 1976. My back still aches. |
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James Quackenbush
From:
Pomona, New York, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2015 6:50 pm
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| had a pair of them in the older Boogie Theile cabs ....I went thru so many speakers trying them out and was always swapping gear and speakers and such ...A friend was hot for my speakers and made me an offere I couldn't refuse, so off they went ...... Looking back they were the best sounding speakers I have ever played thru ...and NO I could care less how much they weigh ...Too bad I had to find out after going thru so many speakers .....Jim |
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Steven Welborn
From:
Ojai,CA USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2015 11:54 am
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| I have a 15" SRO with the 'whizzer' cone which never used. Any one use these with the whizzer? The whizzer cone in mine is damaged and I might just cut it off and try the speaker without it. |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2015 11:56 am
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How bad is the whizzer? Maybe try with the whizzer first?
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Dr. Z Surgical Steel amp, amazing!
"74 Bud S-10 3&6
'73 Bud S-10 3&5(under construction)
'63 Fingertip S-10, at James awaiting 6 knees
'57 Strat, LP Blue
'91 Tele with 60's Maple neck
Dozen more guitars!
Dozens of amps, but SF Quad reverb, Rick Johnson cabs. JBL 15, '64 Vibroverb for at home.
'52 and '56 Pro Amps |
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Steven Welborn
From:
Ojai,CA USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2015 3:52 pm
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| it's bent in or crumpled on one side. Maybe the whizzer itself could be repaired by gluing another whizzer on the inside. |
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