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Dennis Waltman

 

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Wisconsin, USA
Post  Posted 15 Jan 2024 10:16 am    
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This speaker was in a Bell and Howell cabinet that's become my beater travel cabinet. It tested ok using a cheap little speaker test box but apparently mice dined on a portion of the cone.

Is the speaker worth fixing?




Likely too much cone gone to repair?

Any leads on where to locate a cone?

I didn't listen to it in the cab before replacing it with a Weber California. Been powering with a Quilter Toneblock 45 and running lap steel into it.
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Donny Hinson

 

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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
Post  Posted 15 Jan 2024 8:25 pm    
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Looks like it might be an inch-and-a-half voice coil, so a new cone should be easily available. How heavy is the speaker? (A heavier magnet structure means a better speaker, generally.) You could have it re-coned, and get a voice coil that would handle more power. Or, you could coat the chewed edges with rubber cement and just use it as is. Mr. Green
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Lee Baucum


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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
Post  Posted 15 Jan 2024 8:52 pm    
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That's a great looking speaker cabinet!

Is that a port on the lower right? Looking at photos online, I see several models have that same round opening.

~Lee
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Dennis Waltman

 

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Wisconsin, USA
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2024 4:38 pm    
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Hi,
The port was for a retractctable speaker cord.
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Ian Rae


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Redditch, England
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2024 9:39 pm    
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When I was a teenager in the 60s we used Goodmans because that's about all there was that we could afford. I don't think there was anything magical about them.
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