| To keep my CTS speakers or swap out. [message #27517] |
Fri, 27 September 2019 15:25  |
doc10039
Messages: 7
Registered: March 2012
Location: Arizona
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I just picked up a K200 B-1 with 2x15 cab with CTS speakers. The guy I got it from put aluminum domes on the speakers to get the faux JBL look. I have a pair of Eminence CB15's and a pair of E140's. I'll probably dump the CTS speakers in a fender cab and off to guitar center peddle it.
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| Re: To keep my CTS speakers or swap out. [message #27518 is a reply to message #27517] |
Sat, 28 September 2019 06:16  |
stevem
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Registered: June 2004
Location: NY
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I would for sure audition both the Eminence and JBL Drivers for you tonal needs!
The JBLs only go up to 2500 HZ and will be very dull if you need to play any slap Bass or if you play with a pick, atleast the Eminence go up to 3000 HZ.
Both brands handle far more wattage then the 200B outputs , but the JBLs are 2 DB hotter in SPL output level so they will be a tad louder for any level of wattage input.
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| Re: To keep my CTS speakers or swap out. [message #27542 is a reply to message #27517] |
Tue, 15 October 2019 15:03 |
ET!
Messages: 3
Registered: October 2019
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I like the older CTS 10s and 12s in my guitar rigs...warm, full bodied...but not for bass..they seem carboardy and tend to whimp out before I can get my rig to the level of volume, tone, bottom that I want for bass...in fairness, when I used to play bass regular bar gigs...my rig was a 200 head through a pair of the 2x15 cabs..and I'd run a Boss bass eq pedal in front of the kustom to get me as much as 15db boost in freqs...
of the 3 you've mentioned, I'd tend to go Emminence as well..and if I recall some older conversations with Bud when he was first putting the Krossroads stuff together..he had wanted a different speaker but especially in the kombo cabs, he couldn't get enough air into the box with the 10s..and I think that's when he went Emminence..and I can't recall if it was Beta series?...you're not really pushing enough watts to leverage the bigger drivers anyway, and I recall buying some Gamma series 15s for my Kustom bass cab one time...and was surprised to see that the frame edge on those driver baskets is so thick that the mounting bolts on the faceboard of the kustom cab weren't long enough to got through the basket frame and have thread left for the but to bite.
Play Loud! ET
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| Re: To keep my CTS speakers or swap out. [message #27560 is a reply to message #27517] |
Sun, 20 October 2019 18:50 |
doc10039
Messages: 7
Registered: March 2012
Location: Arizona
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Well I put the JBL'S in and it sounds great. Put a new three prong on the head ,replaced filter caps, defunked all the boards and all surfaces. Had to work a bit on the boards they were very oxidated but they deoxit and a bronze and a copper bronze brush did the trick. Plus I sold the bassman cab with the CTS speakersI put in for $150. I bought the fender cab with the JBL's in for $200 so fifty bucks for the JBL's.
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