| 3-12" cabinet - UPDATE #2 [message #14420] |
Sat, 25 September 2010 13:34  |
braud357
Messages: 154
Registered: July 2010
Location: Louisiana
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Well, referring to my prior topic, I just opened up the newly acquired 3-12 cabinet. It is loaded with the Jensen C12N speakers. These were primarily for guitar, right ? Since I will be using this for bass, I may have to offer those here for sale and purchase something like the Eminence Delta's in 16 ohm. Would any of you be interested in the Jensen's ?? They seem to be in perfect condition and have the Kustom stamp on them. Only negative is that on one of the speakers, the lead from the jack was rewired, and soldered to the speaker. It should clean up with no problems. Another negative is that sometime in the cabinet's past, someone put black Permatex sealer on the back panel (why, I don't know !) So, this will have to be cleaned up ! Other than that - it all looks good ! Comments and (or) suggestions are welcome !! Philip Braud
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| Re: 3-12" cabinet - UPDATE #2 [message #14500 is a reply to message #14496] |
Mon, 04 October 2010 11:54  |
pleat
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Registered: June 2004
Location: Belding, Mi
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BC, brud357 is correct, they did offer that cabinet with CTS, Jensen, and Altec speakers. Photo's show the CTS cabs with paper dust caps.
September 71 when the slant face series came out, Kustom had phased out 3x12 and the other odd speaker combinations and changed the brand name of speakers, and offered paper dust caps in their 2x12 2x15 and 3x15 bass cabs and they called it special design speakers.
The guitar cabs in the slant face era has the aluminum dust caps and called them full range speakers. By that time, Jensen and CTS brands were gone. They still offered the upgrade JBL and Altec.
I'd guess that at some point the CTS speakers were blown, and since Kustom offered the lifetime warranty on speakers, they were replaced at a time when CTS wasn't offered anymore and replaced with the KEI speakers.
If your KEI speakers has the aluminum dust cap with the black dot in the center, I'd have to say that whenever the exchange was made, Kustom sent the full range KEI speakers.
In any event after 40 years, that is part of the charm of Kustom history, and to see what might have been changed out and items stuffed in the ports.
pleat
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| Re: 3-12" cabinet - UPDATE #2 [message #14513 is a reply to message #14507] |
Wed, 06 October 2010 06:01 |
braud357
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Registered: July 2010
Location: Louisiana
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Another Update ! Yesterday, I finished with the cleaning up of my 3-12 cabinet. I removed EVERYTHING from the cabinet (including insulation), and gave it a good cleaning. The grille cloth cleaned up great - looks brand new ! I reinstalled the factory Jensens, fabricated a new jack plate and wiring, and put new screws and finishing washers on the back panel. Hooked her up to my K200B-1 head and tried my Jazz Bass on it. It sounds really good ! I know that the Jensen's are not bass speakers, but, what the heck !! Now, I am "on the hunt" for a black 2-15 cabinet - to use with my K200-B5 head.
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