ddeand
03-12-2006, 09:27 PM
Hello,
My name is Dean Davis, and I'm a relatively new member to the JBL/Altec speaker family. I use the speakers in my guitar amps and cabs, and I am just amazed at how well these speakers sound. I have a JBL D120F in a Savage Audio amp, a couple D216's tucked in a Fender Bandmaster Reverb head, and I just picked up an Altec 418B (white frame, gray bell).
I have questions about the 418B - it needs to be reconed/rebuilt. There is virtually no info on these speakers anywhere, and I'm at somewhat of a loss in terms of planning a repair strategy. I will do the recone myself, and I have found a possible recone kit - but I need to know if it will work for the 418B. The kit is a 418-8H Altec recone kit. Will that work for the 418B? My guess is that it will, but I'd like some advice on this.
Also, when were these speakers made? The serial no. is 391013, but I don't know which decade the "0" belongs in. Anybody have an educated guess on that?
I've enjoyed reading many of the posts here over the past few months, and I hope I can contribute someday. If anyone can help me out with my questions, I sure would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Dean
My name is Dean Davis, and I'm a relatively new member to the JBL/Altec speaker family. I use the speakers in my guitar amps and cabs, and I am just amazed at how well these speakers sound. I have a JBL D120F in a Savage Audio amp, a couple D216's tucked in a Fender Bandmaster Reverb head, and I just picked up an Altec 418B (white frame, gray bell).
I have questions about the 418B - it needs to be reconed/rebuilt. There is virtually no info on these speakers anywhere, and I'm at somewhat of a loss in terms of planning a repair strategy. I will do the recone myself, and I have found a possible recone kit - but I need to know if it will work for the 418B. The kit is a 418-8H Altec recone kit. Will that work for the 418B? My guess is that it will, but I'd like some advice on this.
Also, when were these speakers made? The serial no. is 391013, but I don't know which decade the "0" belongs in. Anybody have an educated guess on that?
I've enjoyed reading many of the posts here over the past few months, and I hope I can contribute someday. If anyone can help me out with my questions, I sure would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Dean