The JBL Guitar

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Yes, some do come up with interesting homes for their drivers...

[stephane RAME]

The TAKAMINE speaker : http://www.shoponkyo.com/detail.cfm?..._id=1&detail=1

[Fred Sanford]

These sound surprisingly good, actually.

http://www.sgcustomsound.com/speakers/Guitar1.htm

je

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I think these may even sound bombastic...

[glen]

I think what drives people to do this is the same reason a lot of folks like tube amps:
They want to emphasize particular audio characteristics that they find appealing.
But while a lot of music recorded up through the 1970s would have been mixed, monitored and expected to be replayed on tube amps,
nobody would have recorded their music to be played back on these!

It would be like playing a live recording back with added reverb.
Of course that was done too, I remember when the coolest thing was to have a Lexicon time-delay hooked up to your stereo to "restore" missing ambience.

I was going to suggest that the ridiculous, idiotic, extreme of this would be to listen to The Who/Hendrix/Zepplin through a wall of Marshall stacks.

Ridiculous, yes,
but then, every time I think of it I smile...

[Fred Sanford]

I've listened to Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, NIN, Type O Negative, Van Helsing's Curse and others through these, does that count?

[Fred Sanford]

It would be like playing a live recording back with added reverb.
Of course that was done too, I remember when the coolest thing was to have a Lexicon time-delay hooked up to your stereo to "restore" missing ambience.

I was going to suggest that the ridiculous, idiotic, extreme of this would be to listen to The Who/Hendrix/Zepplin through a wall of Marshall stacks.

Ridiculous, yes,
but then, every time I think of it I smile...

That was my first fear when I saw my friend Scott's guitar speakers, with the strings still on them (slack, but still there). I was surprised that they sounded as good as they did, and that I couldn't hear the strings resonate- doesn't mean they didn't, just saying I couldn't hear them from where I stood. I've heard three sets of them now, I think he's sold a few more than that. I think his main drive is to give people an option to have functional art- speakers they love to look at or at the least that blend into their decor yet still give pleasing musical results. No, I have no financial interest in promoting him, but I do admire his work and his dedication, in a different way than I admire those that bathe themselves in the intricacies of science to allow function to drive all decisions rather then aesthetics. He's just a fun alternative, that actually sounds pretty good. A personal favorite is the subwoofer he made from a buoy that washed up on the shore. YMMV, of course.

Now, of course, I'm picturing the current Marshall micro-stacks, with 1 x 10" driver in each...replace the one in the straight cab with a woofer, the slant cab gets a coaxial...repeat on the opposite side...hmmm...

je

[glen]

. . . does that count?

That DOES count, Dracula, but more on the side of illustrating the desire to enhance the experience, rather than altering the audio response of the speaker.

[glen]

Now, of course, I'm picturing the current Marshall micro-stacks, with 1 x 10" driver in each...replace the one in the straight cab with a woofer, the slant cab gets a coaxial...repeat on the opposite side...hmmm...
je

Marshall micro-stacks = oxymoron.

No mini for jimi

[Baron030]

Hey, maybe I am having some kind of a drug induced flashback today.
But, didn’t I see Jimmy with some Altec speakers on the Rainbow Bridge album?

Hendrix & Altecs… Wow, far out man....

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I've listened to Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, NIN, Type O Negative, Van Helsing's Curse and others through these, does that count?

Hey, its the Morbid 4000's by Wiccan Acoustics!