I am so excited to finally getting these beauties from my Aunt. They have never been refurbished so I was very surprised when they fired right up. Kind of Blue never sounded so good!
My question is about the hole in the back of the blonde one.
Anyone ever seen this before? I looked all over Google and couldn't find a Harlan C39 with the same hole. It looks very deliberately made judging by the pencil markings and clean cut.
Some History: These were originally owned by my grandfather, Glen Glenn of Glen Glenn Sound Company in Hollywood. The family story goes that they were "custom made" by JBL on Glen's guidance sometime in the 1950's. It would not surprise me at all if Glen had personal contact with James B. Lansing since they were both tops in their very related fields. Glen was recording sound and James was reproducing it with his masterpieces. Other than the strange hole in the back these are fairly typical (two 130Bs, N1200 crossover, one 175 potato masher, gray).
Second Question: Would anyone recommend cutting the same hole in the other cabinet to make a more matching stereo pair? Or is that sacrelidge?
Happy Listening!