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Topic: Utah speaker
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Bobby Boggs
Member From: Pendleton SC
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posted 11 October 2000 09:55 PM
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I saw an old Fender Vibroverb on E bay. It had a Utah speaker.Has any one ever heard of these? Where they any good?Did Fender offer them? Are is this a speaker someone has added? I asked the owner these ?'s and he had no idea. Sure was a huge speaker. |
B Cole
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posted 12 October 2000 05:50 AM
Bobby didn't utah make the Fender speical design or something of that sort I know I have a twin back in 1960 with 2 12 inch that I took out and put in 1 15 lansing which I still have hell of a guitar amp |
Bobby Boggs
Member From: Pendleton SC
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posted 12 October 2000 08:34 AM
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I don't know B.That was a little before my time.All I've ever seen are Jensen's and JBL's.But after all I am just a pup.  [This message was edited by Bobby Boggs on 12 October 2000 at 08:37 AM.] |
Donny Hinson
Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A.
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posted 12 October 2000 08:40 AM
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Bobby,Through the years, Fender used many different speakers for their amps, with the JBL's and Jensen "Special Design" being the most popular. They may well have used Utahs for a time...I do know they used CTS as well. Utah had a whole line of musical instrument speakers back in the '60s and '70s called "Cadence". These were good speakers, and quite similar to the Jensens, in design and sound. Their speakers were efficient too, and came with 16, 24 or 32 oz. magnets. (The magnet size, strength, and design contributes a lot to the efficiency and bass response of a speaker.) These "Cadence" speakers were also quite popular for replacement use, since they were available through both Lafayette, and Allied Radio, two big electronic catalog retailers of that period. |
Bobby Boggs
Member From: Pendleton SC
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posted 12 October 2000 08:54 AM
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Thank you Donny.The one I saw had a large magnet.That's what caught my eye.[This message was edited by Bobby Boggs on 12 October 2000 at 08:55 AM.] |
Dave Zirbel
Member From: Sebastopol, CA USA
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posted 12 October 2000 11:20 AM
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My 1971 Twin has Utahs made for Fender. They have the orange and silver colored sticker on the magnets. DZ |
Bobby Boggs
Member From: Pendleton SC
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posted 12 October 2000 01:00 PM
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How do they sound?Better than a JBL?Are they heavier? |
B Cole
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posted 12 October 2000 05:56 PM
Bobby the one's that were in my twin were Jensen sorry bout that. Oh! to be young again |
Dave Zirbel
Member From: Sebastopol, CA USA
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posted 13 October 2000 09:06 AM
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For guitar, I like the Utahs better, but I think the JBLs would work better for pedal steel, from what I hear from other players. The Utahs sounded good with my Fender Custum T-8 but not that good with my shobud. As far as weight, my guess is that a Twin w/JBLs will be heavier.DZ |
Jay Ganz
Member From: Out Behind The Barn
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posted 13 October 2000 02:57 PM
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Alot of old Fenders used Oxford (often called
blue label)speakers & CTS speakers in addition to all those mentioned above.------------------
Got That Steelin' Feelin' |
Tim Rowley
Member From: Pinconning, MI, USA
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posted 13 October 2000 04:54 PM
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Utahs were OK (not great) speakers. They were a little less expensive than Jensens in their time. Tim R. |
Bobby Boggs
Member From: Pendleton SC
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posted 14 October 2000 08:51 AM
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Thanks to everyone.I was just curious.
Jack close this when your ready. |
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