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Re: Looong post on DR mods

4/25/2000 8:58 AM

Rick Erickson

Re: Looong post on DR mods quote: "C’mon, no replies? Even a: I hate what you have done to your DR would be OK."   Bjorn     Hey whatever works for you is o.k. with me. I personally took a much simpler approach to getting more headroom, better tone and no mushiness from my DR - simply replacing the speaker with a re-coned Altec 417-8H. I have had many players want to know exactly what I did to this amp (actually I have two, a '64 & a '68) and other than re-building them to stock specs this is the only mod. Strangely enough I repaired a very early Mesa Mk-I amp today which had an Altec 417-8H speaker in it. The amp sounded very warm to me which led me to believe the Altec wasn't a standard factory version. The cone looks factory but the speaker does not have the high-end harshness that most Altecs seem to have. I ran the Boogie into my Deluxe speaker and the Deluxe into the Boogie. Both speakers have nearly the same response. Apparently Boogie had the Altecs made for them without the extended high end that a stock 417 has. This is the first speaker other than the ones I've had reconed that sounded this good.   I have heard other recones that sound awful, lacking the punch & headroom that an Altec should have. They were probably done with the earlier non edge-wound voice coils from Waldom.   I use these amps on stage with an 8 piece r&b/rock combo. For most gigs I only use one but if the stage will allow it I'll run them both. I sold my SR's after putting this setup together. They were collecting dust. I would love to try a pair of these in a Twin Reverb.   Actually I just saw your post now, I wasn't holding out or anything. Thought you might be interested in a different approach though.   RE

 

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anonymous Rick, thanks replying. I too think ... -- 4/25/2000 12:06 PM Eric H I have hea... -- 4/25/2000 3:36 PM