ash

Yep reckon so -good luck with the project!

I got my totally knackered Wasp synth fixed by Ben at Cyberwave EMS cost £100 and he replaced parts and set it all up - best money I've spent as most of these old things are very quirky circuit wise and I'm quite handy with a soldering iron - here's a link if you use him tell him I sent you. http://www.vintagesynths.co.uk/ Edit - he's not local to you but I did everything via courier and it all worked fine. Let us all know how you get on the Quartet is one of the synths I would love to own again. Good luck!

I saw it the owner said it weighed over 10lbs so I decided to save my back!

Checkout his user name!

Excellent job there really look the part - maybe worth informing the Shergold forum about these replacements?

[quote name='The fasting showman' timestamp='1404384202' post='2492082'] Hi Ash, I enjoyed the thread you attached. This is off at a tangent somewhat. Around 10 years ago I owned a mid '60s B15N...it had a few issues (like most vintage gear that has come my way!) but had an after market alnico JBL 15 in it. I remember thinking what a nice cab it was, it had the slot ported reflex design with the double baffle I think. What with all the info available could there be any mileage in doing a portaflex cab replica in Vox cosmetics? Could be nice with an AC50 driving it and at least then there's all the homework done by other people as to what current Eminence would work in that cab type. All the best, Martin [/quote] Hi Martin, how you doing? Thanks for the info. My second plan of action was to keep the original cab as is and get a more modern cab and 'pimp' it with Vox speaker cloth etc. to retain the look. There are plenty of nice lightweight cabs out there with suitable vinyl finishes - I admit I had thought of using a Markbass however and just leaving it as is - that would be a meeting of old and new to make the purists wince wouldn't it?

By the way with regard to the Soundlab speaker in your original posting, these aren't great speakers as others have suggested and would be very different from the original speaker both in terms of build quality and sound. You would also need to adapt your cab to fit it. Look elsewhere if you want something to better what you've got. Cheers

I'm having the same problem, my speaker cab is an earlier Vox 18" from '64 - the amp is a very loud AC50 and they are an original set. The 18" sounds great at low volumes but is underpowered for the amp ( I suspect it was used in a pair) I believe the original Celestion speaker is only rated at 50 watts. Been looking at the Fane Sovereign range which cost around £125 for the 18" and state they are suitable for bass guitar in small enclosures. If anyone has a 100 watt Celestion 18" knocking around I'd be interested though. Added a picture of my Vox stack and the type of Celestion. There's a good site about Vox Foundation cabs here - http://www.voxac50.org.uk/index_07.htm Very interesting thread by the way.