Marvin Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 This is a bit of a long shot may be... An mate of mine's wife has an old Marshall cab that once belonged to the bass player of the Dead Kennedy's. One of the drivers isn't an original and he wants to put a Celestion G15 100 in in its place. Any body know of anywhere where he might be able to get his hands on one? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Might be better to look into re-coning it, which means it is still the original speaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brensabre79 Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 As it's a discontinued model your best bet would be trawling through eBay for one, or maybe an old cab with one in. @Phil - read the post again. The speaker isn't original Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 Thanks. I thought it was going to be an ebay search. I'd done some searches myself but just wanted to check if there was any 'hidden' specialists Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 If it were me, I'd get the spec/model of the chassis in the cab that your mate wants to match/emulate. Post that detail here, and hopefully the knowledge of the speaker guys will be able to suggest a match currently in production. My experience of Marshal cabs ...albeit it a long time ago, is that they wouldn't use a particular special driver so it shouldn't be too hard a job or too expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTypeV4 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I had a G15 100 a while back but moved it on sadly. I assume we're talking the blue cast frame one from the early '80s? They also did a 'spider' frame version too although I don't know the differences (if any?) between them. Both crop up on ebay from time-to-time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 [quote name='VTypeV4' timestamp='1411995845' post='2564635'] I had a G15 100 a while back but moved it on sadly. I assume we're talking the blue cast frame one from the early '80s? They also did a 'spider' frame version too although I don't know the differences (if any?) between them. Both crop up on ebay from time-to-time. [/quote] So close . I'm not sure what frame it is, but I think he's going to have to trawl ebay and be patient. [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1411979784' post='2564429'] If it were me, I'd get the spec/model of the chassis in the cab that your mate wants to match/emulate. Post that detail here, and hopefully the knowledge of the speaker guys will be able to suggest a match currently in production. My experience of Marshal cabs ...albeit it a long time ago, is that they wouldn't use a particular special driver so it shouldn't be too hard a job or too expensive [/quote] He wants to try and return in to all genuine drivers. There's nothing wrong with the one driver that isn't original, he just wants it to be as authentic as possible I suppose. Personally I'd bin it as I don't like the Dead Kennedy's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTypeV4 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Some pix might help.. I have a G15C which is the 'Spider' frame but is only 50w and a later Powercel which is the 250w model both I believe used by Marshall in the '70s.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 [quote name='VTypeV4' timestamp='1412008332' post='2564799'] Some pix might help.. I have a G15C which is the 'Spider' frame but is only 50w and a later Powercel which is the 250w model both I believe used by Marshall in the '70s.. [/quote] Crikey... I had an old Marshal 4x15 with cast chassis, iirc but they were only rated at 50w each. I woukld guess the cab dated back to the 70's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTypeV4 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 [URL=http://s778.photobucket.com/user/VTypeV4/media/Celcoil4_zps3c55f509.jpg.html][IMG]http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy70/VTypeV4/Celcoil4_zps3c55f509.jpg[/IMG][/URL] G15C.. Oldskool and warm. [URL=http://s778.photobucket.com/user/VTypeV4/media/Powercell2_zps13d94cf9.jpg.html][IMG]http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy70/VTypeV4/Powercell2_zps13d94cf9.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Powercel.. It weighs eight tonnes but works well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 It was the Spider chassis............. for sure. 200w 4x15. Bit of a beast but the only cab I had at the time that could cope with a 100 Hiwatt...sort of. I bought it with 2 Blown speakers for £50 and replaced the speakers. No idea what happened to it... but I think I got a 301 cab and a 412 after seeing Thin Lizzy and then went for a PV combo with BW..which was boomproof but sounded awful.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grenadilla Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 (edited) Celestion now make a neo-magnet 400 watt 15 in 8 ohms or 4ohms. This would upgrade your Marshall cabinet and also reduce the weight a bit. Edited October 2, 2014 by grenadilla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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