Ampeg B15 speaker

[rymac]

I have a Ampeg B15 N- F ser. number on chassis is 022955.
The amp was making a buzz when I played an E.
I removed the speaker from the amp cab reconnected speaker and determined the buzz was from the spkr.
The spkr is a Fender P.S. 15 B ser. no. 0214 orange frame, large black heavy magnet and has a metal dust cap which I think is the cause of the buzz. I'm guessing this is not the original spkr.

What is a good replacement 15 inch spkr??
Is this Fender spkr worth anything?? I kinda of think it's junk. It's heavy and I could take it to the metal scrap yard.

RyMac

[hogy]

Originally Posted by rymac

I have a Ampeg B15 N- F ser. number on chassis is 022955.
The amp was making a buzz when I played an E.
I removed the speaker from the amp cab reconnected speaker and determined the buzz was from the spkr.
The spkr is a Fender P.S. 15 B ser. no. 0214 orange frame, large black heavy magnet and has a metal dust cap which I think is the cause of the buzz. I'm guessing this is not the original spkr.

What is a good replacement 15 inch spkr??
Is this Fender spkr worth anything?? I kinda of think it's junk. It's heavy and I could take it to the metal scrap yard.

RyMac

Sounds like that orange frame "Fender" speaker is a JBL. Worth quite a bit of money.

I use a 150W Eminence speaker in my B-15, which I like a lot for bass.

[Flux]

Depending on the age of the amp, the original speaker may have been a CTS (square magnet style), or possibly a JBL - it wouldn't have been logo'd Fender though, obviously. Since you already have a JBL, send it off to WeberVST to be reconed. While the CTS sounded good, I prefer the alnico JBL in my '66 B15N, and the high value of the speaker will absorb the cost of a recone. Just let them know what it's for, and they'll do the rest.

[slider313]

An orange frame Fender speaker could also be a Gauss.

[rymac]

[CthonicEwes]

Don't laugh, but a Carvin will work fine...

[Flux]

That would be the Gauss (pictured).