Heavymetal66
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I came across (2) Mesa V30's and since I don't like that speaker I'm looking to sell them. One of them needs a recone as it has voicecoil rub. The part # (T4416) indicates it's a 16 ohm Vintage 30 that came from a Mesa amp (I confirmed with Celestion). When I check it with my DMM it measures 13 ohms which is what I'd expect from a 16 ohm speaker.
The other speaker, same part #, is physically in good shape, but measures 7.1-7.4 ohms yet it supposed to be a 16 ohm speaker. 7.4 ohms is close to what I'd expect for an 8 ohm speaker - maybe on the high side. I asked Celestion about this and they said without knowing the history it could have been reconed as an 8 ohm speaker. If that's the case they did a great job as it looks like it came from the factory.
The cone and dust cap look great, there's no voicecoil rub, the spider is in great condition and the speaker jumps as expected when I touch a 9v battery across the terminals. Is there anything else I can check to confirm if this is actually an 8 ohm speaker, or a problematic 16 ohm speaker? If it was reconed why not indicate it on the speaker (it still shows 16 ohm). Also, these came out of the same 2x12 cab so why would anyone have a 16 ohm and 8 ohm together?
The first speaker is easy - sell it cheap noting it needs to be reconed. But I'm not sure what to do about the second one. I don't want to sell it as good with a little higher price only to have it go bad on someone, or worse yet possibly ruin their amp. Yet, I don't want to give it away if it's a perfectly working Vintage 30.
Anything else I'm not thinking of to check this speaker? Thanks!
The other speaker, same part #, is physically in good shape, but measures 7.1-7.4 ohms yet it supposed to be a 16 ohm speaker. 7.4 ohms is close to what I'd expect for an 8 ohm speaker - maybe on the high side. I asked Celestion about this and they said without knowing the history it could have been reconed as an 8 ohm speaker. If that's the case they did a great job as it looks like it came from the factory.
The cone and dust cap look great, there's no voicecoil rub, the spider is in great condition and the speaker jumps as expected when I touch a 9v battery across the terminals. Is there anything else I can check to confirm if this is actually an 8 ohm speaker, or a problematic 16 ohm speaker? If it was reconed why not indicate it on the speaker (it still shows 16 ohm). Also, these came out of the same 2x12 cab so why would anyone have a 16 ohm and 8 ohm together?
The first speaker is easy - sell it cheap noting it needs to be reconed. But I'm not sure what to do about the second one. I don't want to sell it as good with a little higher price only to have it go bad on someone, or worse yet possibly ruin their amp. Yet, I don't want to give it away if it's a perfectly working Vintage 30.
Anything else I'm not thinking of to check this speaker? Thanks!