Which speakers for my '72 DR504 ?

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billou_35
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Which speakers for my '72 DR504 ?

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Hi,

I'm new here and not sure if I post at the right place, please tell me if I'm wrong.

Here is my story and my questions :

I bought a wonderful DR103 from '71 some years ago and was lucky enough to find a Hiwatt 4x12 with Simm-Watts FANE which were in face 122231 FANEs... So I got the perfect Gilmour-in-a-big-box gear... I had tons of effects : '86 export version of the Tube Driver, Fuzz Face, ... My homemade pedal board was then just enormous...

Sadly, I always wanted to have a Plexi so sold everything to a guy that plays in a Pink Floyd cover band...

Some years after, I never could forget this amp + cab sounds, especially with the Green Muff, it was just amazing !!! :D

Then, I bought a SA212 from '75 but sold it...

Some weeks ago, I was lucky enough to buy a DR504 from '72 totally unmodified. The cosmetics is not good but the electronics is just 100% original... I just recaped it and change the Sovtek power tubes for Silvania Wing =C=...

So I'm back there and really happy ! :D :D :D

Now, I'd like to play it through a 2x12 cab. I got to mention that I'm more into crunch tones than Gilmour cleans with effects. I'm really into guitar-into-amp-and-that's-all :lol: :lol: :lol:

I play mainly Strats & Les Paul. Lately, I'm really into classic rock territory and more into Who's humbuckers crunch than Gilmour's single coil into effects tone.

I don't now what to do for the speakers. Vintage FANEs seem really hard to find now (Why did I sell the 122231s ?) and I just don't now what to buy ?

1/ VHR speakers but sadly, the shipping cost for the cab is really too high for us europeans and I don't blame anyone of course.
2/ Reeves VP is the same.
3/ Weber Thames
4/ Weber FC-12
5/ ... ?

Which speakers would you consider ?

Thanks to you for your help & support ! :wink:

Cheers,
Fabien
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Re: Which speakers for my '72 DR504 ?

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Fabien,

Let's reverse the question and ask first; what is available to you, affordably, in Europe? From that selection, we might be able to narrow down options.

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Re: Which speakers for my '72 DR504 ?

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Hello Dave,

In fact, everything except speakers that got to be sold with cabinet from US means : VHR & Reeves.

Every other brands like Weber, Eminence, FANE, etc... are all available...

Thank you :D
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Re: Which speakers for my '72 DR504 ?

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Check out the HI-TONE YouTube channel, we have clips up there with a few Eminence speakers as well as our own models.

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mhuss wrote:Check out the HI-TONE YouTube channel, we have clips up there with a few Eminence speakers as well as our own models.
Good idea! If Fabien is after a bit more crunch, maybe the C-Rex's?

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Re: Which speakers for my '72 DR504 ?

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Or one C-Rex and one Tonker Lite. :)

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