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greetings to the board -- I know Fanes are the speaker of choice, but has anyone had any good results with webers or celestions? I bought my combo in '89 and just used what was in it since then (actually mostly unused for last 10 years) -- it's some 16 ohm no-name thing. Had the tubes done then too -- it's sacriledge but I put groove tubes in it. I'm leaning toward eurotubes, but..? I'm going to start using it for real now and keep the 15 watt traynor as a back-up. the other guy in the band has a nice 60's supro + a blues junior so I want to drag out the beast. thanks for your input. - Sean

Welcome, I would go for Weber's Thames or Crescendo clone. You really want something atleast 75-80 watts.

The new GT mullard EL34's are pretty nice sounding tubes, so are =C='s.

-Doc

Thanks for the Thames tip -- I suppose you meant the Alnico's? Ted Weber is swamped with orders -- I suppose he's doing something right. I wish I knew what my current speaker actually was; it certainly sounds OK -- i'm just in tweak mode. Can anyone tell by just looking? Perhaps my "no-name" is one of the old grey- framed Fanes...see att'd. - Sean

No I would not recommend Alnico speakers for a HIWATT. Ceramic is the way to go. That speaker is an ATC and was an option for that amp. Can you describe what you don't like about it? That ATC should be an outstanding speaker.

I've got the same speaker in my 1977 Bulldog. Mine is 8ohms though ( maybe check the impedence). I don't think a different single speaker will sound much better just different. Consider adding a 1or 2x12 cab for variety. At 36kgs( for the amp) a set of casters on the cab work nicely---RM

To be honest there's nothing I don't like about the speaker -- I'm just assessing my signal chain and I always wanted to have the speaker that was "meant" to be in there... ATC I had never heard of - sounds like maybe it's a legit contender. The speaker in it has a Vancouver audio clinic sticker that says 100 watt - 16 ohm. But yeah it does sound great with my 2x12 marshall (w/the venerable GT-75's). In fact waaay back when it was last serviced (locally by the guy who built those Wizard amps that ACDC used) he plugged it into two 4x12 cabs. very cool. As for castors, no it didn't take long to add those. Thanks for all the feedback. I bought this thing in '89 after the first band I was in had a guitar player that insisted I use his rig when I joined them - a 100 watt hiwatt head and an orange marshall straight 4x12. I guess I got hooked. -- sean