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Post subject: Emi Fender Special Design / Jensen C-12K
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:54 pm
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I'm considering the purchase of a used DRRI from a GC about 1000 miles away. They say the amp is ultra-clean but they don't know what year it was manufactured. It has an "Eminence Fender Special Design" speaker. I know they are now using the Jensen C-12K. Does anyone know when they stopped putting the Emi in the DRRI? Also, would anyone who knows care to comment on the differences between the two? Thanks!

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Post subject: Re: Emi Fender Special Design / Jensen C-12K
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:32 pm
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According to data provided in the 2001 Fender Frontline catalog, the DRRI featured a "special design" loudspeaker. No data beyond that but I'm certain that, like my first-year 1994 edition, it was the Eminence driver (Fender P/N 037617). The 2000 Frontline shows the speaker to be made by Eminence, while the 2002 Frontline specifies the Jensen C12K. Thus it can be inferred that the changeover occured in 2002 or late 2001.

Neither are particularly well-suited to this amp IMO and many players replace them as a matter of course. A 22-watt amp really doesn't need a speaker rated for 100-watt loads.

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