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Post subject: Best Replacement Speaker for Excelsior?
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 7:27 pm
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I'm looking to swap out the speaker in my Fender Excelsior. I've narrowed it down to the following:

Eminence Legend 1518

Weber 15A125-A (alnico magnet)

Weber 15F150-A (ceramic magnet)

Any thoughts or opinions regarding what would be optimal? I play garage rock, my main guitar is a G & L ASAT.


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Post subject: Re: Best Replacement Speaker for Excelsior?
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 1:09 am
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Welcome to the Forum morrisonic. I am a bass guitar player so have experience with 15" speakers from that viewpoint. The Eminence Legends in my Peavey cabinet work remarkably well. Your choices for a 15" guitar speaker are very interesting, there are amp gurus on this Forum with huge knowledge on this subject, I hope that they will join this conversation.
Have fun here morrisonic! :D

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Post subject: Re: Best Replacement Speaker for Excelsior?
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 4:51 am
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Try the Legend....as Bill mentions here:

http://billmaudio.com/wp/?page_id=1203

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Post subject: Re: Best Replacement Speaker for Excelsior?
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:16 am
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I've not tried the Webers, nor heard them, but I can vouch for the Legend 1518 which I put in my 'brown' Exy. It is a huge improvement...couldn't be happier.

If you're inclined to sort through 100+ pages, I do recall discussions on the Webers here, as well as a number of other topics of interest to Exy owners: http://www.tdpri.com/forum/amp-owners-c ... e-102.html

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Post subject: Re: Best Replacement Speaker for Excelsior?
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:51 pm
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Well, well sir ,<in a deep voice> you want to know the best replacement speaker for your Fender Trademark Excelsior electric guitar amplifier<pulling up britches>. Let's see hmm, hmm, hmm, more hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm. Can I interest you an a Fender Trademark Excelsior electric guitar amplifier? :idea:


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Post subject: Re: Best Replacement Speaker for Excelsior?
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:02 pm
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i went ahead and ordered the Weber 15F150-A, I'll report back in 4-6 weeks . . .


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Post subject: Re: Best Replacement Speaker for Excelsior?
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:32 pm
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Excelsior update: i've installed a Weber 15F150-A, and i swapped the power tubes for a matched pair of JJ 6V6s.

And it sounds nice! Very clear and punchy, nice break-up after noon, pushed just a bit with low gain overdrive.


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Post subject: Re: Best Replacement Speaker for Excelsior?
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:56 pm
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Thanks for the update morrisonic.

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