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50's Jensens in GA50T needing recone ?

Al Watsky
October 18th, 2009, 08:43 PM
Hey Folks,
What cha' think.
I have a 54" GA50T
The 8" is blown have to recone it, no doubt.
The 12" is still hangin' in. No tears, no cone rub.
Whats the call ?
Re-cone the 12" or leave it alone ?
I'm inclined to do em' both, but what do y'all think ?

RichardM
October 18th, 2009, 11:13 PM
If the 12" sounds good, I'd leave it alone.

But that's just because I'm tight.

Al Watsky
October 18th, 2009, 11:57 PM
RichardM, yep.

FenderLover
October 21st, 2009, 01:43 PM
Mine's a '48 non-trem, first year. The P12P/P8P are not real efficient. If you pull them for safe keeping, you will get more volume with more efficient replacements. Other than that, I'd just recone what needs reconing.

Al Watsky
October 21st, 2009, 06:26 PM
Cool suggestion FenderLover.
They are really marginal speakers.
I have been told that the 8 often blows first.
This one sure did. I didn't last very long with me playing some blues through it.
Have you ever actually used yours ?
These are real odd-ball amps.
Not like the later Gibson amps.
This is like a hi-fi set. It ain't rock and roll heaven. Great character though.
Jim Hall used one that he had made into a head for decades.

FenderLover
October 23rd, 2009, 01:25 PM
Yes, I play it - I have two GA-25's and one GA-50 with the 8 / 12 speaker combo. All original and still working - all from 1948 also.
I also have a '52 GA-75. I mention this because all four of those amps have the 6SJ7 preamp tubes. If you push the MIC input a little, you're square in Bluestown. Otherwise you're right - very clean, hi-fi sound on the instrument inputs with lots of headroom. Distortion was to be avoided back then... Perfect for jazz stuff, or just a clean power amp with pedal effects.