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I appreciate your honest opinion. It is a 20 year old stock fender blues jr speaker. I can say that IMO the replacement Cannabis Rex sounds much better. I don't think it is worth the time or money. Thanks again!
Glenn

Thank you Sir, I can almost get my head around it. Using my existing speakers was the idea. I had a unconfirmed notion that the stock and a cannabis rex in a separate cabinet might make it sound better. But I guess I won't know until I do it. And if it doesn't sound better than I am out the time and...

Sure that would work as far as presenting the correct load, but you will cut the sound output power in half. Hello Martin, Thanks for responding! Is there a simple way to explain the why of that? Now since I have a 15W that is too loud at 3 and doesn't really get out of the muddled sound at much be...

Is this too inexperienced a question and thus no one wishes to answer? Won't be the first time {:-))!
Glenn

it would be much safer on the transformer to run a 16ohm load then a 4ohm load. the 4 ohm load will put stress on the output transformer even though it should be relatively safe. You might want to check the sensitivity of the original speaker to see if it would even pair well with the crex. Hello d...

Howdy NickC, Well series and parallel I had a feeling about that. Thanks for the series wiring warning!!! Impedance, well I forgot anything I learned about that a long time ago. Of course I have to ask the simple question of what would occur with the amp driving a 4 ohm load? Appreciate your kind as...

Hello, I have a green board Fender Blues Jr. I recently replaced the tube (big difference) and installed an 8 ohm Cannabis Rex (wonderful difference IMHO). If I were to decide to get a 212 cabinet, is there a way to hook up the original 8 ohm speaker and the Cannabis 8 Ohm speaker to the amp's 8 Ohm...

As noted the speaker is around 20 years old. The amp is quite a bit louder and more powerful than I need, due to the volume bedroom/neighbor/wife issues. I am hoping that a speaker and or a cabinet might take it far enough for a distinct improvement.Glenn My best speakers are over 40 years old with...

Another opinion question. I have A fender blues jr green board stock. I would like to increase the quality of the sound, at least at this moment without making any permanent mods. I have replaced the tubes which has helped alot. Which of the following do you think would be the most cost effective a...

Glenn, Boxiness is common with all small combos. Even small closed back cabinets can sound boxy. I replaced a Lopoline 1x12 with a larger StageCraft 1x12, and the difference was remarkable. The fact that one of your guitars has been a problem with respect to muddy and shrill tones, and not your oth...

Glenn, Please don't apologize, and I hope you didn't take offence by my words. None was meant. But now we are getting somewhere. Muddy, and shrill are helpful words. Let's take them one at a time. Starting with muddy. It would be unusual for an open back cabinet to be the cause of muddy tones. In f...

So to take LeftyStrat's thoughts a step further... If you like the typical Fendery sounds of a Blues Junior, Deluxe Reverb, etc., then you probably like open back cabinet sounds. If you tend towards more agressive tones that are often associated with bigger amps like Marshalls, then closed back cab...

So here is some background on speakers and cabs. There are basically two types of musical instruments speakers; those that color your sound, and those that color your sound a lot. The first are considered more 'hifi', for example an EVM12L, but even these don't give a really flat response, which is...

Hello Colossal, Thank you for the eloquent and highly informative response. You have made it clear that it is very personally relative. I do not have a style, I like SRV, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, BB King, David Gilmore, Chet Atkins an on and on. I guess I will have to narrow it down to one thing an...

I guess it probably got no responses because it is just a very open ended question. "Quality of sound" is subjective. One man's sweetness is another man's earache. Your best bet before spending any money is to take it to a music shop and try it through different cabinets/speaker combinations. I've ...