Please help identify this speaker

[dashan]

I recently bought a speaker. The owner said that the speaker was used by a band. But the there was no brand name on the speaker. I took some pics.
Any information on Brand Name, Model number, and on how good the speaker is, would be appreciating.

Thanks

 

[sealy]

Haul the woofer outta there and take down the serial numbers on the back of the magnet. Someone will be able to tell you what it is by the numbers.

 

[Sir.Byrd]

Community.

 

[DENNYDOG]

By the look of those screws and washers I bet its not the original woofer for that cabinet.

 

[GordonW]

That's a "bottom" cabinet for a bass guitar "stack". It usually would have been used with a 4x10" cabinet on top of it, for a "full stack", in a bi-amplified (lows to the bottom cabinet, highs to the top cabinet, from separate amp channels in the instrument amplifier/head) setup.

The Marlboro amps and speaker cabinets were originally sold by Montgomery-Ward's department stores- their equivalent of the Slivertone amps and speakers sold by Sears Roebuck and Co. Apparently, some people like these amps- for example, it is said that Audrey Creed of the Black Crowes used to use a Marlboro setup in early years...

In our specific case here- this is probably of limited use for "hi-fi" applications... the tuning is higher than any subwoofer, and the woofer is probably fairly high-resonance too...

Regards,
Gordon.

 

[GordonW]

Looking further at that cabinet- I wonder if this is something that originally was made by Peavey, for Montgomery Ward's? Sure looks like Peavey construction. Even the little black-and-white tag on the back looks like Peavey's style of label...

Regards,
Gordon.

 

[Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

Looking further at that cabinet- I wonder if this is something that originally was made by Peavey, for Montgomery Ward's? Sure looks like Peavey construction. Even the little black-and-white tag on the back looks like Peavey's style of label...

Regards,
Gordon.

What I was thinking too. :yes:

 

[dashan]

Thanks for the information.
So Is this speaker called "Marlboro Base Guitar Stand"? Is the driver original one?

Thanks

 

[GordonW]

Probably is the original driver. Pull it out, and take a picture of any writing on the back of the magnet. The date code will tell you if it's the right age to be the original driver (usually a very good indicator)...

Regards,
Gordon.