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Topic: Who can do a proper recone on a JBL K120? |
Dave Zirbel
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Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2018 6:25 pm |
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Missing my JBL....who does the best recone? I realize the original kits are not available...
Thanks
Dave
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Bob Hoffnar
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Posted 17 Apr 2018 7:43 pm
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I gotta a guy in Austin I use. His company is called Mustang Speakers. He is not much of an internet guy though.
Reconing is not so hard to do. I'm sure you can find a great local guy near you. Check with old Grateful Dead techs. They where all about those JBL's.
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Jerry Overstreet
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Louisville Ky
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Posted 17 Apr 2018 9:04 pm
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A company named MacKenzie is building recone kits that people say are just like the original JBL's and other vintage kits. They offer DIY kits and instructions if one feels up to the challenge. http://reconekits.com/search.aspx?find=jbl+k120%3d8
I've no personal experience with this company, but I understand the head recone dude from the former Orange County Speaker took up where they left off and began a reconing operation in Garden Grove Ca.
Might check them out here: http://www.speakerrepairpros.com/
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Steve Sycamore
From:
Sweden
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Posted 18 Apr 2018 5:14 am
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Glenn at Wesley Audio did a quality recone of a pair of D120F's for me. You may want to decide whether you want cloth surrounds or paper. Cloth was used after the original D120 series. Most orange D120F's were cloth and they probably have a longer lifetime.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/wesley-audio-gray
http://wesleyaudio.com/ |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2018 5:56 am
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| let us know how the recone goes. back in the 60s if you had a jbl speaker in your fender amp....you were royalty!! jbl and the white frame altecs.....the best sounds i ever got for bass and underarm guitars. |
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Al Evans
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Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2018 6:21 am
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| Bob Hoffnar wrote: |
| I gotta a guy in Austin I use. His company is called Mustang Speakers. He is not much of an internet guy though. |
If this is the same guy who used to have a storefront on Anderson Lane, I've had several speaker repairs done by him and his work is top-notch. His web page is out of date -- Austin Vintage Guitars moved to Red River St. a couple of years ago. Not that it matters....
--Al Evans
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Jerry Overstreet
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Louisville Ky
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Posted 18 Apr 2018 6:22 am
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Woody Woodell at Benchcraft Electronics somewhere around Goodlettsville Tn. used to be the go to guy for quality JBL reconing, but someone has intimated that he may no longer be in business. Perhaps someone in the area will know.
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Bob Hoffnar
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Austin, Tx
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Posted 18 Apr 2018 7:00 am
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| Al Evans wrote: |
| Bob Hoffnar wrote: |
| I gotta a guy in Austin I use. His company is called Mustang Speakers. He is not much of an internet guy though. |
If this is the same guy who used to have a storefront on Anderson Lane, I've had several speaker repairs done by him and his work is top-notch. His web page is out of date -- Austin Vintage Guitars moved to Red River St. a couple of years ago. Not that it matters....
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His name is Ken and he does a bunch of work for Austin Vintage and everybody else around town. He is a bit of a legend. Quite a caricature.
I'm just thinking the shipping would be expensive and might not be worth the trouble.
Dave, Get in touch and I'll send you his info if you want. Ken does great work.
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2018 7:50 am
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Go the www.soundspeakerrepair.com and get a recone kit and do it yourself, it's not rocket science.
I've done a couple JBLs and it's really not a big deal. 
Erv
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Dave Zirbel
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Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2018 7:52 am
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Thanks guys!
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Godfrey Arthur
From:
3rd Rock
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Posted 18 Apr 2018 10:50 am
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Try Tone Tubby.
They can also do a hemp cone.
https://tonetubby.com/faq/
And they're in Calif too.
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Michael Butler
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California, USA
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Mickey Adams
From:
Bandera Texas
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Posted 20 Apr 2018 8:01 am
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Buy the kit and do it yourself..Youtube makes it easy
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Dave Zirbel
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Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2018 2:22 pm
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| Buy the kit and do it yourself..Youtube makes it easy |
I think that will happen! MY friend Ross that builds the new Sierra steel said he would love to help. He's smart!
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Godfrey Arthur
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Posted 20 Apr 2018 6:40 pm
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If you're not really experienced, I would send it to someone who is, rather than make mistakes and have to take it apart again and/or buy new parts.
I had that happen with an experienced speaker reconer. He had to do it over.
The coil was rubbing on the magnet.
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Dave Zirbel
From:
Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2018 7:01 pm
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I;ve been wanted to learn how to do it for awhile.
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Godfrey Arthur
From:
3rd Rock
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Posted 20 Apr 2018 7:16 pm
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| Dave Zirbel wrote: |
| I;ve been wanted to learn how to do it for awhile. |
Learning curve will be part of it.
Sometimes older speakers, the gap in the magnet gets dirt and it's not easy to clean.
But if time and money is no object, have at it.
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