cd_david Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) Despite finally settling on these two stacks. I’d still jump on another 408 or a 406w though 🙄 Edited November 21, 2019 by cd_david Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3below Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 The 301 is imo one of the best looking bass cabs ever. Just need a 2019 301 lite, looks like a miniature 301, has modern lightweight internals and construction. I see a project 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd_david Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 I bought back a 406 off Damö. I’d originally swapped it with him for my first 408 (left hand cab) and 220 amp. Since then I’d restored a 406 narrow and realised I really wanted another 406 so jumped on this when it became available. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimike Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 Just diggin' round ! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoplayer Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) Here’s my ACC Acoustic rig. The 301 cab I bought new in 1973 w/cover. I was in the 11th grade. The 370 head I got a couple of years ago. It a terrible brown tolex recover. I re-did it with Duratex. I had the catalog pic on my bedroom wall as a teen...amp porn. Edited February 26, 2021 by stereoplayer 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd_david Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Is anyone selling a 408? Preferably unloaded? I’ve got 4 original eminence looking for a home. Thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd_david Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 A previously owned 301 has returned to the fold 😬 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 OOF!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDaBass Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Had to do some re-organising in the basement so it was a good opportunity to show off my Acoustic 136 combo. The combo was purchased new in 1971 from Roger Jenkins Sound Centre in Cardiff. Roger was one of the importers and distributors of Acoustic products at the time and as an employee I enjoyed a small staff discount. The Combo is all original except the original Eminence 100w 8 Ohm 15 ins square magnet speaker has been replaced with an Eminence 400w 4 Ohm Kappa -C 15ins. (I still have the original speaker). Back in the early 70's I was not knowledgeable enough to calculate whether the Kappa-C had the correct specs for the folded horn reflex cab design, I just thought " well it's Eminence, it's 15 ins and it can handle 400w , so it must be right". Fortunately it has worked and lowering the impedance from 8 ohm to 4 ohm allowed the amp to output it's full potential. The castors and the H & H bar handles were added to help with handling. It works really well and sounds awesome. Isn't it strange how we used to manage our sound tailoring with 3 simple controls? Volume, Treble and Bass plus a Bright switch to and a little sparkle. These were fine amps built in California with great pride and professionalism. It's really sad how big corporations buy up innovative successful companies only to loose the key personnel and run the businesses into the ground. We are fortunate that those clever engineers and Innovators moved on to create other new enterprises that we bassists have benefited from. This combo replaced my Selmer Treble'n Bass 50 Mk2 and Selmer 100w 1x18 Goliath rig. I still have the T'nB 50 Mk2 amp and I plan ( One day) to rebuild it with all new replacement transformers, valves and caps. I'm sure it will sound fantastic thro one of my Barefaced Super Compacts. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoplayer Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 4 hours ago, JohnDaBass said: Had to do some re-organising in the basement so it was a good opportunity to show off my Acoustic 136 combo. The combo was purchased new in 1971 from Roger Jenkins Sound Centre in Cardiff. Roger was one of the importers and distributors of Acoustic products at the time and as an employee I enjoyed a small staff discount. The Combo is all original except the original Eminence 100w 8 Ohm 15 ins square magnet speaker has been replaced with an Eminence 400w 4 Ohm Kappa -C 15ins. (I still have the original speaker). Back in the early 70's I was not knowledgeable enough to calculate whether the Kappa-C had the correct specs for the folded horn reflex cab design, I just thought " well it's Eminence, it's 15 ins and it can handle 400w , so it must be right". Fortunately it has worked and lowering the impedance from 8 ohm to 4 ohm allowed the amp to output it's full potential. The castors and the H & H bar handles were added to help with handling. It works really well and sounds awesome. Isn't it strange how we used to manage our sound tailoring with 3 simple controls? Volume, Treble and Bass plus a Bright switch to and a little sparkle. These were fine amps built in California with great pride and professionalism. It's really sad how big corporations buy up innovative successful companies only to loose the key personnel and run the businesses into the ground. We are fortunate that those clever engineers and Innovators moved on to create other new enterprises that we bassists have benefited from. This combo replaced my Selmer Treble'n Bass 50 Mk2 and Selmer 100w 1x18 Goliath rig. I still have the T'nB 50 Mk2 amp and I plan ( One day) to rebuild it with all new replacement transformers, valves and caps. I'm sure it will sound fantastic thro one of my Barefaced Super Compacts. Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimike Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 More pics ! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 On 07/04/2018 at 12:09, Rick's Fine '52 said: That's so cool I'd have it on stage even if it weren't plugged into anything! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd_david Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 I’ve managed to get hold of a 361 rig. It’s in great nick for a 53 year old amp. A little dusty and grubby rather than damaged. I’ve given it one clean but it needs a going over with a nail brush I think. It also had the top grill missing so I’m in the process of making one. Just need to bend the aluminium frame. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Great thread this, some lovely Acoustics 🙂 Been having some fun recently with this, as the neighbour's away on holiday 😁 I understand it's from 1980.... Big sound using a blend of both channels A & B at the same time 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoplayer Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 (edited) On 08/09/2021 at 05:39, cd_david said: I’ve managed to get hold of a 361 rig. It’s in great nick for a 53 year old amp. A little dusty and grubby rather than damaged. I’ve given it one clean but it needs a going over with a nail brush I think. It also had the top grill missing so I’m in the process of making one. Just need to bend the aluminium frame. It’s nice that you have the covers! Edited September 9, 2021 by stereoplayer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimike Posted May 15, 2022 Author Share Posted May 15, 2022 Check it “ Pistols” trailer on YouTube, Great shot of Acoustic rig in one scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkgod Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) reposted from another thred.... sorry if anything below has already been said above. -------------------------------------------------- Here is mine, a 136 1x15 combo 50 year old in september, cool as hell and quite rare in the uk i thought till i seen some on here , you dont see many though about. iv been doing this up for a while now, amp is working fine, i have taken the back covering off as it has shrank a fair bit so have to get that back on, anyone know where to get the tolex cloth ? i have a new set of 4 wheels to go on 2 of them lockable as the old ones were f%&k%d.. and some new corners, it has the very hard to get original speaker in it, a White Altec 421-8H, H meaning it has the upgraded copper coil fitted which also works great i have seen these these going for nearly as much as what the combos worth by its self ! ! ( or was this the original speaker ? ) , the amp is a great design, for example, to change the power transistors these are just screwed to the side and can be pulled out by just unscrewing to two screws, no soldering at all, made for quick changing in the field, its shown here with the speaker out, but will put it back in and get a better pic. Well here is a manual for the 136 with aservice manual as well , very handy as the same amp design went into a few of the range. https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1039548/Acoustic-136.html and some upgrade info, says basicly that 2n3055 trannys can be used ? https://music-electronics-forum.com/forum/amplification/guitar-amps/maintenance-troubleshooting-repair/20109-acoustic-136-bass-amp-possesed Edited March 29, 2023 by funkgod 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkgod Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) "cd_david The tolex, grill cloth and corners are just the same as fender early 70s. I’ve recovered and regrilled quite a few. I usually get it from SolSound in Watford. Thanks" Thanks for that dave, i will look into that. https://www.solsound.com/ HUMMING Earth Hum ? if you are getting any humming as mine was, first of take out all the sockets and pots and scratch behind to give everything a good grounding, that should be first port of call to cure it, sorted mine out anyway ...see last pic. and some amp pics ya might find helpfull. Edited March 29, 2023 by funkgod 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkgod Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 On 30/05/2021 at 19:01, JohnDaBass said: Had to do some re-organising in the basement so it was a good opportunity to show off my Acoustic 136 combo. The combo was purchased new in 1971 from Roger Jenkins Sound Centre in Cardiff. Roger was one of the importers and distributors of Acoustic products at the time and as an employee I enjoyed a small staff discount. The Combo is all original except the original Eminence 100w 8 Ohm 15 ins square magnet speaker has been replaced with an Eminence 400w 4 Ohm Kappa -C 15ins. (I still have the original speaker). Back in the early 70's I was not knowledgeable enough to calculate whether the Kappa-C had the correct specs for the folded horn reflex cab design, I just thought " well it's Eminence, it's 15 ins and it can handle 400w , so it must be right". Fortunately it has worked and lowering the impedance from 8 ohm to 4 ohm allowed the amp to output it's full potential. The castors and the H & H bar handles were added to help with handling. It works really well and sounds awesome. Isn't it strange how we used to manage our sound tailoring with 3 simple controls? Volume, Treble and Bass plus a Bright switch to and a little sparkle. These were fine amps built in California with great pride and professionalism. It's really sad how big corporations buy up innovative successful companies only to loose the key personnel and run the businesses into the ground. We are fortunate that those clever engineers and Innovators moved on to create other new enterprises that we bassists have benefited from. This combo replaced my Selmer Treble'n Bass 50 Mk2 and Selmer 100w 1x18 Goliath rig. I still have the T'nB 50 Mk2 amp and I plan ( One day) to rebuild it with all new replacement transformers, valves and caps. I'm sure it will sound fantastic thro one of my Barefaced Super Compacts. sad indeed, a sign of the "more to do with profet" times, regarding your selmer, years ago i was in a organ based groove band, sugarman 3, jtq, rubin wilson, johnny guitar watson type stuff, the key player had then a selmer leslie till he could get a hammond one, when he did, he gave the selmer to me as the cab by then was just Fu@k&d, so i chopped that to bits to get the same 2 chan selmer valve amp out and the goodmans 15" speaker, i housed the amp in something i built like a fender bassman 135 surround, and the speaker in a matching cab, i then used that for years in a blues groove band, as it had just the right sound, untill i turned it up and the back of the speaker cab would rattle ! (too shallow bad design on my part) but it did a great job for that sound. nice amp that Selmer Treble'n Bass, it was better than my musicman 75 valve bass head i had at the time i thought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAgent Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 (edited) How could I have missed this topic? Here's the 118 combo I bought for €50at a thrift shop here in Amsterdam. It's currently getting recapped. It's insanely heavy but I like it A LOT. Edited March 31, 2023 by BassAgent 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoplayer Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, BassAgent said: 3 hours ago, BassAgent said: How could I have missed this topic? Here's the 118 combo I bought for €50at a thrift shop here in Amsterdam. It's currently getting recapped. It's insanely heavy but I like it A LOT. [img]https://i.imgur.com/VX0mRzW.jpg[/img] Nice, I reposted your picture. It didn’t work for me. Edited March 31, 2023 by stereoplayer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAgent Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Ah yes forgot BBcode for images doesn't work here :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoplayer Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 1 hour ago, BassAgent said: Ah yes forgot BBcode for images doesn't work here I would certainly rock that amp! Very Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornleft Posted November 7 Share Posted November 7 Long dead thread- but for those who have recovered their 70's/80's speakers, what is the closest Tolex to the original? In this thread, "Fender 70's" was tossed around but if there is more detail, that would be great! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd_david Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 On 07/11/2024 at 14:44, bornleft said: Long dead thread- but for those who have recovered their 70's/80's speakers, what is the closest Tolex to the original? In this thread, "Fender 70's" was tossed around but if there is more detail, that would be great! Fender tolex and fender Black grill cloth is what they used. It’s an identical match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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