Black Widow 112s still go boom

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Jerry Overstreet
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Black Widow 112s still go boom

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Kind of a play on Jeff Newman's review of the 1203 12 in. Black Widow speakers back in the 90s, I guess.

These are not the Peavey Nashville 112 cabinets that he used, but the results are very similar if not the same. These are the early edition 1203-4 paper and 1201-8 flat mag Spider Web paper pre-kevlar cone 12 in. speakers.

I used these over the weekend at a friend's outdoor gathering playing on a flatbed for about 100 or 150 people, maybe more.

These things still have it. I wasn't able to use my MosValve head due to the instability of the trailer bed shaking so bad that it crashed the reverb springs constantly, lucky enough, I had the MV500/Roland GP100 digital rig in reserve so I resorted to that.

These are cabinets I designed and built for multiple angle placement. Closed back fiber filled with 2 front ports. I lost the pics from the event I guess, but this is another pic of them.

I guess all those new neo and boutique speakers are just fine, but I can't see dumping my old BWs for them. They've been doing it for 30 and 40+ years without a whimper....both necks. Nothing lacking on the bottom end either.

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Jerry,
I am a big Tube Works fan also. :D
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Great looking rig, I’m sure it sounds great too.👍
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...update...Last weekend thing for a friend and his family. Used the mono 100W MosValve RT2100 Head with the old Boss SE70 processor and only the speaker on the left with the 1201-8. Dinosaur with dinosaur era gear sounded pretty dang good. Sound much tighter with the 12 in. speaker and gobs of volume....no farting out even on the big C neck grabs.

As much as I like the 1203s, this combination with the 1201-8 Spider Web is the bees knees.

As in another recent thread, some combinations just sound better with certain equipment than with others. If you're one of those that doesn't hear any difference, I envy you as I'm plagued with very discriminating ears.
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