With a strong pound for the past few years now, £45 = $90 so it is quite a good price. In any case (another awful pun lurking there), shocking postage costs eat into any saving from buying Stateside. I really ought to get in touch with these people; perhaps enquire about costs for finished. HST, I’m not gigging them so lovely looking tweed isn’t my 1st priority.

Speaking of cabs (there is a pun of such appalling mirthlessness that I shall move quickly on), I’ve noticed a recent BIN-type auctioner on FleebUK offering what I figure is a pretty good deal. I’ve no connection with them but I’m considering making enquiries:

http://www.cobhamamps.co.uk/

45 squid for a Champ-type combo box in dovetailed pine strikes me as good value. I’m thinking of maybe a headbox for the 5F1 chassis and/or a 1×10″ case for my 5E3. I get a bit anxious playing the 5E3 balanced on top of my 2×12″, with all those valves and trannies waiting to take a fall.

Myfoot and Lee (I know Lee’s handy with a chisel) have a look – I know the site is a bit basic, but the general idea’s all there – and tell me your thoughts.

Lee did me an excellent favour there. A Burman 2×12″ combo (were the tubes removed? I can’t remember) and the extremely tatty case and replaced drivers (original Burman drivers are decent Fanes or Celes) dropped the price. The chassis was all that was wanted but I didn’t realize I’d been less than generous with my “keep the speakers for yourself, mate” deal. Taiwanese, eh? I hope your cat is dumping on them with extreme prejudice.

Sometimes, though, duff speakers do wonders for bargaining. I picked up a decent, 70s Laney 60W head for peanuts because it was job-lotted with a pair of ghastly 50W 12″ + horn PA cabs. A just-about driveable pickup for me. I’d love to get rid of the cabs but I suspect even a £0.99 starter might be pitched too high. It’s worth searching speaker cabs on Fleeb sometimes. Grubby old cabs go for zip and the pics (if not the text) can occasionally reveal a couple of useful drivers.

How about 1bassleft’s old 2×12 cab sitting in my garage, i picked up an ebay auction for him in London and posted up the important amp part, but was left with a 2×12 cab minus the valve combo side.
The speakers are still in there, i was instructed to ‘Dump them with extreme prejudice’ , well when it came to it i couldn’t dump them, the cat now uses it to sleep on, and the speakers inside are pure Taiwanese vintage, they say 8ohm, made in Taiwan, no wattage rating, umm come to think of it, anyone seen my rip saw?

How about 1bassleft’s old 2×12 cab sitting in my garage, i picked up an ebay auction for him in London and posted up the important amp part, but was left with a 2×12 cab minus the valve combo side.
The speakers are still in there, i was instructed to ‘Dump them with extreme prejudice’ , well when it came to it i couldn’t dump them, the cat now uses it to sleep on, and the speakers inside are pure Taiwanese vintage, they say 8ohm, made in Taiwan, no wattage rating, umm come to think of it, anyone seen my rip saw?

Call me unimaginative, but I’ve always fancied a Jensen P10R or P12R to go with my 5F1 and 5E3 clones. HST, I got a pair of semi-open 2×12″ cabs fitted with pre-Audiom “Goodmans of England” era drivers and one of those cabs sounds great with either amp. Similar to the drivers in this WEM cabinet;
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WEM-DUAL-12-SPEAKER-CABINET-ORIGINAL-GOODMANS_W0QQitemZ330164162291QQihZ014QQcategoryZ1288QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
but I would guess that mine are earlier.

Goodmans are not as regarded as Celestion, and I don’t particularly go a bundle on the 12″ Audioms, but I like these early ones.

Then how about 2 Alnico blues? only rated at 15 watts each, although it’s well documented that they can go to 20 watts, use 2 of those and keep the volume down?

G12H and vintage 30 is a classic combo, first thing that sprang to mind, but I’m primarily a plodder so don’t listen to me. Mojave also run the Plexi Palace forum and there is a whole category on speakers and cabs, plus a cat on Marshalls. A quick look there might score you a few ideas and comments.

Vintage 30 and G12 is good, but how about a vintage 30 and a Greenback?? thats my combination in my 2×12 Marshall thats hooked up to my BiValve THD, but i gig with a 2×12 loaded with 2 vintage 30’s and i use a Hiwatt DR103 100 watt head (1973) which was given to me by my old bass player Mick.
Vintage 30’s are so good.