New Greenbacks Day + a Notaklon

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Saw a deal on some minty GBs on the local CL, and couldn't resist.
G12M-25's - 16Ω (UK), $140 for the pair.
Pulled from a Friedman 212 in a speaker swap.
FG28 date codes - June '21.
Seller offered some of his other stuff that he had listed, and I said throw the JHS Notaklon and I'll bring 2 Franklins.
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Looks like they were "disconnected" with some wire cutters.
Actually, glad he didn't make it any worse.
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Cleaned up the mess...
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The Notaklon is probably going to wind up on the 800.
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Did a little bit of speaker comparisons.
Greenback sound great with the Haze15, but not as good as the G12 Vintages I got in those cabs.
So, I tried it with one of my Origin20's and they are bumping out the Tone Tubby alnico reds.
GBs - notaklon (6).jpg
 
Saw a deal on some minty GBs on the local CL, and couldn't resist.
G12M-25's - 16Ω (UK), $140 for the pair.
Pulled from a Friedman 212 in a speaker swap.
FG28 date codes - June '21.
Seller offered some of his other stuff that he had listed, and I said throw the JHS Notaklon and I'll bring 2 Franklins.
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Looks like they were "disconnected" with some wire cutters.
Actually, glad he didn't make it any worse.
View attachment 105439
Cleaned up the mess...
View attachment 105440
The Notaklon is probably going to wind up on the 800.
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Did a little bit of speaker comparisons.
Greenback sound great with the Haze15, but not as good as the G12 Vintages I got in those cabs.
So, I tried it with one of my Origin20's and they are bumping out the Tone Tubby alnico reds.
View attachment 105442
The UK celestions are he only good ones, the celestions made in china are pathetic.

What you want to do in move the speaker cone in/out by hand and make sure there is no scraping noise.
If there is rubbing / scrapping when the cone moves in/out, the speaker is bad.
Don't ever play your amp into a bad speaker.

You would be surprised how many players avoid testing speakers.
It's like pulling their teeth out with pliers.
But basically, when somebody avoids having speakers tested, to me it's a red flag.
It means they are trying to hide a defect.
 
G12M-25's - 16Ω (UK), $140 for the pair… Seller offered some of his other stuff that he had listed, and I said throw the JHS Notaklon and I'll bring 2 Franklins.
Excellent deal on the speakers… :cheers:. Lots of positive reviews on the Notaklön’s. I bought two of them direct from JHS. I still have one in its sealed shipping package. The other one, I built the kit in about 30 minutes. It would have been 10 minutes, but it was the 20 minutes that I spent laughing at how ingenious the whole package was created by JHS, that prolonged the time to build it. I did not use the supplied tube of goop to cover the unicorn diodes. I eventually gifted the built Notaklön to a good friend, and he loves it!

If anyone wants to buy my Notaklön kit that’s still in its sealed shipping package, I’ll let it go for a measly $5000………..






………… :laughing::laughing::laughing:
 
Excellent deal on the speakers… :cheers:. Lots of positive reviews on the Notaklön’s. I bought two of them direct from JHS. I still have one in its sealed shipping package. The other one, I built the kit in about 30 minutes. It would have been 10 minutes, but it was the 20 minutes that I spent laughing at how ingenious the whole package was created by JHS, that prolonged the time to build it. I did not use the supplied tube of goop to cover the unicorn diodes. I eventually gifted the built Notaklön to a good friend, and he loves it!

If anyone wants to buy my Notaklön kit that’s still in its sealed shipping package, I’ll let it go for a measly $5000………..






………… :laughing::laughing::laughing:
I assembled my kit last month. Didn’t use the goop either. It does sound great. I need to A/B it with the KTR and a Klon clone.

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