I have a Celestion Vintage 30 with a slight buzz to it and I dont know what to about it.

I have re-coned a speaker before, and in fact I believe it to be this same speaker though I could be confused. Safe to assume that I did this once and didnt do a perfect job. Do I give it a second go with a new recone kit and hope for the best or do I save my $60 and put it toward a replacement? I feel like actually getting it reconed by a pro would cost as much if not more than just replacing it.

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Tue Sep 20, 2022 9:47 am I have a Celestion Vintage 30 with a slight buzz to it and I dont know what to about it.

I have re-coned a speaker before, and in fact I believe it to be this same speaker though I could be confused. Safe to assume that I did this once and didn't do a perfect job. Do I give it a second go with a new recone kit and hope for the best or do I save my $60 and put it toward a replacement? I feel like actually getting it reconed by a pro would cost as much if not more than just replacing it.

If the kit was less I'd say recone it. I see used V30s pop up for $75. I'd probably do that instead of reconing, but I'm lazy and time is money.

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Tue Sep 20, 2022 9:47 am I have a Celestion Vintage 30 with a slight buzz to it and I dont know what to about it.

I have re-coned a speaker before, and in fact I believe it to be this same speaker though I could be confused. Safe to assume that I did this once and didnt do a perfect job. Do I give it a second go with a new recone kit and hope for the best or do I save my $60 and put it toward a replacement? I feel like actually getting it reconed by a pro would cost as much if not more than just replacing it.

I've reconed a few speakers, and I have access to a shop and air tools to clean them up. I hate waste, but if it wouldn't save me a >$100 speaker I would probably get a new one - cleaning all the old glue off sucks. Being careful sucks.
I'm also still deeply traumatized from my ribbon mic building so I'm looking at any project through those lenses

tommy wrote: Tue Sep 20, 2022 10:01 am

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Tue Sep 20, 2022 9:47 am I have a Celestion Vintage 30 with a slight buzz to it and I dont know what to about it.

I have re-coned a speaker before, and in fact I believe it to be this same speaker though I could be confused. Safe to assume that I did this once and didn't do a perfect job. Do I give it a second go with a new recone kit and hope for the best or do I save my $60 and put it toward a replacement? I feel like actually getting it reconed by a pro would cost as much if not more than just replacing it.

If the kit was less I'd say recone it. I see used V30s pop up for $75. I'd probably do that instead of reconing, but I'm lazy and time is money.

I used to run into this all the time. Pretty good speaker needs a recone. Recone kit plus labor costs more than the price of the pretty good speaker. It's a bummer because I take pride in keeping gear running for as long as possible. So yeah, Ive never developed reconing skills myself and never had a speaker reconed for personal reasons. I have shipped out some rare and vintage speakers at work to keep amps as original as possible.

Another complication is that we have a giant stockpile of various new speakers sitting at work. Like, more than we could ever use. I think at one time about 12 years ago the company bought two of every Eminence 12" looking for the right speaker for an amp. When I got the job, there were stacks of speakers in storage areas. The unspoken rule was "don't take the last of anything, but feel free to borrow what you need for as long as you need." So, yeah, I've been in the fortunate position to just pull anything I've needed off of a secret free shelf and have never had to learn to fix anything.

But still, I'd love to learn to recone!

benadrian wrote: Tue Sep 20, 2022 11:27 am Another complication is that we have a giant stockpile of various new speakers sitting at work. Like, more than we could ever use. I think at one time about 12 years ago the company bought two of every Eminence 12" looking for the right speaker for an amp. When I got the job, there were stacks of speakers in storage areas. The unspoken rule was "don't take the last of anything, but feel free to borrow what you need for as long as you need." So, yeah, I've been in the fortunate position to just pull anything I've needed off of a secret free shelf and have never had to learn to fix anything.

This same thing happened to me but it was all 8" full range speakers, couldn't give them away.

I feel dumb asking this one, but...

I think I blew the top speaker in my Mesa 2x15. I have an extra speaker, so no big deal, I will switch it out. I have done it on other cabs with no problem.

For the life of me I can not figure how to get the speaker out. I took the back off, unscrewed everything, I took off the front grill, and it appears I have everything disconnected, but the speaker wont budge.

The only thing that should be holding the speaker to the baffle would be the screws/bolts. Seems most likely that the compression of the speaker being against wood for an extended period of time has likely caused some sort of adhesion. Hopefully a previous owner didn't do anything stupid like glue it to the baffle, but if it's still in there from when it was built and hasn't been removed, my suspicion would be that it was installed when the paint wasn't fully cured and there was likely some overspray where the speaker goes.

give'r a couple thumps w/ your palm heel first then maybe light taps w/ rubber mallet if needed. Next would be to use a putty knife to see if you can get it between the speaker and the baffle and go around slowly/carefully - since the speaker is already blown, this is less risky of course.

Somebody may have caulked it or something.

Get a wood block or something and tap along the outside edge with a rubber mallet to break it loose. Don't hit the magnet.

Or maybe a putty knife under the edge to see if you work your way around.

EDIT: JINX W/ GARF

Thanks! I will give it a shot and report back.

Usually the speakers just lift off without thinking about it, felt like I was doing something wrong.

Its been a minute since I opened a Mesa Diesel but the speakers are taped or something in there. Its weird and surprised me too but I was able to get the blown EV out and replaced it with a 15 Weber Michigan that was always kind of buzzy.

I meant to reach out to Mesa support to see what exactly that stuff was and if its available but i just kind of made it work