I was thinking more that a 50 watt might be too much speaker for the wattage of the amp. (my Black Pearl, for example, only has 30W speakers and is a, wait for it, 30W amp.

Order that speaker.

Ok, I found it. The site has, of course changed but it's still pretty useful:

http://www.thevintagesound.com/store/speakers-c-5.html

I'll check that link in a second. As for this



I actually know what I'm aiming at here. So the wattage rating for the speaker is essentially where it should beging to be in danger of ripping with a steady load at that wattage. Amps don't really work that way, though, they're much peakier with the output, and some amps rated (for example) 15 watts can blow a 15 watt speaker under the right circumstances (face melting solo). In your case, which is the norm, where the amp and speaker are matched, that means that the speaker begins to contribute to the precieved distortion around half-way up to full volume, and becomes more and more distorted (in a good way) as it gets up there.

But I want to play steel through this little Lightning, and with 15 watts to play with, it is likely that I'll be running it up over 5 in front of people. So the amp will begin to break up a little by the time I get to the volume I want at a small club. I can handle a little bit of distortion, that's ok, but I don't need the speaker adding to it. I want a big, clear low end, lots of headroom (no breaking up before the pre amp), and something that tames harsh high end, because this amp's treble can get ice picky. So when I put a 50 watt rated 12" in there, I should get a slightly lower actual volume than by using a 30W speaker, and I mean slightly, but in return I will get more bass, cleaner treble, and less distortion at higher volumes. That's the plan, anyway.

For Yail

http://store.bassemporium.com/index.php ... earch=left

Mashall salt/pepper grill cloth has arrived. Holy fuck is it nice. I can't wait to get this done. Somehow Bloor must see the finished product but I don't know how.

That's pretty freaking awesome.

(Reuters) - Gibson Guitar Corp.'s chief slammed the U.S. government on Wednesday for sending armed agents to raid two Tennessee factories under a law aimed at curbing the illegal harvest of tropical hardwoods.

"Armed people came in our factory ... evacuated our employees, then seized half a million dollars of our goods without any charges having been filed," Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz told reporters and others at a Washington lunch.

"I think it's a clear overreach," he said.

Government agents seized a total of over $1 million worth of rosewood, ebony and finished guitars from Gibson factories in Memphis and Nashville in raids in 2009 and August of this year, Juszkiewicz said.

He brought samples of rosewood and ebony to the lunch; these tropical hardwoods, used in guitar fingerboards, are prized for their strength and tone. Gibson's factories remain open "under great difficulty" because the raids took most of the company's raw materials, the CEO said.

The U.S. Justice Department declined on Wednesday to comment on the case but provided information on the Lacey Act, which aims to curb trafficking in wildlife, fish and plant products, including illegally obtained timber.

"By prohibiting trafficking in wood illegally harvested overseas, the Lacey Act prohibits companies from undercutting law-abiding U.S. wood products companies ... by trading in artificially inexpensive raw materials that have been illegally harvested from foreign forests," Justice and Interior department officials wrote in a letter.

Gibson Guitar uses a small fraction of the world's tropical hardwoods, compared to that used for furniture and flooring, and because it uses so little it can use it sustainably, Juszkiewicz said. He said his company has been a leader in this area with its line of SmartWood instruments, using wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.

"The issue here is not illegal logging or some conservation abuse," he said. "The laws that are being identified by the Department of Justice have to do with protectionism by the country of origin, keeping work in that country and therefore not allowing something that isn't that value-added to be exported."

The Lacey Act, enacted in 1900 and amended in 2008 to broaden the range of plant products it includes, makes it illegal to trade in plants obtained in violation of U.S. or foreign law.

Those who unknowingly possess an instrument containing wood that was taken illegally "do not have criminal exposure," the government said in a letter responding to questions from members of Congress on the Gibson case.

Gibson has filed suit in federal court in Nashville to recover the seized material, but that suit has been stayed while the investigation continues, Juszkiewicz said.

Meantime, Gibson's chief said the law should be changed.

"I believe in the intent of the law ... but I do believe that the way it's currently written allows what's happening to me to happen to other companies, and that's wrong," he said.

House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner invited Juszkiewicz to join him in the speaker's box to watch President Barack Obama's address on jobs to joint session of Congress on September 8.

(Editing by Philip Barbara)

... you get what you pay for. I don't want another $700 acoustic, I want a $2G acoustic.

It took me most of my 30's to figure that out, but you do get what you pay for. I've played decent $700 acoustics that ostensibly sound adequate in a good room. Problem is when using an expensive mic-pre coupled with a good mic (Telefunken, Royer, C12) the deficiencies of the guitar are glaring.
On a different note, if the song is not up to the task, none of it matters.