New Fane speakers

Moe_Zambeek

I see some new offerings are in the works from Fane:

http://www.fane-acoustics.com

Cream alnicos....bound to sound good

I have rose tinted memories of an axa100 alnico some years back so I'll be interested to see these in the wild.

sweepy

I wonder if they are going to be silly prices like Celestion Blue and Golds ?

Moe_Zambeek

Undoubtedly they will. Their axa alnico was / is around 200 quid.

It's be nice if the 60watter was a bit cheaper.

ICBM

With the current cost of Cobalt I doubt it's possible to make a proper quality Alnico speaker much cheaper than the current offerings. They simply contain a lot of it. It's noticeable that the cheapest Alnicos are things like the Jensen P12s which have a much smaller magnet.

Babones

Interesting, as Celestion have also released a cream alnico speaker (90w).

sweepy

I have Celestion Blues and Golds mixed in my 4x10 and I love them

thermionic

Celestion don't make 10" Blues, do they?

Pete24v

No 10" blues, in that cab were G10 Vintage and Golds in an X pattern.. With the bottom two speakers closed off. It's my old cab, sounded great!

meltedbuzzbox

my favourite brand of guitar speaker. 

ToneControl

Babones said:

Interesting, as Celestion have also released a cream alnico speaker (90w).

bit puzzled, people expect blues and golds to have scooped mids, so if the cream is less scooped, will the intended buyers be happy?

ICBM

ToneControl said:

bit puzzled, people expect blues and golds to have scooped mids, so if the cream is less scooped, will the intended buyers be happy?

Blues and Golds don't have scooped mids.

Dominic

Tayden Alnicos are better to my ears than any others

Pete24v

I've had a few Tayden speakers and sold them all, really uninspiring and flat sounding.. In comparison, the Fane AXA has a 3D quality to it, but you need to drive it.

Pete24v

Moe_Zambeek;497794" said:

Undoubtedly they will. Their axa alnico was / is around 200 quid.

It's be nice if the 60watter was a bit cheaper.

If you were able to get to Fane in Wakefield, the 100w AXA was £112.50 for cash, I bought a couple.

davedave

@pete24v was that a special offer or just the factory price?

Pete24v

I spoke to a chap called Mark on the phone at Fane, I said I was up that way and wondered if i could buy a couple of speakers.

Not sure if it was a special offer, I literally just paid at the door.

Gassage

I'll be interested to see how these stack up to the old old Fanes.

Whilst I love Crescendo's (who doesn't) I'm not a big fan of the big output purplebacks. I prefer the lower output ones.

My favourites are the old and hugely rare mid 70's 40w Pulsonics.....they are just so detailed and musical- try finding them though! I have seen one cab in 7 years with them in and I paid £600 for it!!!

Pete24v

I have an AXA & Medusa in a 2x12 cab, every amp I've tried through it sounds great, especially my '72 Dual Showman Reverb.

davedave

@pete24v thanks for letting me know. I'm picking some up on my way to Matamp in a few weeks.

Pete24v

Lol, I did Fane first, then Jeff fitted them in a cab!

davedave

Outstanding! What do you pair yours with?
I picked up a 71 or100 a few weeks ago and I think the Fanes will be a perfect match for it. @pete24v