We're super excited to release some really great new cabinets for players and producers looking for something different than the usual 4x12's.
All of these were carefully captured using amazing Metric Halo converters, Buzz Audio preamps and great vintage and boutique microphones.
First we have a now complete trio that now covers 3 decades (more or less) of vintage Bell and Howell projector extension speaker cabinets.
Projector 1:
This is a 1950’s Bell and Howell Filmosound® model 179 portable movie projector extension cabinet. These have become popular as guitar speakers for roots rock, blues and harp, particularly in the studio. One can either match them with a suitable tube amp; 5e3 family Fenders® are popular, or the audio amp of an actual projector can fairly easily be modified to amplify a guitar signal. This cabinet contains a modern replacement Warehouse G12Q that sounds just killer in this enclosure. The cabinet also features a thin wall bent plywood cabinet with felt coating. For this capture, some more unusual mics were used, some with very narrow frequency reponses, perfect in the right place. Choose and place them carefully for the best results.
Projector 2:
This is an early 1950’s Bell and Howell Filmosound® portable movie projector extension cabinet which have become popular as guitar speakers for roots rock, blues and harp, particularly in the studio. One can either match them with a suitable tube amp; 5e3 family Fenders® are popular, or the audio amp of an actual projector can fairly easily be modified to amplify a guitar signal. This cabinet contains a Bell and Howell® model A-1704 12” alnico speaker (most likely a Jensen®). The cabinet also features a thin wall bent plywood cabinet with felt coating and about 50’ of speaker wire that adds some bonus chocolate.
Projector 3:
This is a 1960's Bell and Howell® Orchestron II® portable movie projector extension cabinet which have become popular as guitar speakers for roots rock, blues and harp, particularly in the studio. One can either match them with a suitable tube amp; 5e3 family Fenders® are popular, or the audio amp of an actual projector can fairly easily be modified to amplify a guitar signal. This cabinet contains a Heppner 12” alnico speaker that were popular in many organs of the day. This cabinet has an all wood cabinet and what would have been, at the time, a quite modern look.