Upgrade speaker for a Yorkville 115BX Cab??

Turlu

Turlu

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I am looking for opinions on replacement speakers for a Yorkville 115BX, which is a no non-sense cab, just a box, really. The Cab works fine, I am just wondering if it would be worthwhile replacing the speaker?
If so, Celestion ?? Eminence ?? Delta?? I would invest in a medium priced speaker - 8 ohms, 300-400 watts rating.
 
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Since I had the cab for so little money, I ended up spray paint the outside and the grill with satin black paint and I also painted the speaker cone in 'Orange', so it now matches well with my Jeff Berlin MarkBass combo !!! The cab looks brand new! Sounds great the two together and I have a great rig now! Of course, it is not perfect by all means, but for the fun I had doing that, it was worth it! All that for the cost of one spray can of paint ( I already had a satin black spray can ! )
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It took me about one hour altogether to paint the cab, making it look brand new and also spray paint the driver, all this for 7.99$ ! Certainly, I would prefer another New York 151p MarkBass cab, but for what I paid, I could not go wrong and the Yorkville is still a very decent Tone beast and I still did not pay the 1150$ CDN Funds I would pay for a New York Cab!
 
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Turlu said:
Since I had the cab for so little money, I ended up spray paint the outside and the grill with satin black paint and I also painted the speaker cone in 'Orange', so it now matches well with my Jeff Berlin MarkBass combo !!! The cab looks brand new! Sounds great the two together and I have a great rig now! Of course, it is not perfect by all means, but for the fun I had doing that, it was worth it! All that for the cost of one spray can of paint ( I already had a satin black spray can ! )
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Did you play your bass through the newly painted speaker while the paint dried on the cone?
Doing that will help better retain the cone's flexibility.

Also, if it is a ported cab, you might want to you some port lube so the air moves better.
This will help counteract the affects of the extra cone mass.
 
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Old Garage-Bander said:
Did you play your bass through the newly painted speaker while the paint dried on the cone?
Doing that will help better retain the cone's flexibility.

Also, if it is a ported cab, you might want to you some port lube so the air moves better.
This will help counteract the affects of the extra cone mass.
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I did exactly that, I sprayed the speaker and played with just a few minutes later while it dried. The tone has not changed one bit,I cleaned the interior of the cab, all was intact. I will be honest, it sounds great, no issues at all from the paint. Of course, my expectations are reasonable too, but I did not notice any Tone difference or 'crap'. It just plain sounds good. It is a Yorkville, not a high end Mesa cab or else.
 
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Turlu said:
I did exactly that, I sprayed the speaker and played with just a few minutes later while it dried. The tone has not changed one bit,I cleaned the interior of the cab, all was intact. I will be honest, it sounds great, no issues at all from the paint. Of course, my expectations are reasonable too, but I did not notice any Tone difference or 'crap'. It just plain sounds good.
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