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Originally Posted by jaymen
JBL D120Fs weigh 13.5 lbs each and EVM 12s weigh 19 pounds. So a pair of those bruisers would up the poundage by about 12 and 22 respectively. This means that a 65 Twin with EVMs would weigh 87 pounds. It's hard to believe many of the posted weights I see, so I and others would love to know how much everybody's Twins actually weigh. If you'd all put yours on the bathroom scale and post the year, weight, and which speakers it has, we could start to get an accurate picture of Twin poundage. If a 65 has JBLs it should weigh about 77 and with EVMs, it should weigh about 86. With stock speakers it should weigh about 64.
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05-20-2024 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
But yeah- no point in hearing "Take Five" any louder than it HAS to be. But those who haven't felt the experience of air moving around them and sound waves actually being felt physically, have a limited view of what we are talking about. It's cool if you don't dig it. I don't dig loud for too long either. But the experience is exhilarating.
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
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Originally Posted by jim777
We discussed it with the owner of a great little restaurant we found while walking around. He moved his family there 20 years ago, is fully insured and a very nice guy. His daughter is asthmatic, and they routinely wait hours to see a physician when she has an attack. He and his wife have had similar experiences. I’m not comfortable that we could get top quality care there, which is not a good feeling as I close in on 80.
Then again, a Rivera 4x12 would be cool! And there’s lots of opportunity to busk, if you don’t mind playing in the rain
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
My other amp, a 72, first year MV has been my workhorse and has Emi PF-350's which are like 21lbs each. I think I calculated it at 94lbs or thereabout but never weighed it so it's just a calculation. It's so heavy I refuse to let others help me with it for fear they will get hurt. I bought the biggest, heaviest, highest wattage guitar speakers I could find so I don't blow them up.
I always pull the reverb tanks out because I don't use them so they are a little bit lighter and that way I can more easily fit stuff in the bottom. Honestly once you get used to moving them, it's not a big deal anymore. I can fling that 94 pounder around pretty easily. I actually have a technique where you invert the amp vertical and carry it that way, one hand on the handle and the other supporting underneath, so there is less weight on your hand and it's more centered with your body mass instead of hanging off to the side Much easier.
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Originally Posted by DawgBone
Most websites agree that a stock '72 twin should weigh 69 pounds. The specified weight of PF350s is 21.5 lbs. The stock speaker in the '72 Twin was a C12N or similar speaker, which weighs 7.3 pounds. The difference is 28 pounds, which means that a '72 Twin with PF350s would have weighed 97 lbs - and that's in the same ballpark as your calculation.Last edited by nevershouldhavesoldit; 05-21-2024 at 10:55 PM.
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Typically Oxfords after '67 and either those or Utahs in the early 70s, Jensen's were out by mid '67 except for JBL' s in some '69s w the JBL badge on the grill. Also orange basket JBL's in many once the mid 70s rolled around.
I'll weigh a couple Twins w Jensen's and Oxfords when I get a minute but they should be very close.
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
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