Re: Victoria '59 Bassman Owners

[PL500@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 12/25/02 2:40:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
Grbullets2@xxxxxxx writes:


> Can anyone who owns one of these Victoria "bassman" amps tell me what kind 
> of speakers come in the amps stock.Are they similar to the blue speakers 
> that the bassman RI's have?How does a victoria sound as compared to a 
> bassman RI.Are they really worth the big bucks that they cost?I have a 
> bassman RI that I'm happy with.I also have a tweed blues Jr. with an old 
> jensen alnico5 P12S speaker in it.It gives great tone,breaks up fairly 
> easily but I can't get the volume out of it that I can with the stock 
> speaker it came with.I love the tone but I need more volume!Anyone have any 
> suggestions as to a speaker that will give me both.Someone suggested a 
> Jensen P12R or P12Q.Any thoughts on that?Will one of these give me the same 
> gritty tone with more volume than the P12S ?I was also considering 
> customizing the amp to put a 10 inch speaker in it.I'd like to hear from 
> any blues Jr owners that have tried different speakers.I love the way it 
> so! unds,just want a little more volume which I know its capable of 
> delivering.Any suggestions will be appreciated on or off line.Thank 
> you.....Dave 

Dave, 

The Victoria Bassman comes stock with Jensen P10R's. I believe the new 
reissue Jensen p10R's are some of the worst speakers on the market, the 
cheaper C10Q's sound much better IMHO.  The Victoria destroys the Fender RI 
Bassman hands down in the tone department. Victoria's are worth the money in 
my book, but if you are happy with a RI Bassman I wouldn't sweat it. If the 
RI Bassman sounds good to you, why change? For the Blues Jr. I would try a 
C12Q from Jensen, the reissue of this speaker is pretty good, also, they are 
fairly cheap. Vintagespeaker.com has the Jensen reissues. 

Andrew