Utah speaker

Bobby Boggs · Post by **Bobby Boggs** » 11 Oct 2000 8:55 pm

I saw an old Fender Vibroverb on E bay. It had a Utah speaker.Has any one ever heard of these? Where they any good?Did Fender offer them? Are is this a speaker someone has added? I asked the owner these ?'s and he had no idea. Sure was a huge speaker.

Bobby Boggs · Post by **Bobby Boggs** » 12 Oct 2000 7:34 am

I don't know B.That was a little before my time.All I've ever seen are Jensen's and JBL's.But after all I am just a pup.

[This message was edited by Bobby Boggs on 12 October 2000 at 08:37 AM.]

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 12 Oct 2000 7:40 am

Bobby,

Through the years, Fender used many different speakers for their amps, with the JBL's and Jensen "Special Design" being the most popular. They may well have used Utahs for a time...I do know they used CTS as well.

Utah had a whole line of musical instrument speakers back in the '60s and '70s called "Cadence". These were good speakers, and quite similar to the Jensens, in design and sound. Their speakers were efficient too, and came with 16, 24 or 32 oz. magnets. (The magnet size, strength, and design contributes a lot to the efficiency and bass response of a speaker.)

These "Cadence" speakers were also quite popular for replacement use, since they were available through both Lafayette, and Allied Radio, two big electronic catalog retailers of that period.

Bobby Boggs · Post by **Bobby Boggs** » 12 Oct 2000 7:54 am

Thank you Donny.The one I saw had a large magnet.That's what caught my eye.[This message was edited by Bobby Boggs on 12 October 2000 at 08:55 AM.]

Dave Zirbel · Post by **Dave Zirbel** » 12 Oct 2000 10:20 am

My 1971 Twin has Utahs made for Fender. They have the orange and silver colored sticker on the magnets. DZ

Bobby Boggs · Post by **Bobby Boggs** » 12 Oct 2000 12:00 pm

How do they sound?Better than a JBL?Are they heavier?

Dave Zirbel · Post by **Dave Zirbel** » 13 Oct 2000 8:06 am

For guitar, I like the Utahs better, but I think the JBLs would work better for pedal steel, from what I hear from other players. The Utahs sounded good with my Fender Custum T-8 but not that good with my shobud. As far as weight, my guess is that a Twin w/JBLs will be heavier.

DZ

Jay Ganz · Post by **Jay Ganz** » 13 Oct 2000 1:57 pm

Alot of old Fenders used Oxford (often called
blue label)speakers & CTS speakers in addition to all those mentioned above.

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Tim Rowley · Post by **Tim Rowley** » 13 Oct 2000 3:54 pm

Utahs were OK (not great) speakers. They were a little less expensive than Jensens in their time. Tim R.

Bobby Boggs · Post by **Bobby Boggs** » 14 Oct 2000 7:51 am

Thanks to everyone.I was just curious.
Jack close this when your ready.