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Expert two spring soundbox at eBay
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:46 am
by Inigo
Also nice...
https://www.ebay.es/itm/225278508230?mk ... media=COPY
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Re: Expert two spring soundbox at eBay
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:32 am
by Steve
That's been for sale for the past 5 years at least. The seller has a lot of overpriced machines he's been trying to sell for a very long time.
The soundbox is in a poor state too. Note the damage to the diaphragm.
Re: Expert two spring soundbox at eBay
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 12:06 pm
by Inigo
Yes, I didn't notice it... Looks like badly oxidised and has holes in that part. I once had a Columbia no15 with all the diaphragm edge eaten by oxide like that...
Re: Expert two spring soundbox at eBay
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 12:33 pm
by Steve
Yes, it's obviously been stored in a very damp place which has helped to completely corrode the diaphragm. Still, a replacement diaphragm is obtainable along with new rubber isolators and gaskets. Fortunately, being unplated brass bodied, the metalwork should polish up acceptably but needing a rebuild like this does and a new diaphragm before you can use it it's not worth half the asking price in my opinion.
Re: Expert two spring soundbox at eBay
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 12:41 pm
by Orchorsol
Agreed, and then some - for some strange reason I've never seen an Expert 2-spring sell for much more than £500, even though they probably "should" be able to top £1000 in good condition like the other large EMG and Expert soundboxes. This one is utterly absurd at that price, listed over and over again.
Where would you buy a diaphragm Steve, do you know of a source? Until recently everyone I know in the EMG world agreed that diaphragms as good as the originals were impossible to find or make. But in very recent years Alex Kirtley has managed to produce excellent ones.
Re: Expert two spring soundbox at eBay
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 1:18 pm
by Steve
Orchorsol wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 12:41 pm
Agreed, and then some - for some strange reason I've never seen an Expert 2-spring sell for much more than £500, even though they probably "should" be able to top £1000 in good condition like the other large EMG and Expert soundboxes. This one is utterly absurd at that price, listed over and over again.
Where would you buy a diaphragm Steve, do you know of a source? Until recently everyone I know in the EMG world agreed that diaphragms as good as the originals were impossible to find or make. But in very recent years Alex Kirtley has managed to produce excellent ones.
First off, I'd cross Alex Kirtley's palms with silver and see where that takes us. Failing that, I suppose I'd try to adapt a contemporary diaphragm from another soundbox. How difficult can it be? Wait a minute......don't answer that!
The diaphragms weren't a special material or unique gauge, where they?