Black Shadow question ?

[JOEY B.]

I am trying to determine the OEM of a Mesa /Black Shadow speaker. It came in a MKII combo that was built in 10/84. It has an 8 ohm impedance and 150 watt power rating. The label says: model # MS-12 and serial #010476. The speaker basket is painted black and has 6 holes.
Does anyone know who made this speaker?

 

[Joey707]

I believe those were made by Eminence.

 

[jay]

If you don't see your speaker listed on our website, then it is one that we "custom-made". Until January 2000 when we debuted our own "Genuine Eminence" distribution line, Eminence Speaker only made custom designed speakers for companies who loaded them in cabinets or sold them as "raw" drivers. We don't assign model numbers to custom speakers. All of our OEM speakers are identified by their spec number. We attach a small label to either the side of the magnet or the inside one of the basket arms with our spec number and manufacturing/date code on it. The spec number will begin with the size of the speaker (i.e. for a 10" it would be 101123). The manufacturing/date code number is as follows:

Example: EIA# for ESC Year Week Serial # Metal Group
67 -01 12A 0217 G1


The "67" tells you that the speaker was built by Eminence, the "01" indicates that the speaker was built in 2001, and the "12" means it was built the 12th week of the yeear
-THIS CAME FROM THE EMINENCE WEB SITE-JAY

 

[Boogiebabies]

I believe those were made by Eminence.

You are right. They have the Knight on a Horse graphic.

A great speaker.