Worth it to re-wire/re-cone C90s?

[electrafied]

A while back I picked up an old halfback 4x12 without being able to plug it in first (don't know how old it is). Everything looked to be OK with the speakers, but once I got it home I discovered that the C-90s up top didn't work at all, and the VS-12s on bottom, while they worked, both had rips in the cones that I didn't notice when I inspected them. I'm not too concerned about the VS-12s, but I'd like to save the C90s if possible.

The cones on the C90s are pretty beat up and dirty, but seem sound, no tears or anything that looks like it could become one. But they don't produce any sound. Putting an ohmmeter across the leads yields no reading, but I do get a reading if I put the test leads on the wires down near where they enter the voice coil. So maybe they can just be re-wired, or worse case fully re-coned. Is it worth doing this, or is it a better route just to get new (or useds) ones to replace them?

jason

 

[jutsin]

Do you really love the C90's? And do you know how to recone, or someone local who does it for a good price? At times in the past when I have looked into having recones done, it was so expensive that it just made more sense (for me personally) to just get a new speaker, possibly one that I liked better.
Last I checked a good recone was an easy $60+ at most online shops. That's before shipping too.
justin

 

[94Tremoverb]

If they read OK at the cone braids but not at the terminals, the problem is probably the solder joints where the braids connect to the tags - reflow these and you should be able to fix them. This is actually a very common problem with Eminence speakers because the cone braids are crimped in not soldered (you can solder them easily), but pretty rare on Celestions... it would be weird to have two in the same cab, but I suppose not impossible.

At worst, if the braids are somehow broken along their lengths, it should be possible to solder on new ones right up against the cone and put a little epoxy or something over the joint. Got to be worth a try before re-coning, anyway.