Eminenece speaker vs Blacke Widow in Session 400

James Schroeder · Post by **James Schroeder** » 4 Jan 2017 10:59 am

I need to replace the Black Widow speaker in my Session 400. How does the Eminence compare to the Black Widow? Anyone have any experience with the two.

Brooks Montgomery · Post by **Brooks Montgomery** » 4 Jan 2017 12:55 pm

Can't speak to the effect in a Session 400, but I put two Eminence Swamp Thangs in an old Gibson Twin SS amp, and really like them.

Dale Rottacker · Post by **Dale Rottacker** » 5 Jan 2017 7:30 am

James I had a Shallow Basket BW in my Session 400, but then went to two Rick Johnson Cabs... I put the Shallow Basket BW in one and the Eminence in the other... The Eminence may be a little warmer to my ear.

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 5 Jan 2017 8:38 am

Which Eminence are you considering?

James Schroeder · Post by **James Schroeder** » 5 Jan 2017 10:25 am

Thanks for the reply's. I am looking for suggestions of which speaker to use and what has been you experience if any with the two speakers.

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 5 Jan 2017 3:03 pm

I went straight from a Black Widow to an Eminence Kappalite and with a small tweak of the treble knob I couldn't hear the difference.

MIchael Bean · Post by **MIchael Bean** » 6 Jan 2017 11:23 am

If you decide to go with a 12', the Eminence Double-T 12 is a fantastic sounding speaker for steel. It's my absolute favorite, with a really sweet upper mid that cuts, without harshness. I replaced my 15" BW 1501-4 by using this baffle converter: http://www.mojotone.com/Cabinets_x/Baff ... r-15-to-12

David Mason · Post by **David Mason** » 6 Jan 2017 9:38 pm

Umm.. Um... Eminence makes some GREAT rock 'n' roll guitar speakers... which you don't want. A LARGE part of some guitarist's sound comes from "pushing" speakers up fairly close to the blow point, it's kind of... IN HONOR(?)... of the cheap Celestion 30's that were in Marshall stacks for so many years. They blew like CRAZY but still - Jim Marshall's deals with Hendrix & Page & Clapton and all ensured that career for sure. But a lot of toney guitarists didn't like speaker barf as an integral tone source - Duane Allman used Altec-Lansings, Santana used JBL's.

Fortunately Eminence also makes what they call "woofer" or "Bass" or "PA" speakers - with 200w carrying capacity, they don't get close to that speaker-flapping howl. I've had a Beta-12A in my "little" rig for years; they have a new one listed for "pedal guitar" here too:
http://www.usspeaker.com/eminence%2012-1.htm