Rickenbacker B-22 Supersonic ?

rickenquacker · Post by **rickenquacker** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:24 pm

Hi,

I'm trying to research what I got here. It's an old 4x12 Rickenbacker
cabinet. Photos of the actual unit can be seen here:
http://members.cox.net/worldupsidedown/rickcab/rickcab.htm

What little info I could find leads me to beleive it is the extension
cabinet for a Rickenbacker B-22 Supersonic amp. The B-22 was a piggyback
version of the Rickenbacker B-16 Supersonic combo amp which had 4 - 10"
alnico magnet Jensen speakers. These were made in the 60's and there is very
little I can find out about them and mainly from this page:
http://jzu.free.fr/rick/amp/MB.html

While the cabinet looks like it was used for a wrecking ball the speakers
are all still sounding great. I'm particularly interested in knowing if they
are the original speakers. I've compared them to 60's era alnico magnet 12"
jensens and they seem virtually identical. They don't have any obvious EIA
source code on it identifying them as Jensens (220###). There is no code
stamped on the rim of the speaker frame which seems to be the common
location of the EIA source code date : only on the speaker cone and magnet.

Thanks all

jsm610 · Post by **jsm610** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 5:03 pm

I have the same head that is in that "B-22" picture; it is labeled B-16 Supersonic on the front plate...

I'm not sure there is a B-22...?

rickenquacker · Post by **rickenquacker** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:42 pm

You wouldn't have the same cabinet by any chance? My cabinet has nothing identifying it as a "B-22" as well. I'm only running with the statement "And here is a nice example of a B-22, seemingly the stack version of the B-16" beneath the photo on this site.

As far as the speakers go, I finally considered the obvious labeling on the magnet covers and think the speakers are CTS (see attached photo). The speaker cones have "1020-1" labeled on them, would this indicate if they have been reconed or not? Did this cabinet come with CTS speakers stock? Lot of questions I know. Thanks.

larry_mondello · Post by **larry_mondello** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:23 pm

Try contacting Bob Rissi ...he is more than likely the person who would know .
He has posted here before .... Peter may know how to contact him .

larry_mondello · Post by **larry_mondello** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:26 pm

Try Bob at [email protected]

rickenquacker · Post by **rickenquacker** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:56 am

Thanks much Larry for the suggestion, I'll pass it along.

Cheers,

Mark Q