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Softening a stiff spider?
cpollock
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03-01-2018, 10:03 PM
My 38-7 has a nice big speaker, but not much bass.  It looks like the spider has stiffened over its 80 year life (understandably), and the cone can't follow the larger bass motion.  Is there anyway to soften the spider, and make it more compliant?  If it was an old baseball glove I'd put neatsfoot oil on it.  But I don't have any clue about cardboard.  It otherwise looks to be in great shape, so I'd hate to make it worse.
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Softening a stiff spider? - by cpollock - 03-01-2018, 10:03 PM
RE: Softening a stiff spider? - by cpollock - 03-05-2018, 09:30 PM
RE: Softening a stiff spider? - by cpollock - 03-06-2018, 12:49 PM
RE: Softening a stiff spider? - by Ron Ramirez - 03-06-2018, 10:11 PM



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