Quote Originally Posted by Old Guy View Post
The 417 has a strong cult following, I could sell 50 pairs if I had them.

My eBay guy just sold a pair needing recones.

I sold another pair a year or so back that I found.

Wish I had a pair of 425's for my Fender. It needs tens.

I think the EV is darker, agreed. They tried to remedy some of that with the 12S version, it has a boosted upper mid. Still not as bright as an Altec though.

If you've heard early Carlos Santana you've heard 417's. He used to hoard them.

The thing about the 417 is it is so clean and detailed. Too clean for many amateur players.

I had an old 70's Twin I had blackfaced with 417's but quit playing out, it's long gone and have been thru several amps since then.

I've been told I should play tenor guitar....tenor twelve miles away.
I got 2 425's that need reconing...that I will never use, one has the huge and heavy H-2
black magnet cover and the other has the smaller, yet still substantial blue mag & removable cover.