best brand Super reverb output transformer for SRV tone?....

[Firestorm]

...My favorite is 40 each 12" speakers with five 100 watt heads.
Total of 480" of speaker surface area. The only way to make a Stratocaster
sound good. "quote]

That may be the right formula for the SRV sound, but that's bad math. 40 12" speakers is 4524 sq in of speaker surface area

More than that even. Cones, ya know.

[cbass]

...My favorite is 40 each 12" speakers with five 100 watt heads.
Total of 480" of speaker surface area. The only way to make a Stratocaster
sound good. "quote]

That may be the right formula for the SRV sound, but that's bad math. 40 12" speakers is 4524 sq in of speaker surface area

More than that even. Cones, ya know.

Maybe someone that's good at geography will come along and figure it out

[vibratoking]

More than that even. Cones, ya know.

You're right, but you're pointing out an insignificant error of less than 2% if you want to add in the fact that it is a cone. Unless you want to consider that the dust cover is actually a spherical cap? I'm talking about an error of 843%.

[Reeltarded]

Don't forget that he used Marshall Major heads for a while also!
I have worked on one of his Major heads that a local studio owner has in his back pack of amps, and the fact that these heads do not use a cathode follower to drive the tone stack makes them go more in the Highwatt Tone dept!

I have those. They are annoyingly loud and only fun if you are very drunk and angry at everyone. Weaponized music.

[Reeltarded]

Square the circle.. oh god it has a dent in it. Add 1.

[67plexi]

vibratoking. Time to pony up let's see your fantastic work.
I will make it easy on you this is the real #183
Photos please.

[sck1001931]

thanks for the informative answer Jelle. thats really an answer i was hoping for.

[vibratoking]

OK, 67, I'll take the bait. You'll find below the calculator on which I performed the math. About $8 at most Walmart stores. The average guy could use it to calculate the area of a speaker. In the right hands it could be used to send someone to the moon.

[sck1001931]

i installed the mercury magnetics super reverb toneclone OT with an 8 ohm tap and it sounds great. so much better than the classictone one.

it was twice as much but definitely worth it. the mercury magnetics OT actually has that blackface tone i was hoping for. distortion and cleans both sound good.

[Smitty]

...My favorite is 40 each 12" speakers with five 100 watt heads.
Total of 480" of speaker surface area. The only way to make a Stratocaster
sound good. "quote]

That may be the right formula for the SRV sound, but that's bad math. 40 12" speakers is 4524 sq in of speaker surface area

More than that even. Cones, ya know.

The piston area is what you want not the surface area. It's probably a little less once you subtract the non-piston portion of the speaker (basket edge and surround). Let's call that an inch. 3801 sq in.

Five hundred-watt stacks may not be the only way to make Strat sound good but it surely is one of them! Don't forget the coily cord!!