The old church speaker's innards. What do I need to add to make it a working guit amp?

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Comment by Paul Craig on July 31, 2017 at 7:44pm

You can find out the speakers ohm rating using a multimeter on the ohm setting and placing the leads across the connector tabs. A reading of 6k to 7k will be an 8 ohm speaker.

Comment by Andy Busch on July 31, 2017 at 9:46am

A 4 or 8 ohm speaker is recommended.

Comment by Paul Craig on July 31, 2017 at 9:30am

Looks like a standard PA speaker. Old PA systems were usually 10 to 20 watts. Check the ohms rating with a multimeter. Probably 4 or 8 ohms, but could be 16 ohms.
What is the ohm output of the MAH3?

Comment by Andy Busch on July 31, 2017 at 7:43am

So, I dug a little and I'm wondering if this rig--http://www.guitarfuel.com/MAH3_Amplifier_Harness.php--would work for this speaker cone.  It says the speaker needs to be rated at "3 up to 10 watts".  I really don't know what wattage this here cone is, but I can see it's about 10".  What do you think?

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