fix BL18 frets on BL8000

Hi guys I`d like to replace my older BL8000 fabric frets and thought if it is possible to substitute them for the new BL18 frets.

I try to find any pictures of the new BL18 without the the frets on it, but was not successful. But I think there is a locking device or something.

Any idea???

Thank you.

Maybe this can help?

 

Sorry it seems to be a prototype I guess this is more accurate.

 

Wilderwein,

thank you very much. From what I can see, there is no way to fix it. So I have to buy the older BL8000 frets again.

You are welcome. Sorry that it didn't work out

It is not possible!

On the other hand - for a real DIY'er everything is possible 😎

But I guess, it will be a hell of a work - and it might even not look 'real'.

MM

If I would buy BL 18 I would ask the question the other way round: Can I use the frets of BL 8000 on BL 18? I don't like these 'grills' at all, and my wife also, she doesn't permit a replacement of our BL 8000 by BL 18.

Regards

Räuber

I strongly suspect that swapping the frets, in either direction, from BL18 to 8000 or the reverse, would mess up the voicing of the speakers. Pretty much all grill cloth/frets have some impact on the sound of the speaker, and if you intend the grills to be left on a designer will take that into account and voice the speaker in a way to try an eliminate any adverse effects on the overall sound from the frets. Especially true on a setup with the frets made of vertical columns of slats like the BL18.

I have a friend who wrote a short paper on how he (at the time involved in TV sound for RCA/ProScan) would specify driver response curves that would balance out the anomalies the TV speaker mounting and grills induced so the overall freq response would be more accurate.