This actually worked!Ī couple of AR4x's snuck into the shop to be refinished too. I sprayed water on the wood and then weighted them down over a piece of wood. I had to straighten out the grill frames because they were slightly warped. The L100's are quite a bit older than the 4311's I'd say. But I'm not even going to use the grill frames for these. But that still really wouldn't look right. I thought about filling the gap and painting the grain back in. With this kind of problem, there's not much you can do. I'll have to repair a few chips like this. The 4311's had a few issues with the veneer, like this chip. I was not able to find replacement foam grills, so I'll be installing cane grill cloth.
You can tell it's a replacement because the squares on the foam are not evenly centered in the grill. Here's the "before" shot! These originally had the segmented foam grills and someone replaced them with similar foam.
I'll take some photos of the components later, they are beautifully made, like all the JBL speakers of the 70's. The only flaw is one tweeter has the dustcap pushed in. I'll be installing new cane grill cloth on both pairs.Īll the components work on these speakers. The 4311's will simply be sanded and refinished. The L100's are going to be re-veneered with quarter-sawn sapele mahogany veneer from "Certainly Wood". This photo-essay details the restoration of a pair of JBL L100 Century, and a pair of JBL 4311's.
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