I bought the Ragin' Cajun to replace the stock Chinese speaker in my Fender Frontman 25r after reading many reviews here and elsewhere about people who had done the same.

I originally grabbed the 25r for a few reasons, one of which being the low price. Obviously the price point is on the low end because of less-than-stellar parts used "“ mainly the poor quality stock speaker. I also went with the 25r instead of, say, the Mustang I because I wanted to focus on building effects through pedals instead of onboard effects, and the 25r was bare-bones in that regard "“ just an in-house spring reverb, and that's that.

Now I went almost a year with no mods to the amp, and it was alright for bedroom use. But once my pedal board started expanding, I realized my amp "“ mainly the speaker "“ was inhibiting me from getting the sounds I wanted out of my board and my Tele.

After doing my research, I settled on the Ragin' Cajun over the Copperhead or the Legend 1058, and boy did it transform my 25r. It obviously hasn't had time to break in yet, but the difference is already palpable. Before, I couldn't turn the amp up past 4 without rattling and the sound itself getting very muddy, really limiting my headroom. Even without any breaking-in of the Ragin' Cajun, my headroom is increased, lows and highs are much more pronounced and balanced well with the mids. The neck pickup on my Tele sings so much better that it used to. Plus at 75 watts, my little amp can hold it's own with a drummer and other musicians.

Overall, insanely satisfied with my upgrade, and I know the sound I get out of the Ragin' Cajun will only get better as the speaker breaks in.

****BELOW is information on the installation of the speaker to help others with the Fender Frontman 25r****

1. Unplug the amp.
2. Unplug the speaker wire from the stock speaker "“ they should come right off from their clips with a little wiggling.
3. Remove the screws on the SIDE of the cabinet that attach the speaker plate with the front webbing to the cabinet.
4. Push the speaker plate through the front of the cabinet and remove it from the cabinet entirely.
5. Now the toughest part (at least on my amp) "“ removing the 4 bolts that hold the stock speaker in place. The screws had a lot of lock tight on them, making it virtually impossible to remove the bolts. Hopefully yours will be easier, but I ended up having to use a freaking hack saw to cut 3 of the screws, go to Menards and buy new screws & bolts, make small incisions in the front webbing, and use the new screws and bolts to fasten the Ragin' Cajun in place. If the original bolts come off easily, this will make the installation job MUCH faster for you.
6. Make sure the Ragin' Cajun lines up with the original holes, tighten the bolts as much as possible to secure the new speaker in place
7. Put the speaker plate back into the front of the cabinet and secure with the side screws.
8. Lastly, connect the original wires to the Ragin' Cajun. The speaker indicates with connector is + and -. The white wire is +, the black wire is -.

Hopefully that helps with the install.

It has just less that an hour of working in my amp.
Nice ample sound without distortion.
I need to work more with saturation sounds"¦

Sounds perfect. Loud, tone is perfect in small closed back cab. Used with quilter super block us amplifier.
This combination sounds like fender tube amps. Sound like 12 inch speaker in large cab. Plenty of tight base.
This is home made cab. Made from fiber glass 10 inch DIA x 11 in long planter and parts from amazon. Wanted lightest smallest rig possible with big sound. See TOOB speakers for other creative ideas.

Incredible difference! I put this in my 1978 Fender Princeton Reverb. Of course I saved the original speaker for vintage value but wow, what an improvement in the sound! My amp went from way too early breakup beginning at 2, no real clean volume and not nearly enough volume to gig with. To a monster Princeton! I swear it's as loud as my Super Reverb now. Yes, this speaker is loud! I didn't have the ability to compare other speakers but I'm very happy!

At first I was kinda disappointed, I replaced the stock speaker in an old Peavey Backstage Plus. It did wonders for the clean channel, it has a much stronger low end and clearer highs (It made the old speaker sound like it was a megaphone), and there's no breakup at all untill the (35 watt) head itself clips . But the distortion still sounded horrible. Then, after chalking it up as a "That's what I get for putting an $80 speaker in a $50 amp." I hooked it up Fender M-80 head and this thing screams! But, while it can scream, it really does have a nice smooth sound when the gain isn't dimed. It really brings out the best of a good amp, and even the cleans are good. At its volume range, it sounded better than the 4X12 that came with the Fender M80! Granted, a single 75 watt speaker in an open backed cabinet won't compete volume wise with a sealed 4X12, but it does sound alot bigger than the original speaker. I think if I found an empty 4X10 cabinet for dirt cheap, I'd load it with these and sell the 4X12! I think if you had a decent combo amp, it would really wake it up, but in my case, it made the cleans as clear as a bell, and much louder, but made the mid-80's solid state OD sound of the Peavey more obvious...