Those of a nervous disposition or with expensive tastes, please look away now…
Having been asked to dep for a lovely local soul/rock/country 7-piece band, and having sold my bass rig several years ago, and not knowing how long this gig will last, and being poor, I need to make this pair - just hauled out a friend's storage - work!
It's a Peavey Century, 100w each side at 4 ohms, which actually functions okay, and a mystery 2x10 Trace cab that seems to be the leftover top from an AH500 stack, although the label is blank…
First worry: it's a 4 ohm head and presumably an 8 ohm cab, as most Traces were. So that's an issue.
I think the speakers are buggered. The fart out over half volume. I've tried turning the cab 180 degrees: no improvement.
So…
Could this intended high-pass cab actually function, to a reasonably acceptable degree, as a standalone cab?
If so, is it worth buying two new drivers and reconfiguring this cab to 4 ohms? If so, what speakers would be appropriate? As this gig may only be a few months, I need to keep the cost, ahem… down.
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Old Peavey/Trace rig: can I make this work?
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Those of a nervous disposition or with expensive tastes, please look away now…
Having been asked to dep for a lovely local soul/rock/country 7-piece band, and having sold my bass rig several years ago, and not knowing how long this gig will last, and being poor, I need to make this pair - just hauled out a friend's storage - work!
It's a Peavey Century, 100w each side at 4 ohms, which actually functions okay, and a mystery 2x10 Trace cab that seems to be the leftover top from an AH500 stack, although the label is blank…
First worry: it's a 4 ohm head and presumably an 8 ohm cab, as most Traces were. So that's an issue.
I think the speakers are buggered. The fart out over half volume. I've tried turning the cab 180 degrees: no improvement.
So…
Could this intended high-pass cab actually function, to a reasonably acceptable degree, as a standalone cab?
If so, is it worth buying two new drivers and reconfiguring this cab to 4 ohms? If so, what speakers would be appropriate? As this gig may only be a few months, I need to keep the cost, ahem… down.
Thanks for any help or advice… much appreciated.