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nah,eventually put in an orange drop cap,didn't make any difference,cheers anyway man.

thanks for the info man,i'll give changin' the cap a go,cheers

Bugger,wish i'd read this before i fired alpha pots into my bass just recently. I only done it cos i was replacing the scratch plate and the old pots looked a bit wonky,now it sounds a bit muddy,theres no sharpness to the bass's sound,would i have been beter off with cts pots and an orange drop ?

Yea man,got to back you up on this,i got the same great service from lean,e-mail giving me an hour slot when the speaker would arrive,even sent me the proper cable to connect the speaker up,top guys

Hi,just a wee update on what the outcome was with the amp.Like ED-s said,the amp was ok,bought a 4 ohm,celestion BL 300 speaker from Lean,and all has been well since then,new speaker sounds good and the amp holds its own against the rest of the band,thanks for all the input,cheers man.

Hi Musky.Heres the way it went,its a thin lizzy tribute band,so you'll know sound that was used(no distortion, quite a clean cut sound)),the volume was only half way up,the 1st half of the night was played through a peavey 4x10,then i put the amp through the combo speaker,i was curious to see what the difference was between the two,i think we had only done a few songs then the burning smell appeared,then the smoke,so there ye go ,hope that kinda explains things,.....still no too sure wot to do,probably get it checked out,but i like ED-S outlook,change the speaker and get on wi the job !!!!!! cheers.

Hi,thanks for the input,all.1st up,john,would a f###ed amp make the speaker smoke ? s'pose it woudn't hurt to get the amp checked out at the local guitar shop,but could an amp send that much of a hefty signal that it would smoke the speaker ?????? Musky man,i suppose i'd have to try 300 watt/4 ohm to see what volume i can get,it would probably do for smaller gigs,the main thing is that the amp is ok and not goin to blow anymore speakers. Purpolaris,i realise i can't put an extention cab on,but honestly man,this combo is heavy enough without any more extras !!the idea of the combo was to give me less hassle than the 4x10 cab..........kind of at a loss as to what to do next ............Bugger !! But,again,thanks for all your input...cheers.

Hi,what if i put a 300 watt,4ohm speaker into the combo,would that do ? ,cheers..

Hi icastle,thanks for the reply,i'm still trying to get my head round the ohms thing,so, is it right,that the speaker being 8 ohms means that it would draw just 150 watts from the amp,in which case the 180 watt speaker should have been ok..............mmmmm..??

I know it sounds like something from KFC,but it really happened,i bought an ashdown mag 300 watt combo(second hand)at the end of last year,the first time i got to use it in a gig situation was last week,a few songs later,smoke started coming out of the port holes at the back of the amp,behind the speaker,the singer thought the smoke effect was great,but i launched the amp outside,i thought the thing was going up in flames,got it back in the pub and put the amp through a spare 4 X 10 cabinet,and all was well,anyway,got it home and stripped the speaker out,turned out to be a 180 watt 8 ohm speaker,the amp has a 4ohm output,there was no burnt wires,but the speaker did have a dodgy smell from behind the cone and has no life in it at all now.Can anyone back up my theory that it was the compleatly wrong speaker,or should that speaker be able to handle the amp,it being 8ohms and all,......thanks for any help,cheers