TheRinser

I've mentioned it somewhere on here before but... Won my TE AH600SMX and TE 4x12 on ebay. The guy selling it was John Giblin from Simple Minds/Kate Bush etc. He was a really nice guy, had a nice long chat and he gave me a free bass too! Then, bought my Iceni fretless bitsa off here (or was it bassworld?) from Geoff, the old bass merchant shop manager. Took it to Mike Walsh to get it repaired and soon as I took it out the gig bag he recognised the body as the third prototype of John Giblin's signature bass which unfortunately never got put into production. So yeah, I'm slowly building up my John Giblin collection by accident.

Ah, I see... I'll be honest, tone and sound-wise, I've had no problems with the cab so far, I've been using it alone for about a year for most gigs. (vertically aligned of course ). The speaker itself is 8 ohm, but the cab is 4 ohm, to get the best from my trace elliots. Both of which are two separate 4 ohm min. power amps within one box, the AH600 is 2x300W and the PPA300 is 2x150W. I understand that there are better drivers out there, but I really am working to a budget here... How do I go about testing the bad driver? All I can tell you is what it sounds like now. If it would help I could get an audio file of what it sounds like uploaded. Think they must be wired in parallel then, because the 2nd driver in the chain, wiring wise, works fine. Would this be right? The wires run from the crossover to the knackered speaker, then on to the one that's still working fine. Cheers, Tom

Cheers for that Bill, I really don't know what I'm talking about regarding this stuff, I read a lot of the threads with yours and Alex's input and I'm learning slowly... Here's the T/S parameters for the Peavey from the thread over on TB, it's a 4 ohm speaker but would that make any difference to the specs compared to the 8 ohm? What's the best way to find a similar speaker? Just trawl through specs for loads or is there an easier/quicker way to do it? Any ideas off the top of your head? Sheffield TVX 1035 - 4 Ohm ITEM # 00493630 SPECIFICATIONS Impedance: 4 Ohms Power capacity: 300 W Peak 150 W Program 75 W Continuous Sensitivity: 91.4 dB 1 Watt I 1 meter Usable frequency range: 60 Hz - 4 kHz Cone: Kevlar@ impregnated cellu-lose Voice coil diameter: 1.75" 144.4 mm Voice coil material: 2 layers, thermally bonded copper wire Kaptan former Nomex@ stiffener Net weight lb./kg: 7.4 Ibs./3.4 kg Znom (ohms) 4 Revc (ohms) 3.25 Sd (Square Meters): 0.335 BL (T/M): 7.97 Fo (Hz): 44.7 Vas(liters): 51.7 Cms(uM/N): 325.2 Mms(gm): 39.0 Qms: 4.18 Qes: 0.520 Qts: 0.460 Xmax(mm): 2.5 Le (mH): 0.11 SPL (1W/1m): 91.4 No (%): 0.9% Vd (cu. in/ml): 5.1/84 Pmax (Watts pgm): 150 Disp(cu. in./m): 83/1360 Cheers, Tom

Hello there, I called peavey about a replacement speaker, it's gonna be £58.50. Sooo... Would this do the trick? [url="http://www.loudspeaker.co.uk/bl10-200.htm"]http://www.loudspeaker.co.uk/bl10-200.htm[/url] It's about half the price at £35 and I'm on a tight budget. Any other/better suggestions? Oh, and yes Mike, it would have to be 8 ohm cos my cab is 4 ohm.

Cheers Mike! Not a bad idea upgrading a bit, if I had the money I'd probably go for something a little more upmarket... Anyone got any suggestions? It's the deeper, vinyl covered, front ported version of the cab.

Cheers for the tips, all the wires are soldered, no connectors to mess about with. All the connections seem fine. It's wired in series (i think). There's a crossover on the backplate for the horn, then the wires run first to the broken speaker, then on to the one that's working ok. So signal is definitely getting through the broken speaker. It's just not having any of it... As far as I could tell it moved just as easily as the driver that still works. Any suggestions as to where to get hold of a peavey driver? Is it best to go direct to peavey?

Seems that way eh? I just don't get why it'd start off intermittently doing it and now this...

Hey everyone, Well, it's been a good and bad week, bought Gwilym's V-type and PPA300, this is a good thing. However, plugged it in to my peavey cabs which I haven't used since my last gig. The 15 sounds fine but the 210 isn't working properly, which is a bad thing. One of the speakers works fine, the other one does nothing when I'm playing high up but when I hit the low notes it seems to be sympathetically vibrating. The sound is a mixture of scratchy white noise and the sound when you unplug your bass when the amp's on. Not the hum, but the loud crackle kind of thing. I've been having problems with this cab since I let a support band use my rig back in May. The bassist left the stage with effects on and her bass resting up against my amp feeding back. Not really the done thing with someone else's equipment... When I set up to play there was no sound at all coming out of the 210. So I played the gig with just my 15. Got home, plugged in and nothing, then really dug in and the note seemed to shock my 210 back to life. The next day it didn't work so I thought there was a loose connection, took it apart and everything looked fine. Plugged it in after that and it worked. It's been fine since then, gigged with it a few times and been playing at home with no problems until yesterday. My AH600 and the PPA300 have 2 separate power amps each so I've tried it with both of them them, changing the speaker cables around (made by OBBM) all to no avail. Noticed earlier today that when playing with just the 15, the dodgy speaker on the 210 is making the same noise but quieter, it's not even plugged in. I took the cab apart yesterday and it seemed fine, everything's connected, the dodgy speaker looks no different to the other one, tried moving the speaker and it doesn't feel rough and isn't snagging through its travel, which I have heard is what happens when they overheat and get knackered... So, anyone had a similar problem? Any idea what to do? Cheers, Tom

Great guy, nice swift transaction (Trace V-type pre and PPA300) and a bit of a chat about all things bass. Would definitely do business with you again dude! Cheers, Tom

I don't know all that much about it, I'll second Jake's recommendation of funkifying the clave, and also check out Bobby Valentin - Rey Dej Bajo, awesome album! Also, lots of Groove Collective stuff has a lot of latin influences and a great bass player in Jon Maron. Check out these tracks - Que te pasa'ti, Tito, Mambo Mongo, Loisaida, sabrosona... That's all I can think of at the moment... Hope these are of some use!

My fretless has a wenge/wenge neck/f board and a seymour duncan (i think?) pre. sounds lovely, growly but smooth

Went down there to get my fretless sorted out last week, haven't played through these but lifted the 2x10 and 2x15 and they're ridiculously light. One hand lift each.

I've only seen and played one of these. My old housemate has one. Sounds great live and in the studio and felt really nice to play. Active circuit worked as expected. Good build quality. Looks nice too.

Congrats! You won't be disappointed. I've got a fretless Zoot bitsa with swamp ash body (according to Mike it's a John Giblin signature model prototype body!) and a wenge neck. Sounds amazing, plays beautifully. Let us know how yours is