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    Anyone thinking about buying a small PA system? I don’t think I’m going to need one any more, or if I DO, it’ll be a even smaller one. It’s bi-amped, 450w total. The speakers are (each side) a 12” Celestion 1225E (300w, 96db) in a ported cab, and poled up above that a trapezoid cab containing 2 x Eminence Alpha 6As (100w, 93.6db each) and a Motorola CTS KSN-1141 Powerline piezo also in a ported cab. The amp has an integral crossover and a single 300w mono amp drives both 12” Celestions up to 250Hz. Two x 75w amps drive the Eminence/Motorola HF speakers above 250Hz in stereo. There are two 20ft 4-pole speakon cables which take LF and HF to the 12” cabs and then there are XLR cables running from each 12” up to the 2x6” speakers. The 12” cabs have wheels and telescopic handles. This used to be a Trace Elliot Acoustic PA system, complete with mixer. At that point it had two normal PA speakers, each with a 10” + 2 x 5” Celestions and a cheapo tweeter. The mixer died, but I thought that the rest of it was too good to bin, so I re-boxed the amp with a straightforward 2 x ¼ jack input, retaining the 4-pole Speakon outputs. I used it like this for a while and then decided that it deserved better speakers, so build (with the aid of BassBox Pro) the two floor cabs and the two HFs, populating them with more sensitive speakers than the originals. This would (and did!) work well for excellent reproduction of a miked acoustic outfit, or would also be fine for vocals and bass drum at pub band levels (115db or thereabouts). It’s in Surbiton, Surrey and could be looked at and/or tried out by arrangement. I figure it’s about £300 worth but I'll always look at an offer – any interest? [url="http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b58/labougie/Guitar/"]More pics [/url]
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    [quote name='barneyg42' post='262990' date='Aug 15 2008, 11:49 AM']Any cash price? or just Ebay?[/quote] PM
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    [quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='247463' date='Jul 25 2008, 01:05 AM']You won't knock walls down but they'll do for a small club. 3.3mm xmax is about average for OEM drivers. Do the cabs right and you'll likely be better of than with commercial 1x12s.[/quote] This man speaks the truth! The two Celestions are now in a 38 litre cab each, being driven by a 300w Laney R4H head and sounding clean, tight and ballsy, as well as plenty loud enough for what I want. Happy Bunny!
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    Now sold to barneyg42 - good man, thanks. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PEAVEY-MARK-III-SERIES-BH400-BASS-AMP-AMPLIFIER-HEAD_W0QQitemZ300249221746QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item300249221746&_trkparms=72%3A1121%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218751191656"]Ebay Item #300249221746.[/url] Not my kind of sound but goddamn - it's ever so loud. Mother won't like it at all. Bi-ampable. Cheap, too. Go on, have a [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PEAVEY-MARK-III-SERIES-BH400-BASS-AMP-AMPLIFIER-HEAD_W0QQitemZ300249221746QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item300249221746&_trkparms=72%3A1121%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218751191656"]look![/url]
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    Sorry, should have said - I'm in Kingston, Surrey.
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    Now on [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300247311817&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=020"]FleaBay[/url] at £35 starting bid!! Item number: 300247311817 Kickback combo cabinet, 125w amp, original speaker replaced with Eminence Beta 12A 250watt, extension speaker out. The whole thing is in good nick. Reviews [url="http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Bass+Amp/product/Laney/RBW200/10/1"]HERE[/url], manual [url="http://www.laney.co.uk/manuals/Richter%20Series%20Manual%20-%201998%20-%20Issue%201.pdf"]HERE[/url]. Might be of use as a practice amp? Put a 15" extension cab on it and you'd be OK for a small gig. How does £50 sound? PM me for more.
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    Fun and games today. A buddy appeared with a Laney RBW200 - 125w 12" combo which sounded awful. I think the speaker might be past it but there was no bottom end and it farted like a demon. Took the speaker out (Beta 12A) and replaced it with one of the 1225es, which actually sounded rather better. The 1225es, bty, are already in cabinets (25 litres tuned to about 60Hz)- they're the bottom half of a small PA rig (one 12" per side, HF poled up on top). The Laney has an extension speaker socket so I tried one of the PA cabinets as an extension, with the other 1225e still in the Laney which was again an improvement. The next step was obviously to put the PA cabs back together, take the amp out of the Laney and hook it up to both PA cabs. Lo and behold, it sounds really quite reasonable. The enclosures are much smaller than optimum, and 125w isn't enough, but it's for sure enough to get going with. I'm surprised that the Celestions (which are PA speakers as Balcro pointed out) will take that much bottom end without complaining - it only farts when the amp overloads. A productive day - and thanks for all the input. If I ever get around to doing this properly, two Beyma SM112N in 35 litres each with a big old Peavey amp on top would be the way!
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    Funds available? Ha!! This is probably going to be the same thing everyone’s heard a squintillion times before. I’m too old to lug around anything bigger than a pair of 1x12s and indeed, 2 12s ought to move a lot more air than a single 15. Two BFM 10.5s would be excellent from a size pov, but again, I’m a bottom end John McVie/Rick Danko sort of player and I’m not sure they’d give me what I’m after. I’ve got Bass Box Pro to help me sort out a cabinet design, but I can’t seem to find any 12” speakers with fs 40 and xmax 6. Is there (affordably) such a thing?
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    I'm coming back to bass-playing after many years away from it. I've got a pair of 1225e Celestions (300w, fs 61Hz, Xmax 3.3mm, XMech 12mm). Would I be banging my head against a brick wall trying to build two 1x12 cabs with these, driving them with maybe 250 watts of Peavey and expecting to get enough bottom end to do small pub gigs with?
  11. labougie
    Safetygav, (or indeed anyone else) - if you've got a list of the outlets who stock SX basses (particularly short-scale) in the UK, would you please post it up here or pm me? Many thanks.
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    Depends how friendly you are with your local Post Office, but mine let me leave parcels with them for Parcelforce to pick up (on the day, of course).
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    I won't know until Monday whether they have the particular one I want in stock or not, but I plan to get an SX from Rondo and it occurs to me that if anyone else living in London is thinking of doing the same then we could maybe get the two instruments sent over as one package and save on FedEx charges. Anyone up for it?
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