Downunderwonder

It's easier if I square everything down. It's probably even more accurate as roads tend to grid up on big spaces. So UK is three squares worth = 10 hours. A 5% chunk of Canada is a square block of 36 squares, the centre point in that chunk is 3 squares from the edge. x 20 = 100% = 720 squares. Holy moly.

I don't because there's no way I could tell a drummer to not put his there too. Then the vocalist would want a spot since I am so generous with sharing my 'drinks table'. Beverage free zone is it for me. The same old guy that taught me to loop the lead through the amp handle also forbade drinks on top of gear. A drink that isn't left on top of an amp can never get spilled on the amp.

Doing rough maths, in other words 5% is within 10hrs of some other bit, most of it is surrounded by the rest so ignore the coast and border, but GB is strung out, it's complicated! 10hrs north south GB is the diameter of a 5% circle drawn on Canada, if most of it is accessible by some kind of road. Big doesn't cover it.

More like honestly rated loudage is rare.

Take the sensitivity of the cab and add 21dB and you won't be far off. Everyone plays with 'loud' guitarists and drummers. Some are seriously louder than others so it is very hard to nail down. Ime 200w and 4 ohm worth of big cabinet is pretty darn loud enough for a pub when it's a simple PA and a single sub giving the kick a boost. Some people will say no way they can get by without at least 500w. Others swear and declare their 30w amp keeps up with their loud drummer and guitarist. I would say if you need to turn up a vintage Trace 250 to '4' with green input LED and a 4 ohm cab you would be shy on grunt with an Elf. I used to crank it to '4' with a single 15 cab but with two cabs if I get to '3' I am indulging my inner hooligan. Elf is supposedly honestly rated for RMS output of a everyday bass signal, so it isn't much short of power compared to SMX 250. I don't know if it can do big whomp transients like a SMX can. When they say 500w peak on that puppy they mean it.

My ears need a cleanout. A natural innit!!!

Thanks. I figured that would be the result that Tim wishes to avoid but not actually recorded since quantising became a thing myself. Hey, the guy doing it in real time enlightened himself by doing it!

Dude, drop the 'tude if you want help. All advice has been given in good faith so far but don't expect that to continue much longer at this rate.... Your amp pushes 300w into two 8 ohm cabinets so dividing by two gets you 150w per cab. If you only took the 15 it would have been getting something like 180w but you never mentioned that case so never mind. It's not on the forum to shop for you but I see the Hydrive series got another reboot as the Hydrive HL115. So try one of their spare drivers. Should be fairly easy to order. I have told you what you need to do so over to you to find it. Sweetwater are helpful folks, try them and for forgiveness sake drop the 'tude. Substitute a few less letters into that f word. They might even help you to change ports on your cab to match the new model. I see Hartke have kept the same external size all through so should be a doddle.

I am amazed none of the singers I have worked with have had their teeth broken in that scenario. Even a raised stage is no guarantee. The better places recognise the hazard and have a corral fence across the front. Monitors are overkill and the PA is simply stage right and stage left angled across for double duty. The 200w of the Ant is plenty to rock the house, best left back on the cab. My cab is a beverage free zone. Anything there after the first warning is disappeared so even drummers quickly learn.

Firstly are you using earplugs to save going deaf? If it's just a monitor you really should be able to hear it either way. Makes me think you are all pretty damn loud and not using earplugs. Next order is get something to tip it so it points up at you. You might be able to turn down instead if earplugs are installed first.

I forget the name but its all over the internet. Hydrive series innit? Similar size cab, higher power handling rating < big grain of salt disclaimer >, same style of aluminum cone presumably similar tonal qualities or at least as similar as you are going to find.

This. If the 150w of pure Trace grunt blew it once it will blow it again. OP may not realise there are precious few North Americans on this forum. Odds of anyone here in his immediate four State neighborhood knowing where there is a good reconing shop for him, very slim. I am not sure he has even done a battery test. Instead relied on 'I know I connected it up right when I did the job'?

Beer has it's own way of hurtling sideways, so I refer you both to the great and almighty authority that is beer. I am merely beer's humble emissary. If your pedal board does not hang around with beer then you have no fear. This product may well be the duck's nuts for you. Since many pedal boards do hang out with beer and the vents are not obvious at first glance I think it's a valid point to raise.

It's a hard road to satisfy bassists. Give them what they want and they complain it isn't what they want. Fan cooling means not at all water resistant. At least most pedals stand a pretty good chance of being ok in an accident involving a drunk and a jug of beer. If you watch the promo vid they are all about the touring and quiet stage folk. It sure does cover a lot of tasks in a small package. If you aren't concerned about roaming drunk jugs of beer it's a good shout as a 'pedalboard amp'.

Down on a pedal board is no place for an amp, especially one that is fan cooled. There are plenty of amps that you can plug a pedal board output into and take the DI out from the amp. Nobody mainstream builds a power block because there is no money in it. They are out there but not certified for hooking up to the grid.

Your cab has been superceded. There are no reconing kits on offer. Option 1. Put the new model 15 in and either hope for the best and retune the cabinet as required or do some of your own research on that. Option 2. Find a reconing shop and ask them if they have or can source the original driver reconing kit out of some secret stash. Best be nice about it. You keep using the word fix. Ain't no fixing unless it is a simple separation of the dust cap or small tear at the surround of the cone that mates cone to the frame. You ruled those out already. So it requires a recone or binning. I already explained the recone process a little but sing out if you need more info. You saw the film Snatch? Analogous to 'fixing' a busted up driver.

Doubtful. I think the cheapest I have seen would be used Barefaced for around 700. Overkill for a monitor. A used 10"RCF active might be around 500 if you can find one?

Any sound person worthy of the title should recognize that effort and endeavour to EQ their PA to the room to save themselves the effort of tweaking everything in the mix. Lots of bands not even using cabs these days.

They make these things called 'young chaps' that deal with that.

Ime just heavy enough to be a pain walking longer than a couple of blocks if the handle is less than fully comfortable.

I'm not talking about splitting it into multiple issues. A consolidated post from OP on what was tried and rejected outright; what partially succeeded before reverting to snafuville, what gear is now in place, is what I would like. The best place for it would be a reboot thread.

You do realise you are only on the start of the slippery slope that leads to a garage full of amps and cabs? It's not too late to hop off. When I started golf setting my gear I got to three rigs and started selling extras. For a while I was good. Then a bargain came along. Still I was good. Then another, and another... presently at 5 amps and 3 cabs which I can all justify for liking the sounds and the hefts and the looks and the practicalities. But nobody would complain if I went down to 1 of each, until something broke, and I could still cobble up a rig out of PA gear if all the bass stuff was stolen. Slippery slope I tell ye!

Hopefully you don't get taught any lessons the hard way. Not knowing what hours are involved I am guessing the 2 hrs 9 to 11 for headliners at Old Farts MC party. I would run with 1.5x what you charged for the pub party plus travelling expenses and accommodation and meals. From the sounds of the 300 Squid 6 piece PA toting 50 mile travelling band, they may not pay anything like what you need.

I'm stealing that.

Wherein the Devil resides. If the first opener of the email isn't technical enough to realise they are are of their depth then it can go two ways. Either it will be more trouble than it's worth to get the detail sorted or they get turned around by a sharp "Thanks for getting back to us, unfortunately we will be unable to participate unless someone who understands the details can be involved in making arrangements. This is another of the reasons why we suggested you engage a sound provider, someone who can liaise with the bands on technical requirements. Any number of things can go very wrong with putting on a multi band event so the best thing to do is have someone in charge who knows one end of a mic cable from the other".