Downunderwonder

One of us is misunderstanding the question. Pretty sure the original has one port and it's a cube. Two ports and an internal baffle would be needing two drivers and would do well to be rectangular to the front. So I figure he was asking about doing a 2x8?

Even 100w isn't a guarantee of getting to where you have some dynamic headroom at gig level. Try before you buy. When I subbed 200w for 50w it was just enough to keep some back for a little thump every now and again. With the 50 I was pushing it into distortion just to be heard and nothing else going on.

Someone has taken a fountain pen and tied it to a stick to fake a year onto the serial number. At least you know he made at least 9 before that one. Probably had some chops by then. Same got done to my Gt. Grandad's violin to make it an antique when he bought it, 16"84". Now it is just an old violin that plays ok if a bit on the heavy side of not very light for a violin. Best of luck in getting a nice playable bass out of the deal.

If I was you I'd be high tailing it back to the dealer to trade the mint Stubby back for a CTM-200R. They cost a bit more than double the 30w but they sold you a pup so they should look after you. If they can't get you one toute suite see if they'll lend you something with some poke to do gigs in the meantime.

OP reckoned one of the originals had nasty noises, and some numbnut has put adhesive/sealant on it. Not toast?

My SMX is one of the early ones so it looks just like the SM printed graphic style except more bells and whistles. I must open it up and check no bipolar bear is lurking in there and all corners secure.

Find the official Orange service centre for your neck of the woods. I wouldn't be surprised if it's the factory if you're in driving range. Even if it's not the closest take it to them and tell them what you know and they will fix it good. 'Lukewarm' does not cut the mustard. Just show up with it. The old old ones used to blow the top off one of the capacitors, I don't think it's that either as OP has a perfectly operational power stage.

There's that, and then the chances of the other two going out on you must be pretty bad. You might get a good enough deal buying four and only be up for one lot of shipping. Could be worth it.

Calculate volume missing in your wedge cutout and add it to the front by making the sides and top that much deeper, bottom too but it's smaller for the 45° piece missing, only mention so you don't cut it 'short' AND at 45°. For my money it would be easier to make the box and then run the saw through it at the 45°. Other option tilt the baffle. What gets added at the bottom gets taken away at the top, same volume. Mind the port doesn't get snarled on the bottom, or the driver if you port it from the back. You could even put the port in the side so it goes under the driver sideways.

To be clear, the most you would get from the extra 30w amp, ie twin amps one on each cab, is a measly 3dB. That's what you get from one little bump on a mixer fader so it lights the next light up. Not setting the world on fire.

You could plug an SVT into those puppies but have to stand well back. Point being, just get a bigger amp and be done. 30w is well and good for toneful playtime, until you need to move some air.

The proper term is clam. Your lines are full of clams, although to be a proper clam it has to be in tune but a semitone out of key.

Dif'rent strokes.

I wouldn't be that dismissive. Once they have had their fill of quiet blues gigs you can go back and rock the joint again no worries.

Btw @uk_lefty your guitar man is correct that a 3dB boost is about all you can get away with before some sound folk will automatically see red that you are "stomping all over their finely crafted mix", while neglecting to notice it actually sounds ok with the missing guitar. On the other hand you could have been stomping over the remaining mix without knowing. It is near impossible to set a 3dB gain by ear and if you did then having two pedals on would put you at +6dB. For this reason I suggest getting them to work at unity or close. If you have access to a mixer you can use your headphones at home and it should be quite representative of what FOH gets from your DI. Assuming you usually DI. You have to bear in mind the lows may come over very differently by the time FOH have finished with them and probably less zing too. Your main concern is tweaking gains rather than intricacies of tone. Hopefully they are still set where they would normally be. Leave them be and put up with the hokey tone. Play away and get the input gain on your mixer channel well up so it is only flicking last green on a really heavy thwack. Don't blow your ears out in the headphones! Probably best take them off for next step if you haven't already... Kick in pedals and see just how bad you are. If you can get them functional only going into red on the heaviest thwack you have got it to 3dB.

There is the Origin Effects Bass Rig take on it. Kinda pricey but they come up used once in awhile.

Two issues here. You probably don't have your pedals under control as well as they need to be. Your soundman has a different idea from you about how much bass should be stepping up when a guitar drops out. If you get the boosts under control first you may not have the 2nd issue but I am picking you weren't all that overbearing so maybe you will. Another way to go about it would be to untity gain all your pedals and have a separate overall boost capability. Is that what you were meaning to ask about? To do that you really have to have gig levels going on for pedals that come alive at volume. Lows jump out of hiding when the loud knob gets employed. Filters don't trip right until driven. You know the drill by now? Can you "thicken the tone" without getting any louder? Is the $64k question. Then you can boost a little or a little more with a Sansamp multi channel set for 3 levels of clean. Regular,+1.759dB, +3.284dB. If the pedals won't comply with unity then you could set up the Sansamp Regular -1.874dB for Naughty Pedal 1 OR 2 -3.587dB for Naughty pedal 1 AND Naughty pedal 2. And if you had a Deluxe version Sansamp you could run Bank2 at an overall boost but otherwise same differentials.

Back up the bus and talk to Alex if you don't believe me. What jollies you are getting from your BF210 and a 5er low B is all 60hz and up. If you pump it full of 30hz you will kill it. It will either turn it into heat or give it conniptions. You should employ a proper high pass. Any PA you are likely to plug into will be highpassed 50hz or so anyway. What everyone thinks of as "low bass" is an octave higher than its fundamental. The problem is when you give a speaker a pumped up fundamental it distorts. That distortion is the first overtone. Your brain assembles that with the other pure harmonics as the tone of the fundamental. Similarly an 810 low E sounds like a low E, ain't no 40hz in it.

Afaik Broughton are still keeping it all in house with mail order. I guess dispatching orders makes a nice change from soldering hour after hour.

Another option, make a "shoe" out of thermoplastic so your pedal has a flat bottom. I am not familiar with your fancy schmamcy pedalboard system but if the feet are getting in the way..... You buy it as little beads and heat it to 50° in water. It turns soft and sticks to itself. You squeeze out the water and hey presto a hot blob of anything you can imagine. It doesn't stick to parchment paper which is just a fancy word for baking paper. I am imagining something more like a "sandal" for your pedal. Connected corner blocks and continuous thin base.

Marty has been around the block!

I thought I gave you a pretty robust set of options that you could use.

Not a silly idea at all. Of course it could already be out of phase somewhat, even 180°, so it would be a total gamble. Still, shaking the riser in opposition to the monitor could get you out of the woods if you got it balanced for power.

How very curious. Will the 2nd one go down the D5 hole never to be seen again? Will both turn up in two days? Either seems just as likely an outcome at this stage.