skidder652003

So at last nights gig at a particularly sh*te pub, there's these 2 rather lovely very skinny but generously upfronted (?) girls, very drunk, dancing when one goes up to the guitarist/singer and shouts mid way through a song (like they always do) if she can sing. He smiles and shakes his head, so she moves on to the drummer and yells if she can have a go on the sticks. He shakes his head, she takes one look at yours truly and just walks away... charming. The girlfriend of said guitard then throws a punch at skinny girl and all hell breaks loose, guitarist amp dies and we set of the smoke alarm with the new haze machine, all for £60 each in a storm. Rock n Roll.

youve got me watching loads of isolated bass tracks, excellent! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80dsyo2Ox-0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80dsyo2Ox-0[/url]

250 euros per day seems fair as its going to publication, your travel and accommodation expenses are immaterial. 10am to 7pm is a long day. Im a humble painter and decorator in my other life and that pays 150 euros (in pounds) per day so as a professional musician/ sound engineer with a degree? Charge 250..

[url="http://www.thecadence.co.uk/"]http://www.thecadence.co.uk/[/url] Based in Devon , bass player founded judas priest, but don't hold that against them, they're fab!

[url="http://www.amazon.com/Seymour-Duncan-SJB-3-Quarter-Pickup/dp/B008A1AV9G/ref=sr_1_8?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1382115382&sr=1-8&keywords=quarter+pounder+bass+pickup"]http://www.amazon.com/Seymour-Duncan-SJB-3-Quarter-Pickup/dp/B008A1AV9G/ref=sr_1_8?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1382115382&sr=1-8&keywords=quarter+pounder+bass+pickup[/url]

Ive heard this stuff is good but only seems available in the US, unless anyone knows better? Is there another long lasting for or haze fluid anyone could recommend?

sold the JV..Tsk...!

im completely in love, if she had a willy i think i would probably emigrate.

i fink i wood raver kiss a tramps arse,...

bekoz i iz shifased at 3 in the mornin to b honests.....

ordered some status hotwire flats on thursday night because of this thread, 40 60 80 100's. Arrived Sat morning, played them tonight (Sat) at the gig, very impressed all round. Not clangy but not dead, nice and light but punchy.

Bloody amazing...

[quote name='bassmachine2112' timestamp='1381559772' post='2240596'] Slightly longer than 10 minutes but strings direct will get you the new string sound quickly. I ordered a couple of sets of their strings on friday afternoon and[b] got knocked up by the postman[/b] on saturday morning New string sound [/quote]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1381164769' post='2235244'] I've been put through to the design engineer when I called Ashdown (Dave Green), someone less used to dealing with gruff Northern amp engineers might be less than impressed with his customer handling skills. Stuff like 'Who the f*ck" gave you my number?' will do that. [/quote]

Hey Guys, i didnt want to start a war! Im happy to admit I wrecked the driver, as alex guessed, I play in a stupid loud band but i did think that 2 x 400W drivers into a 700W cab would be fine, obviously I wasnt aware of quite how important it was to get the cab measurements correct, I just thought the worst that could happen was that it might sound Sh*t rather than destroy (the good) one. Hopefully the guys at Blue Aran might take some of this discussion on board and put up a advisory. No falling out here! Don't want to get booted out by the mods!

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1380852549' post='2231589'] I agree to some extent, though it falls upon the customer to do the proper research to be sure that they are purchasing the correct driver for a particular application, not the retailer. I don't expect a retailer to have a high degree of engineering expertise. Of course, if the retailer does assume the position of giving applications advice, other than merely reposting manufacturer specs and data, then they have the obligation to be sure that they get it right. In short, don't offer expert advise if you're not an expert. Still, I put the onus on the OP in this case. I'd be curious to see exactly what research he did. For instance, did he ask here before making his purchase? [/quote] I had a good discussion with you all here!!!! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/186836-eminence-kappa-pro-15-vs-eminence-kappalite-3015lf/page__st__80__p__1915135__hl__kappalite__fromsearch__1#entry1915135"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/186836-eminence-kappa-pro-15-vs-eminence-kappalite-3015lf/page__st__80__p__1915135__hl__kappalite__fromsearch__1#entry1915135[/url]

So, Andy as a representative of Blue Aran, any chance you could put this up on your companys webste or something along similar lines so as some of us might be a bit forewarned before we blow near on 200 quid on something that doesn't last 12 months? Don't think it would take much, just a bit of copy and paste.. [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]""3. Replace with a driver thats suitable for your application, whilst all 15" drivers are capable of reproducing bass frequencies, some do it better than others, and some 15" drivers are tweaked for bass heavy applications, some are tweaked for general purpose application. A general purpose full range 15 is usually designed for use in a 2-way system in conjunction with a HF devices to run in a box for playback of prerecorded music and/or live vocals, etc where there is a mix of bass and mid evenly spread across the frequency spectrum. General purpose 15s are usually not designed for bass only applications. In this instance it would bhe prudent to note that there exists a Kappalite 3015 and a Kappalite 3015LF, the LF signifying Low Frequency suitability. The 3015LF has a maximum mechanical excursion of 17mm against 11mm of the 3015, this is significantly more distance before the voice coil/cone reach their limits. It is also normal in a LF model to have a stiffer suspension, which can reduce the cone movement for a given level of input power. A very lightweight cone, with high sensitivity and lighter suspensions as found in the 3015 is more suited to mid and high frequencies, the lighter cone and stiffer suspension can move quicker and faster, usually giving a cleaner sound and less distortion in vocals and mid frequencies. However, a lightweight cone will also be very responsive to the dynamics of live music, and the twang of a bass guitar will send the cone flying forwards very fast to the point it can easily go past its mechanical limitations. So in this instance you should be aware there is a significant difference between the 3015 and the 3015LF which is more than just a serial number""[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Thanks.[/font][/color]

well thank you all for the informative contributions everyone has taken the time to place on this post. I've made Blue Aran aware of whats going on here and i hope they may take the time to reflect on whats been said. I would hope that in time they might like to add a small caveat to their website about the importance of matching cabs to speakers for all us non techie types who assumed from advice given here on earlier posts that replacing speakers with upgrades wasn't a risky (and expensive) business! For my part I don't think I'll go through all the hassle of a speaker replacement and it's associated risks in future and just get a 2nd hand cab with speaker from a well known brand on here that at least should be matched. A bit bitter about the whole thing to be honest, as my ashdown and warwick cabs are still going strong, but hey ho, you live and learn. ...

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1380707873' post='2229172'] Interesting that there was a thread on here a while ago about how "easy" it was to just whack an upgraded driver in some commodity cab and thereby avoid having to pay big $ for a "proper" high end cab. Well this just demonstrate the folly of doing that. A cab and driver is a tuned mutually resonant system, a bit like the spring-and-damper system on a cars suspension. Having said that it might be possible to re-tune the cab to the new driver by adjusting the internal volume and/or the port area and depth but youd certainly need to run some equations. [/quote] I think that must have been the post i read!

Guess Im sc*wed... We have given you an explanation of the reason this driver has failed, and this is not covered under warranty. There are a number of factors which have led to the failure, and it is not purely down to operating frequency or power. It is a combination of factors which has caused the driver cone to move further than its design limitations, which are specified on the website: Maximum Linear Excursion (Xmax) 5.9mm Maximum Mechanical Limit (Xlim) 11mm The driver has been used BEYOND its designed parameters, and we accept no liability for the failure of this driver and we will not be providing a refund or a replacement speaker. [color="#666666"]1 Oct 2013 2:45 pm [color="#000000"]From: [b]Blue Aran[/b][/color][/color] In answer to one of your other points, it is not feasible for us to list every possible application for such a product, and how it will perfom in any given situation. The information regarding a 5 string bass was purely as an example of how it might be possible to overload the speaker. There are numerous possibilities, including the fact that the speaker simply was not compatible with the cabinet you put it in. The failure has been caused by over excursion of the driver beyond its designed limitation, and not any manufacturing defect. We have been selling and installing Eminence speaker for 18 years, and as a company we have over 50 years combined experience amongst our staff of using these products. It is very easy for us to ascertain what is and what isnt a warranty failure. Anything that is a warranty failure is promptly replaced by us, and both Eminence, and their European distributor have 100% faith in us to do this to the point they allow us to disassemble and assess warranty failures ourselves as we have the skills in house to do this. In fact we have more experience an expertise in this that Eminence's European distributor.

well thats whats weird cos i promise you there was absoloutely no distortion, it just stopped midway through the gig while the "crappy" ashdown 15 kept on going (and still is BTW). I guess Ford Mondeo's arent fast or glamorous but at least they dont Fri88ing cost 10 times as much and break after 11 months!

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1380622683' post='2227879'] @skidder652003 - in what cab did this driver die? [/quote] This one [url="http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/warwick-115-pro-400w-speaker-cabinet"]http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/warwick-115-pro-400w-speaker-cabinet[/url]

just tried it, seems to work!

I should add perhaps that they state its not suitable for chucking in any old cab without probably doing some research first!