Steve Spector Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) Just picked up a used Aguilar cab and it sounds really distorted on the low notes. One thing I noticed was that the material inside seems to be hanging down in front of the ports (see pics) - could this have something to do with it? Steve Edited January 14, 2011 by Steve Spector Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan670844 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 [quote name='Steve Spector' post='1089353' date='Jan 14 2011, 02:07 PM']Just picked up a used Aguilar cab and it dounds really distorted on the low notes. One thing I noticed was that the material inside seems to be hanging down in front of the ports (see pics) - could this have something to do with it? Steve[/quote] Yep if its 'official' wadding it should be attached to the inside of the cab walls, contact Aguilar show them the pictures, their customer service is amazing. If you are lucky the blockage of the ports is causing the distortion as they can't 'breathe' and do their job to provide the nice lows, if not its a buggered driver (prob unlikely) I am afraid, again contact Aguilar, they used to do a exchange service i.e recone your frames, so it was not as expensive as one might think. However I am not sure they still do this as I am not sure what drivers they are using now (In the early days they used to make their own) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 [quote name='Steve Spector' post='1089353' date='Jan 14 2011, 02:07 PM']Just picked up a used Aguilar cab and it dounds really distorted on the low notes. One thing I noticed was that the material inside seems to be hanging down in front of the ports (see pics) - could this have something to do with it? Steve[/quote] The wadding is used to reduce the resonance of the cab - it shouldn't be able to produce distortion. BUT - if it's hanging down like that then the chances are that someone has been inside the cab - it would be well worth taking a look inside the cab and having a tidy up while you are there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 If the wadding has come loose it could be resting on the cone which could cause the sound you hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I think JoeGarcia had that exact problem with his GS412. Staple and glue should sort it, not tape, cause that gets sucked out the port and makes it worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 [quote name='chris_b' post='1089376' date='Jan 14 2011, 02:23 PM']If the wadding has come loose it could be resting on the cone which could cause the sound you hear.[/quote] I agree with Chris - I had this problem on one of the cabs I owned while ago. Easy to fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
symcbass Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Had issues like this with my GS412 when I got It second hand, had to fit new wadding. Never had the issue with my DB410. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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