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08-23-2010, 12:51 PM
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so i jam with another bassist every once in a while & he uses the bands ampeg & the craziest thing happened on thursday.
so he turns the amp on & fiddles with some knobs & BAM the entire cab lights up. he shuts it down & asks if we saw it. we barely caught it so we weren't sure what was going on. so we turn it back on & it is working fine again & then he hits the HIGH button on the amp while we are all watching & the thing goes INSANE! now i'm talking every cone lights up like a christmas tree at the griswalds. each speaker looked as if it had a florecent bulb circling the speakers & it was very bright. i have never seen or heard of anything like this happening before. have any of you seen this light?
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08-23-2010, 12:52 PM
| | | | sweet!
That baby is Ready To Gig! |
08-23-2010, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by jnuts1  ...hits the HIGH button ... | Mushrooms?
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08-23-2010, 12:53 PM
| | | | i am not gigging with that monstrosity. 8-10's & a 1500 watt head is way too much for me. my markbass works just fine & i don't have to pull a muscle to get it anywhere.
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08-23-2010, 12:55 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | a 1500w head on top of a cab rated for 800w? you're lucky all it did was light up.
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08-23-2010, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by jnuts1 i am not gigging with that monstrosity. 8-10's & a 1500 watt head is way too much for me. my markbass works just fine & i don't have to pull a muscle to get it anywhere. | Yea, but does the MB light up spontaneously?
Blow that thing up at a gig and it will be a night to remember. |
08-23-2010, 12:58 PM
| | | | well i believe it is only half of that. it has biamping capabilities. so i think it is 1500 when you run the speakon between the two internal amps or something. but it is not my amp & i don't really know about these ampegs since i never use it. i'm just curious.
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08-23-2010, 12:58 PM
| | | | it's not mine, but after this weekend i kind of want to blow it now
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08-23-2010, 01:00 PM
| | | | DO IT!
Do it now and video tape it. |
08-23-2010, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by jnuts1 so i jam with another bassist every once in a while & he uses the bands ampeg & the craziest thing happened on thursday.
so he turns the amp on & fiddles with some knobs & BAM the entire cab lights up. he shuts it down & asks if we saw it. we barely caught it so we weren't sure what was going on. so we turn it back on & it is working fine again & then he hits the HIGH button on the amp while we are all watching & the thing goes INSANE! now i'm talking every cone lights up like a christmas tree at the griswalds. each speaker looked as if it had a florecent bulb circling the speakers & it was very bright. i have never seen or heard of anything like this happening before. have any of you seen this light? | maybe he's wired up some kind of effect in there,just for fun....
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08-23-2010, 01:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | IIRC to prevent overpowering and damaging the horns, a resistive bulb is wired in series with the horn for protection.
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08-23-2010, 01:07 PM
| | | | thanks joe.
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08-23-2010, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Crockettnj Mushrooms? |  That's what I was thinking
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08-23-2010, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by interstatejoe IIRC to prevent overpowering and damaging the horns, a resistive bulb is wired in series with the horn for protection. | ampeg 810's don't have horns.
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08-23-2010, 01:11 PM
| | | | then what is going on Jimmy? i am dying to find out & my searches have yeilded NOTHING!
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08-23-2010, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM ampeg 810's don't have horns. | Oh wait, that's right...
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08-23-2010, 01:16 PM
| | | | BLOW
IT
UP
and post the vid! YEA!! |
08-23-2010, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by jnuts1 then what is going on Jimmy? i am dying to find out & my searches have yeilded NOTHING! | very good question. i have no idea what's going on.
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08-23-2010, 01:22 PM
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08-23-2010, 01:24 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Dean Markley Strings, Inc. | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Denver, CO | | | My first thought was the protection light bulb. I'm not doubting you Jimmy, but are you sure there's not an 810 made with a horn?
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