Just blew the tweeter in my Markbass combo. Help.

[Fender4Me]

Well, I have read thast this has been an issue but it foinally happened to me. I have a 1x12 markbass combo that just blew the tweeter. What are my options? Can I just leave the tweeter unpluged? Are there better replacments on the market? Thanks!

[will33]

If it's the piezo tweeter everybody's having problems with you can just disconnect it and keep playing. The 12 is already getting a full signal, there is no crossover. Leave the blown tweeter in there just to plug the hole so it doesn't throw off the box tuning for the 12.

[philtoler]

I also blew a Markbass tweeter on my Mini CMD121P and previously one retro-fitted to my Ashdown ABM combo. To try and stop the problem once and for all I built myself a separate dedicated HF horn unit comprising a smal cab 13" wide by 7" high by 9" deep, fitted with an Eminence APT150 super tweeter and an Eminence px23k5 crossover unit. It works really well. I have been using it regularly for months now with my Orange TB500 and SP210 cab. The crossover stops high power low frequency damaging the tweeter, and also has a dial to regulate the amount of power fed into the tweeter, from zero to full on (quite loud even at moderate power levels). The crossover has 2 x speakons and 2 x 1/4" jack sockets. As a bonus it also makes a good PA system.