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06-27-2010, 11:18 AM
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Anyone have any trouble shooting tips?
I gigged it a couple of weeks ago, no problems.
Yesterday at the gig, complete silence. I've got another gig this afternoon, would prefer to fix it, but might have to go buy something in a pinch. Thanks for any tips.
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Originally Posted by JimmyM  you have to be a little proactive about warning soundmen if you have special needs. | |
06-27-2010, 11:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Oregon | | | 1 is it plugged in with the proper cable, jack, etc?
2 is the amp giving power to it?
3 then something has come loose, prolly tween the input jack and the crossover. |
06-27-2010, 11:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | 1. Yep. Tried both inputs on the cab, and multiple speaker cables (which I also tested later with a guitar cab, so the cables are a.ok.).
2. Yep, tested the amp at the gig through one of our drummers monitors, which I had to play through the whole gig, and later at home with a guitar cab. All in working order.
3. Should I pull the front cover off then? I yanked the back panel yesterday, everything looked fine there.
Thanks for the quick reply, my wallet and I really appreciate it.
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SVT15E Brandon Ummel Band Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyM you have to be a little proactive about warning soundmen if you have special needs. | |
06-27-2010, 11:40 AM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | yep, yank the front panel and the speaker and make sure the speaker is still hooked up. sometimes those connectors can come loose in transit.
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06-27-2010, 12:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Well it has seen a couple hundred miles in the car over the last month of gigs, so I'm gonna go pull the grill off. Thanks guys, hopefully this works. In the meantime I have a used Eden 112 on the way, just in case I can't fix the Ampeg before the gig tonight.
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SVT15E Brandon Ummel Band Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyM you have to be a little proactive about warning soundmen if you have special needs. | |
06-27-2010, 12:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bessemer, AL | | | If checking the wiring to the speaker looks ok, next step should be to check the voice coil with a multimeter. If no meter is available, you can check for cone movement with a battery |
06-27-2010, 12:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Alright, opened it up, and the wires and connectors are in tight, everything looks ok. I'm usually half ok with electronics, but this is baffling me.
How do I check cone movement with a battery?
Hooked up a fresh 9V battery, no cone movement...
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Originally Posted by JimmyM you have to be a little proactive about warning soundmen if you have special needs. |
Last edited by shakerattleroll : 06-27-2010 at 01:00 PM.
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06-27-2010, 12:56 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada | | | Put the battery across the speaker terminals. You should get a good thump from the speaker. If not your speaker has a blown voice coil.
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06-27-2010, 01:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Bummer, so this is most likely a blown voice coil.
Can I have the voice coil replaced, or do I need a whole re-coning?
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Originally Posted by JimmyM you have to be a little proactive about warning soundmen if you have special needs. | |
06-27-2010, 01:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Sioux Falls, SD | | Quote:
Originally Posted by shakerattleroll Well it has seen a couple hundred miles in the car over the last month of gigs, so I'm gonna go pull the grill off. Thanks guys, hopefully this works. In the meantime I have a used Eden 112 on the way, just in case I can't fix the Ampeg before the gig tonight. | Oh I see you live in Malibu. Do you have a place on the water? I will come to visit and bring a 810 with me, maybe live at your place through the spring? OK?
DO you have a yacht? I am expert sailor. Don't drink much either mostly purified water.
BOB
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06-27-2010, 01:22 PM
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06-27-2010, 01:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by shakerattleroll Bummer, so this is most likely a blown voice coil.
Can I have the voice coil replaced, or do I need a whole re-coning? | The simplest way is the re-cone. You cannot just replace the coil as you have to remove the cone to get at the coil.
Paul |
06-27-2010, 01:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by rbonner Oh I see you live in Malibu. Do you have a place on the water? I will come to visit and bring a 810 with me, maybe live at your place through the spring? OK?
DO you have a yacht? I am expert sailor. Don't drink much either mostly purified water.
BOB | Nope, but I can see the water if I look really hard. You're welcome to visit, although I'm moving out end of July.
No yacht, closest harbor is at least half an hour away. Not that I could afford a yacht, I'm living in Malibu to be close to law school, and law school budgets don't include yachts (at least mine doesn't).
Thanks for the help guys. I'm gonna close it back up and take it to a repair shop sometime next week. What a drag.
Also, any feedback on these guys, and their prices? http://www.speakerrepair.com/ocsrepairprice.html
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Originally Posted by JimmyM you have to be a little proactive about warning soundmen if you have special needs. |
Last edited by shakerattleroll : 06-27-2010 at 01:30 PM.
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06-27-2010, 01:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Oregon | | | I'm curious: Why did a blown voice-coil in one speaker make the other one silent?
duh: answer is this isn't the one with the lil tweeter
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06-27-2010, 01:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Sioux Falls, SD | | | Single speaker... Just take the speaker to orange county speaker, yeah its a drive.. But they are probably the best in california and have it reconed.
hey funny thats who you asked about ... Yeah they're the gas.
BOB
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06-27-2010, 01:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | I grew up in Orange County, my parents still live there, and my girlfriend works there a lot, so I still get down there pretty frequently. I thought I had heard before they were the place to go, so I just wanted to double check. Worth the drive to have it done right.
Again, thanks for all the advice everyone, I really appreciate it.
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