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Blew up my GK neo 12 speaker
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- Apr 3, 2003
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Why do you not think that it will be easy to deal with GK?
GK is very easy to deal with, they have speakers readily available.
I also saw another thread here about the speakers in Neo12's being problematic, the connection from the tinsel wires to the voice coil comes loose. I think they had a bad batch of speakers at one point.
I also saw another thread here about the speakers in Neo12's being problematic, the connection from the tinsel wires to the voice coil comes loose. I think they had a bad batch of speakers at one point.
Any advice would depend on a bit more information... Was a single twelve all you were using? Was it over-powered?
"not very loud" is kinda subjective.
"not very loud" is kinda subjective.
Link Removed They have 16 ohm versions too, if this is for a 212 or 412. Probably take awhile to ship to Norway, but it's readily available.
GK is great to deal with. I bought a used mb800 that had an issue and they offered to fix it for free.
I bought my GK amp and cabs from the US. Because of that i was almost being treated as a criminal the last time i needed service. And when the finally wanted to sell the spear part it took ages for them to ship it over the Atlantic. Thats why im not very optimistic.
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Only the 12" cab yes. With the mb fusion 500 head. I think both the gain and master was set to 12 o clock. A bit loud maybe, but i have done that many times without problems in the past. This time it suddenly startet to smell burnt and that was that.
I think if you try to buy the speaker on their website, they won't not take your money
I dont think they sell only the speaker on their site...I think if you try to buy the speaker on their website, they won't not take your money
Gain and masters are not "wattage" controls. You could easily have pumped 350+ clean watts (clean never sounds as "loud" as distorted) into your 300 watt cab. Sorry this falls under user error (or abuse). If you need to be that loud, get a second 112. Too much power into a single speaker will be a fail.
Your contour setting is perfectly fine, and you're totally right about the lack 4/5 switch. What about your EQ?
I've had two of my 12" speakers go out as well. When the first one failed I thought it was because it was an older model with a bad design, but now one in a cab that is just under three years old has failed as well. Both times it was the same thing; the flex leads from the speaker terminals to the voice coil. The signal starts to break up and then I can only get any sound out of the speaker if I hold them a certain way.
I really don't know why this keeps happening but I'm pretty sick of replacing speakers every year and a half.
I'm starting to wonder if I should put a different speaker in my cabs like a Kappalite or something.
You can buy the speakers from GK.
I really don't know why this keeps happening but I'm pretty sick of replacing speakers every year and a half.
I'm starting to wonder if I should put a different speaker in my cabs like a Kappalite or something.
You can buy the speakers from GK.
Yeah. Gotta keep in mind that the voice coil heats up under high power/low freq use.
A while back I was using an Aggie TH500 to push a pair of 8 ohm "super 12" cabs rated at 300w each. I managed to burn a driver in one of the cabs. Best I can figure, I just ran it too hot for too long. On paper the cabs should have been able to take it, but (in hindsight) I was asking them to put out more lows than they could handle. Since then I've gotten clued to _thermal compression_, but I made a mistake when I pushed up the bass EQ as the cabs began to compress from heating.
