Craigslist Free Peavey Find: What The Heck?

[Pauly 4001]

Hi Fellow Bassists:
I responded to a free ad on Craigslist for this old Peavey bass cab. My pictures are bad but can anyone identify the cab? It's got a rolled reflex design and a single 15".
It was unfortunately fairly full of a real foul smelling brownish yellow liquid that smells like rat pee, I'm talking about a half gallon dumped out so far and due to the rolled nature of the cabinet it's hard to get it out of there by merely tipping it every which way. I'll have to take the speaker out and empty and decontaminate it and dry it out. It seriously kind of has a cess pool kind of vibe so far and I very nearly drove off without picking it up but I've yearned for a nice reflex cab since I was a kid and maybe it will pair up with either my Plush or the Fender 400PS if I don't die from exposure to whatever toxins this thing is full of.
By the way I'm from Seattle home of the nation's first corona death so I may have
discovered ground zero.

 

[two fingers]

Sunlight. UV rays kill germs. Every time it's sunny out, put that cab outside. Take the speaker out. Let the sun shine in everywhere it can.

It'll likely be a muddy mess for bass. But, hey, it was free. So go nuts.

You sure it's not a PA sub?

 

[Wasnex]

Hi Fellow Bassists:
I responded to a free ad on Craigslist for this old Peavey bass cab. My pictures are bad but can anyone identify the cab? It's got a rolled reflex design and a single 15".
It was unfortunately fairly full of a real foul smelling brownish yellow liquid that smells like rat pee, I'm talking about a half gallon dumped out so far and due to the rolled nature of the cabinet it's hard to get it out of there by merely tipping it every which way. I'll have to take the speaker out and empty and decontaminate it and dry it out. It seriously kind of has a cess pool kind of vibe so far and I very nearly drove off without picking it up but I've yearned for a nice reflex cab since I was a kid and maybe it will pair up with either my Plush or the Fender 400PS if I don't die from exposure to whatever toxins this thing is full of.
By the way I'm from Seattle home of the nation's first corona death so I may have
discovered ground zero.
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That looks like some sort of a super scoop. The driver is pretty obviously not original. I believe it's a cheap car stereo subwoofer driver. I Googled "Legacy subwoofer" and everything I found was marked as discontinued or out of stock.

 

[BogeyBass]

If its peavey
not the original driver
someone stuck a car sub in it.

Rear loaded horn or scoop type bin.
should be fun

its rear loaded so it would probaly sound pretty decent with a black widow driver.

ive never seen a peavey bin like that.
at one time you could buy just those peavey handles
and you see alot of random diy or off brand cabinets with peavey handles.

regardless its a tilt back / slant back rear loaded horn.
actually pretty nifty for guys who appreciate this stuff or at least the concept
nothing like a good slant back cab and just roll it around like a dolly

I dont know the original driver, but usually peavey would use the
1504DT-4 Black Widow
for horn loaded enclosures.
That 4 ohm version of the black widow is a special design for horn loaded enclosures
and is slightly different than the typical 1505 or 1502
the 1504 has a different cone and suspension for folded horns

 

[agedhorse]

That cabinet was a very short lived box from the 1980's, big, heavy, moderately efficient but there were so many better products on the market (including other Peavey products). Direct radiating with a horn loaded port (kind of) using cosmetics of the SP-1 and FH-1, but with the driver direct radiating for vastly better mids (better for a bass cabinet) which sacrificed efficiency which the horn loaded port (or scoop) tried to help. This type of cabinet fell out of favor by the mid 1990's.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

It was unfortunately fairly full of a real foul smelling brownish yellow liquid that smells like rat pee, I'm talking about a half gallon dumped out so far and due to the rolled nature of the cabinet it's hard to get it out of there by merely tipping it every which way.

I just wanted this line read again.




This may qualify for the Janky Rigs Of Doom Thread.
Click and submit.>Janky-A Rigs of Doom

 

[agedhorse]

Big rats in that part of the country, anything that big around here we try to rope.

 

[BogeyBass]

That cabinet was a very short lived box from the 1980's, big, heavy, moderately efficient but there were so many better products on the market (including other Peavey products). Direct radiating with a horn loaded port (kind of) using cosmetics of the SP-1 and FH-1, but with the driver direct radiating for vastly better mids (better for a bass cabinet) which sacrificed efficiency which the horn loaded port (or scoop) tried to help. This type of cabinet fell out of favor by the mid 1990's.

cool
whats the model number ?

never seen a rear loaded horn from peavey

 

[BogeyBass]

Peavey 15SC

only manufactured from 1986 to 1987

 

[TheReceder]

I'd run... because if I brought it home... my wife would get everything else in the divorce settlement, and I'd be left with a stinky cab.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

Best to do now is tip it port side up (the holes up, not the left side) and use it as a planter box. Maybe a rose bush or the Amorphophallus Titanum (Corpse Flower)? Amorphophallus titanum - Wikipedia
It is already mostly fertilizer at this point.

P.S. Do not grow anything you plan to eat in that thing.

 

[Jim C]

Maybe some bleach diluted with water and sprayed in and on that monster!
Pretty amazing that you guys know the all this history of old Peavey's.
Seeing the photos reminded me of the huge impact on kids in the 70-80's for decent gear on the cheap.
I still have the 2x15 bottom (400 series amp) from about 1974.

 

[gln1955]

So when people say you can't give this kind of gear way, you can point to this thread and say "Yes, yes you can!"

 

[mexicanyella]

Re: the bleach solution idea...is this thing plywood, or the super-coarse MDF-like stuff some Peaveys were made of?

I’d be real leery of getting the MDF stuff wet. Disintegration.

In my experience plywood can get wet and as long as it doesn’t stay that way for long and it’s dried carefully and completely, it can hold together.

Might be a candidate for stripping the covering material and all hardware, clean/de-stink/dry thoroughly, then apply Duratex and reassemble?

 

[mexicanyella]

Also, by all means put that in the janky thread linked to above. Good photo essay material as you go along!

 

[Pings Bass]

My band in the 80s had a pair of those for PA subs. We crossed them over pretty low, like 150 Hz, I think, with a full range 3-way Yamaha cab (5115) on top. They're basically like JBL 4520 sawed in half vertically. They're heavy and big, but easy to move because of the handles and wheels.

 

[BassmanPaul]

Some things are best left at the curb - on garbage day! I'd consider it a health risk.

 

[shaggy45]

You lost me at half gallon.

Set that thing on fire

 

[Pauly 4001]

I'd run... because if I brought it home... my wife would get everything else in the divorce settlement, and I'd be left with a stinky cab.

My wife decided to drive up there with me and while she was horrified and urged me to leave it, I brought it home anyway. It was oozing a bit on the way home which was an hour long drive.
It's made with fiberglass impregnated heavy plywood which seems to be repelling moisture at this point like a boat hull.
I'm thinking of dropping it off at the Trading Musician, a local music shop that sometimes leaves janky cabs out front for free picking. I might try and clean it out yet but really, having it sit in my garage is an unsettling feeling knowing there's still contaminated water in the cab.

 

[TheReceder]

My wife decided to drive up there with me and while she was horrified and urged me to leave it, I brought it home anyway. It was oozing a bit on the way home which was an hour long drive.
It's made with fiberglass impregnated heavy plywood which seems to be repelling moisture at this point like a boat hull.
I'm thinking of dropping it off at the Trading Musician, a local music shop that sometimes leaves janky cabs out front for free picking. I might try and clean it out yet but really, having it sit in my garage is an unsettling feeling knowing there's still contaminated water in the cab.

Your wife is definitely a keeper since she didn't kick you (and the cab) out of the car on the drive home. You do know that you'll hear about this for the rest of your life no matter what you decide.