Foam has come loose on cab speaker. Advice?

[GlassToMouth]

Like the title says, a bit of foam has come loose from my Avatar B210 neo. This cab is just over a year old. It has seen an average of 1-2 rehearsals per week and light to moderate gigging throughout that time. This happened recently and I tend to treat it pretty gently during loading. My instincts tell me to take the grill off, and simply reattach it with some sparsely applied wood glue. However, I figured I would seek the wisdom of Talk bass before attempting any improper repairs. What say you?

 

[rufus.K]

that looks just like unused gasket.
rubber cement it back on

 

[tadawson]

Exactly! Just an unused front gasket - glue it back on.

 

[AstroSonic]

Your instincts are correct. Just take the grill off, glue the gasket strip back on and put the grill back on. Do not let any glue get squeezed out onto the surround.

 

[BogeyBass]

You cant just glue it on. The gods are upset!

Need have proper ceremony and sacrifice a Virgin guitarist.
Spread the blood of drummers over doorways.

Cant just glue it man........

yeah just glue it

 

[tadawson]

. . . just don't reach for any nails . . .

 

[agedhorse]

If you (carefully) take the driver out, you can glue and then place the driver face down so the gasket dries flat and the ends don't curl up!

A bit of regular white glue is fine. Rubber cement isn't a great choice for anything on a speaker (in spite of what you might read on the internet).

 

[GlassToMouth]

If you (carefully) take the driver out, you can glue and then place the driver face down so the gasket dries flat and the ends don't curl up!

A bit of regular white glue is fine. Rubber cement isn't a great choice for anything on a speaker (in spite of what you might read on the internet).

I was hoping you'd chime in! Your wisdom on this site has been a constant source of great insight for me and many others. Thank you and everyone else for the advice. I'll be attempting this repair sometime this week before my Saturday night gig. I will probably lay the cab on its back and put a little bit of weight on the freshly glued gasket as opposed to removing the driver. Probably a phone book or something equivalent. -GTM

 

[Coolhandjjl]

It looks like a frowny face

 

[Coolhandjjl]

I was hoping you'd chime in! Your wisdom on this site has been a constant source of great insight for me and many others. Thank you and everyone else for the advice. I'll be attempting this repair sometime this week before my Saturday night gig. I will probably lay the cab on its back and put a little bit of weight on the freshly glued gasket as opposed to removing the driver. Probably a phone book or something equivalent. -GTM

What is this 'phone book' you speak of?

 

[GlassToMouth]

What is this 'phone book' you speak of?

It's a big yellow book of useless ad's and alphabetical listings of senior citizens who seem to be the only ones still in possession of a land line phone. I keep it right next to my pet rocks, 80's sweat suits, and original copy of The Dead Sea Scrolls.

 

[agedhorse]

I was hoping you'd chime in! Your wisdom on this site has been a constant source of great insight for me and many others. Thank you and everyone else for the advice. I'll be attempting this repair sometime this week before my Saturday night gig. I will probably lay the cab on its back and put a little bit of weight on the freshly glued gasket as opposed to removing the driver. Probably a phone book or something equivalent. -GTM

You will find that if the gasket wants to curl, you will need the weight of the driver to hold it flat. Putting weight on the driver face up MAY be ok but you will need enough weight that if it slips you will be in worse shape than you are now. If this is how you want to do it, get a piece of 1/2" plywood cut so it covers the face of the driver and put plenty of weight on that instead.

 

[MotorCityMinion]

Looks like this could be a lifetime issue. Take all the others off and paint the rims black.

 

[FenderB]

A bit of regular white glue is fine. Rubber cement isn't a great choice for anything on a speaker (in spite of what you might read on the internet).[/QUOTE]

This is interesting. I've repaired a couple of small car speakers with repair kits I bought on the internet, both kits came with rubber cement type glue. If there's a next time I'll give the white glue a try instead, easier to work with.

 

[sigterm]

Glue won't really do it, you need a big marker to write Chöad Hammer Lives or something onto it. Glue is sort of an internet legend, not really a thing IRL.

 

[GlassToMouth]

Glue won't really do it, you need a big marker to write Chöad Hammer Lives or something onto it. Glue is sort of an internet legend, not really a thing IRL.

Choad Hammer was my nickname in middle school. How'd you know? But I prefer either "Grundle Pump" or "Kweef Wellington." I'm just gonna rip the drivers out and staple stuffed animals in their place. I'll go FOH from now on and the cabs I will use to fill with raw meat and crackers.

 

[agedhorse]

This is interesting. I've repaired a couple of small car speakers with repair kits I bought on the internet, both kits came with rubber cement type glue. If there's a next time I'll give the white glue a try instead, easier to work with.

I guarantee that it wasn't rubber cement.

There are many different types of glues and cements used in speaker building and repair. Rubber cement isn't one of them.

 

[FenderB]

I guarantee that it wasn't rubber cement.

There are many different types of glues and cements used in speaker building and repair. Rubber cement isn't one of them.

Good to know, thanks.

 

[JRA]

i just popped in to see the damage: no big deal --- easy peasy fix....


...hand me one of those cold ones, please....thanks......

 

[madbass6]

Like the title says, a bit of foam has come loose from my Avatar B210 neo. This cab is just over a year old. It has seen an average of 1-2 rehearsals per week and light to moderate gigging throughout that time. This happened recently and I tend to treat it pretty gently during loading. My instincts tell me to take the grill off, and simply reattach it with some sparsely applied wood glue. However, I figured I would seek the wisdom of Talk bass before attempting any improper repairs. What say you?

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Just Glue it back in place!