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Goliath JR II problem

Marley's Ghost

Marley's Ghost

Feb 9, 2002
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Tampa, FL
#1
I picked up an old Goliath JR II a few years ago for $75 and have been using it at rehearsal with my Markbass LMII. Last week, the amp started overheating and shutting down about 5 minutes into playing. I suspect the cab is drawing less than 4 ohms due to a malfunction. I tried swapping speaker cables with the same result. The amp works fine with my Schroeder, so it most likely has to be the cab . It's probably not worth bringing to a tech, so i am looking for a fairly simple way to troubleshoot before I dump it. I have an old Fluke to use for testing.
 
#3
Buy a $9 dollar multi-meter a Rat Shack and follow the instructions you find via google for how to measure the nominal impedance of the cabinet. You'll learn something and you'll have a meter for which you can later learn other useful little tricks (like testing outlets in clubs before using them).

Kurt
 
#4
Mugre said:
Buy a $9 dollar multi-meter a Rat Shack and follow the instructions you find via google for how to measure the nominal impedance of the cabinet. You'll learn something and you'll have a meter for which you can later learn other useful little tricks (like testing outlets in clubs before using them).

Kurt
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You can't measure impedance that way. You'll be measuring DC resistance. That will come in at about a third down from the drivers actual impedance.
 

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