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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread Part 82: Comfortable with Derision

#541
Ron Now said:
Isn't your hartke not functioning properly?

I know you were having issues with overheating a couple weeks ago....using an amp with something wrong with it could potentially damage your cabs/speakers.
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I'm in a chicken - egg scenario... I was adviced that if the speaker was on its way out (if the voice coil was dragging but not froze) it would still produce sound, but would put an uneven load on the amp, which could lead to overheating. Which would lead me to believe the amp issues could have been a red herring, actually caused by the speaker.

The only reason I'm leaning towards this is because the cabs were daisychained, and the cab at the END of the chain is the one that died. The cab in the middle kept running strong.

Quite a conundrum. Ron if you want to offload your Sunn, by all means go for it... I dont think I'm going to have liquid cash for awhile, and I'm invested enough now that any $$ I have needs to go into fixing my current rig, before I think of another amp.

Any suggestions from the team? Think I should test the Hartke on the 2x15 and see what happens? Worst case scenario, either the amp overheats or my speakers explode, those speakers were ~$40 each so it'd cost about as much to prove the amp HAS a problem as it would to take it to a tech and prove it DOESN'T have a problem. I'm hesitant to take it to a tech who tells me they see nothing wrong, and I'm just $100 poorer but in the same situation, not knowing where exactly the problem is.
 
#544
Toastfuzz said:
I'm in a chicken - egg scenario... I was adviced that if the speaker was on its way out (if the voice coil was dragging but not froze) it would still produce sound, but would put an uneven load on the amp, which could lead to overheating. Which would lead me to believe the amp issues could have been a red herring, actually caused by the speaker.

The only reason I'm leaning towards this is because the cabs were daisychained, and the cab at the END of the chain is the one that died. The cab in the middle kept running strong.

Quite a conundrum. Ron if you want to offload your Sunn, by all means go for it... I dont think I'm going to have liquid cash for awhile, and I'm invested enough now that any $$ I have needs to go into fixing my current rig, before I think of another amp.

Any suggestions from the team? Think I should test the Hartke on the 2x15 and see what happens? Worst case scenario, either the amp overheats or my speakers explode, those speakers were ~$40 each so it'd cost about as much to prove the amp HAS a problem as it would to take it to a tech and prove it DOESN'T have a problem. I'm hesitant to take it to a tech who tells me they see nothing wrong, and I'm just $100 poorer but in the same situation, not knowing where exactly the problem is.
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I would try out the 2x15 and see what happens. But that's me, and i do dumb **** sometimes.

It's a bummer about your fearful, I've been pushing behringer hartke clone 1x15s with a bridged LH1000 with no issues.

If you can run the 2x15 through the paces the amp shouldn't over heat if its functioning properly. I've only hit thermal shutdown once and that was because the volume knob on my bbm got dimed in transport (on a pedal board, in a case) somehow and i didn't notice right away.

I'd hate to bring it to a tech and pay the bench fee only to be told that there's nothing wrong with it.
 
#545
Couldn't write any music today for the life of me. Fiddled around for an hour, but nothing was sticking. 3 songs in a week ain't bad, but I was really hoping to keep up the momentum and make some real headway on material for an album.
 
#546
Corey Y said:
Couldn't write any music today for the life of me. Fiddled around for an hour, but nothing was sticking. 3 songs in a week ain't bad, but I was really hoping to keep up the momentum and make some real headway on material for an album.
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I can't write a full song to save my life. I've got riffs for days and I'm good at helping arrange other people's stuff, but i really just get stuck when trying to write a full song.
 
#552
DethByDoom said:
I'm looking at a used micro pog on Craigslist. Guys asking $180. It looks brand new. I'm thinking its a fair price but I can't help but wanna haggle $20 bucks off...
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Man, I can't find Micro POGs for less than $250 used here. These things retail at $450 for us.

At the moment, a Micro POG is at the very top of my pedal GAS list. At least until I find a cheaper octave pedal that gives me octave up control.
 
#556
DeathFromBelow said:
Oh, I've cracked several cold ones, I've got the day off tomorrow. Don't know **** about the 21st amendment though... BEER ME!!
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Nice. Cheers, man.

I've got a chemistry final in the morning, but all I seem to be doing is drinking beers. I made the mistake of buying a case on sale yesterday when I stopped by the store. It was intended for weekend festivities, but they are just so cold and tasty...
 

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