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Team Trace Elliot! Part II
- Thread starter Kelly Lee
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NO! That is a mic cable. Not for speaker current.
Something as critical as speaker cable needs to be done properly. If I think of my first soldering efforts, not what you want you want in a speaker cable. Get some help with it.
The Trace is an odd duck. You will need to build the cable or go whole hog with speakons.
Something as critical as speaker cable needs to be done properly. If I think of my first soldering efforts, not what you want you want in a speaker cable. Get some help with it.
The Trace is an odd duck. You will need to build the cable or go whole hog with speakons.
You don't need a premade cable or a specialist cable maker. Just iron, solder, new speaker cable and a bit of help. If no help can be found any electrical repair shop can whizz it up for you in ten minutes.
There are 3 pins but only two are in use. Which is which I don't remember and could be different in your amp from the speaker if they are different production eras.
There are 3 pins but only two are in use. Which is which I don't remember and could be different in your amp from the speaker if they are different production eras.
Not sure on AWG. 16ga here. You don't want excess as it will be hard to solder without melting plastic on your xlr.
I like it very much. A lot of options to get a specific tone, it plays very loud and overall it's very good amp.
I just traded my Peavey Grind BXP-4 for one of the larger size tolex covered round port 1518t cabinets to go with my 1210 combo. I will give a review and post pictures when I have a chance.
Took apart my old 1518 today. It's been in storage for a few months (nearly since I got it), and I finally fired it up for a little bit at my new place. But it was getting a bit of mechanical buzzing from somewhere, and had some mold spotting here and there, so I took it apart to track down the buzzing and clean it up.
The grill wasn't the problem (which would be an easy fix). The buzzing would go away with some slight pressure in one spot of the cone, so I was worried there might be a small crack/tear in the compliance. But when I looked closer, it looked like the guy before me must have used some sort of adhesive foam to re-attach the foam gasket on the front of the speaker, and it had "oozed" before curing, leaving a messy line of the foam right at the edge of the compliance, which certainly seems like it could cause buzzing. I carefully used a utility knife to get rid of most of the oozed foam. Then I wiped off the speaker to get rid of the mold.
After that I went ahead and cleaned up the cab. I have to say, a bit of hot water really made the cab look a lot better. Looking inside the cab, these things are built pretty well. Only downside is no bracing or damping material, so I'll probably add some of both to this and the matching 2x10 when I get around to it.
Anyway, I'm hoping when I put the speaker back in tomorrow, that the buzzing will be gone (ie caused by the foam). I'm also going to mount it flipped vertically from how it was before, just in case there's a bit of "sag" from being mounted and stored the same way for 22 years.
Other than the buzzing, the thing sounded awesome, and that was with my ancient "low end" Carvin fretless (with flats) that is kind of tricky to get dialed in, unless you go for the thumpy upright kind of tone. I'm excited to get it back in action and paired up with it's sibling.
The grill wasn't the problem (which would be an easy fix). The buzzing would go away with some slight pressure in one spot of the cone, so I was worried there might be a small crack/tear in the compliance. But when I looked closer, it looked like the guy before me must have used some sort of adhesive foam to re-attach the foam gasket on the front of the speaker, and it had "oozed" before curing, leaving a messy line of the foam right at the edge of the compliance, which certainly seems like it could cause buzzing. I carefully used a utility knife to get rid of most of the oozed foam. Then I wiped off the speaker to get rid of the mold.
After that I went ahead and cleaned up the cab. I have to say, a bit of hot water really made the cab look a lot better. Looking inside the cab, these things are built pretty well. Only downside is no bracing or damping material, so I'll probably add some of both to this and the matching 2x10 when I get around to it.
Anyway, I'm hoping when I put the speaker back in tomorrow, that the buzzing will be gone (ie caused by the foam). I'm also going to mount it flipped vertically from how it was before, just in case there's a bit of "sag" from being mounted and stored the same way for 22 years.
Other than the buzzing, the thing sounded awesome, and that was with my ancient "low end" Carvin fretless (with flats) that is kind of tricky to get dialed in, unless you go for the thumpy upright kind of tone. I'm excited to get it back in action and paired up with it's sibling.
Metalway said:
That is a heckuva nice head you have there. What cabinets you going to run with it?
I think the b.stard is heavy enough without adding bracing. I wouldn't bother unless the cab vibrates. Mine is rock solid.
Well, I must say that my 4-10 combo is working out well. I have the graphic set to where I get a very good sound. Fact is , I had to turn down from what I thought was the right volume last gig and I only started at 4. It's the biggest bar around so this relationship is going to work, for now. You really have to scoop the cab to get a good sound. The softer mids sit nicely in the mix, maybe a little too soft it sounds like sometimes but thats cool because I run less a risk of over punching the vocals. We have to do our own sound which really sucks.
Glad to see all these new members scooping up these classics! Still rockin' my 1048H + 1818. =) -Luke
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