My Trace Elliott 1x18 cab stopped working during a gig last weekend. No sound comes from it at all. Disassembly found no broken/shorted/loose wires. It has a Celestian 18" speaker. Has anyone else experienced this or know what the problem could be?
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Trace Elliot 1x18 cab stopped working
- Thread starter MassacreBass
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May as well get the usual out of the way...
- Have you tried a different speaker cable?
- Different output on amp/input jack on cab (if available)?
- Different amp?
Do a battery test on the woofer . 9v across the terminals should make it go 'whomp'. If not, it's shagged.
If it didn't make any rude noises before it quit
I would guess that vibration caused a broken connection somewhere else.
If you can check the speaker resistance, it should be in the 6.5 to 7 ohm range for an 8 ohm speaker.
If it says open, then it is probably toast.
I would guess that vibration caused a broken connection somewhere else.
If you can check the speaker resistance, it should be in the 6.5 to 7 ohm range for an 8 ohm speaker.
If it says open, then it is probably toast.
hmm I got a 1518 trace cab that sounds like its about to die...buzzing noises on certain freqs..15" celestian original trace speaker...bummed about it because I was just about to buy a 2-10 cab to go on top of it..but now I gotta decide to buy a new 15"speaker, and then get the 2-10 later on..I just had to buy a new cable for the bass to the amp, the next week I had to buy a new xlr for the DI to the snake, bought new strings the week before the new amp cable...seems like everything is needing a freshen up at the same time...just when I thought I was going to get ahead and get something new..but..our sound tech told me at practice he had a dbx compressor he would give me when I told him I was thinking about getting a compressor..so there is that..not sure I need one or will use it..but yeah I'm waiting for my amp head to die now..lol..
feel your pain... I had my 2x10 die, then my tubes (along with several botched amp services), then snapped a string.
Eminence 3015 goes good.
Before spending up you should check the port tube flashings haven't got loose.
I had this on a Trace 15" combo, twice, both times things vibrating.
First time it was the grille vibrating, I added another couple of screws, penny washers, and spacers (short lengths of fuel pipe). Second time it was a broken spring in one of the handles which was vibrating at certain frequencies (can't remember how I cured that and it's long gone).
Those old Celestions are quite tough, I hammered mine mercilessly for years and it only failed when the amp developed a fault that put DC through it and toasted it.
Other than the 9V test, I would check continuity. Use a multimeter to measure the resistance of the cabinet, expecting it to be roughly 75% of the nominal impedance rating.
