Trace Elliot can not working

Nope. Is this amp new to you? Should be using the 1/4" speaker outputs. Did you disengage the mute?

Riis

 

Did it ever work? IOW, did you trial before purchasing? I'm having a helluva time finding a manual or good pics...can you provide either? Conventional wisdom holds that the amp's 1/4" speaker output should be providing signal to the enclosure's 1/4" input. Are you able to trial either TE components with known good hardware, ie. other amps or cabs?

Riis

 

A simple way to test a speaker cabinet is with a 9V battery. plug a 1/4" cable into the cabinet and apply the 9V between tip and sleeve of the plug at the other end. You should hear a thunk from the cabinet. You can check for polarity this way too. With the battery positive touching the tip the cone should move out away from the magnet assembly.

 

Excellent! I like the simple cheap fixes.

Riis

 

Yeah, but we wanna know the stupid thing actually works once addressed / re-soldered.

@BassmanPaul can fix anything with a 9v battery, zip ties, and plumbers' putty.

Riis

 

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Riis

 

Depending on how it's used, a lot of bass amps (especially those on top of cabinets) actually shake parts loose from the p.c. boards. Sometimes (you gotta make sure the part isn't creating a lot of heat before you do this) it's wise to glue down some of the heavier components.

 

Erm - if a part needed gluing down the manufacturer would have done so.

 

Shhhhhhhh......there's a rumour going around that sometimes duct tape is involved........like when the cameras are off.........nasty bit of business, that!

Keep it to yourself, just wanted you to know.

 

@BassmanPaul sounds like a budget Macgyver!

 

I once bought a Trace rig from a pawn shop for $150 because they said it was broken. I bought it and when I got home disengaged the mute button.

 

No, you're past that point. Need to either return it or hand-off to a decent tech.

Riis