For my rig, I use a Mesa D-800+ with Darkglass dirt, and an old SWR 2x12. The cabinet is ok, fine for shows since my band usually plays small clubs and bars. I started looking for a dedicated cabinet to leave at practice (drummer's basement)...
Lo and behold, my drummer's dad had an old Traynor 8x10 that had been collecting dust, with a few speakers robbed for another of his projects. And he gave it to me free.
From my thorough research (talkbass search) I determined this is a YC-810, 1967 design, 4 Ohm 200W total with 25W speakers, 32 ohms each. Speakers are marked "1972". However the wiring is series-parallel instead of full parallel so I assume it was 8 ohms instead of 4. If I did my math right.
I replaced the missing speakers with Eminence B810's, 32 Ohms, and replaced all the wiring with 14 gauge wire. Putting everything back together, I did rewire it for full parallel so this should now definitely be 4 ohms. Any words of caution on this? My D-800+ can go down to 2 ohms, but I'm not really concerned about needing "room to grow" if I add a second cabinet... since this is a 8x10 after all.
(If I did add a second cabinet... I would power a 2x15 with a cheap used Peavey Mark IV driven by signal from the D-800+.... like any sane person would do...)
Next time we have a hurricane I'll hide the family behind this cabinet. 3/4" 5-layer ply for the walls and baffles.
My wife would periodically walk into the garage, wrinkle her nose, and comment on how it smelled old. More helpfully, my seven-year old daughter (gear-head princess, future music geek, and electrician in training) wanted to contribute. So she was in charge of stripping wire. And she did great.
First practice with this behemoth should be thursday... testing at my house, it's louder than practice volume with my amp volume at 11 o'clock, when normally I have it around 1 o'clock with my 2x12.
I don't mind the colossal weight as this is intended to be stationary at the practice basement. Potential next project: replace the futuristic silver grill cloth with expanded metal? Make it even less likely to move? Replace the remaining four original speakers??
Lo and behold, my drummer's dad had an old Traynor 8x10 that had been collecting dust, with a few speakers robbed for another of his projects. And he gave it to me free.
From my thorough research (talkbass search) I determined this is a YC-810, 1967 design, 4 Ohm 200W total with 25W speakers, 32 ohms each. Speakers are marked "1972". However the wiring is series-parallel instead of full parallel so I assume it was 8 ohms instead of 4. If I did my math right.
I replaced the missing speakers with Eminence B810's, 32 Ohms, and replaced all the wiring with 14 gauge wire. Putting everything back together, I did rewire it for full parallel so this should now definitely be 4 ohms. Any words of caution on this? My D-800+ can go down to 2 ohms, but I'm not really concerned about needing "room to grow" if I add a second cabinet... since this is a 8x10 after all.
(If I did add a second cabinet... I would power a 2x15 with a cheap used Peavey Mark IV driven by signal from the D-800+.... like any sane person would do...)
Next time we have a hurricane I'll hide the family behind this cabinet. 3/4" 5-layer ply for the walls and baffles.
My wife would periodically walk into the garage, wrinkle her nose, and comment on how it smelled old. More helpfully, my seven-year old daughter (gear-head princess, future music geek, and electrician in training) wanted to contribute. So she was in charge of stripping wire. And she did great.
First practice with this behemoth should be thursday... testing at my house, it's louder than practice volume with my amp volume at 11 o'clock, when normally I have it around 1 o'clock with my 2x12.
I don't mind the colossal weight as this is intended to be stationary at the practice basement. Potential next project: replace the futuristic silver grill cloth with expanded metal? Make it even less likely to move? Replace the remaining four original speakers??
