White wires from Orange SP410 Cabinet

[Frankenwill]

I ordered an orange SP410 cabinet online and received it today. Opened the box and noticed there are two white wires coming out of the port at the bottom of the cabinet. Are these some type of ground wire or did something come unhooked in shipping? Any advice/help is greatly appreciated. I plugged in the cabinet to my terror bass 500 and everything sounds ok, I just want to make sure my money was well spent.

 

[BassmanPaul]

IMO your money was not well spent! Send it back and get one that is correctly wired. No wiring should be hanging out of the port.

 

[Frankenwill]

That's what I was afraid of. Luckily Orange is located near by, so I can go and swap it out hopefully. Thus far I have had horrible luck with orange. First, I received a faulty terror bass and now this. That being said, their customer service has been wonderful and the tone out of this set up is great. Hopefully they will take care of this for me as promptly as they did last time! Mixed emotions!

 

[BassmanPaul]

Mixed emotions!

:scowl:

Mixed emoticons

Sorry I couldn't resist!

 

[Selta]

Silly quesiton... are you seeing the end of the wire, or just like a loop? Reason I ask is I almost wonder if they just used way too much wire and you're seeing some slack hanging down. If you're seeing an end of a wire though, yeah, something isn't right at all . Either way, I'd be calling Orange at least.

 

[Frankenwill]

It was the end of wires. Luckily orange is located 40 minutes from my house. Apparently one whole side of speakers were not wired. They swapped it out for another unit and they were really cool about it. I'm back in business now and love my set up. 1980 rickenbacker 4003, orange terror bass 500, and orange sp410. Sounds great!

 

[Sneakypete]

I'm glad it's worked out in the end but you have to wonder what sort of quality control system lets go a 4x10 with half the drivers not even wired up!

 

[Electricblue]

It was the end of wires. Luckily orange is located 40 minutes from my house. Apparently one whole side of speakers were not wired. They swapped it out for another unit and they were really cool about it. I'm back in business now and love my set up. 1980 rickenbacker 4003, orange terror bass 500, and orange sp410. Sounds great!

Dude, is your head still ok?

 

[Selta]

Dude, is your head still ok?

It's a solid state head, it didn't care.

 

[Frankenwill]

Yah, head is ok thankfully. That would have been an entirely new problem. Blah. All is well now though. Apparently they sent a picture to their distributor in Kentucky and they were shocked. It has never happened before (supposedly). At least they took good care of me, and I must admit, the amp sounds incredible.
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[Electricblue]

I thought that head was toob?

 

[BassmanPaul]

That's the Isobaric 4x10 isn't it??

 

[schecter5string]

tube pre----ss power amp

 

[Passinwind]

At least they took good care of me, and I must admit, the amp sounds incredible.

I heard one of those rigs (just like yours) at a Talkbass GTG a few weeks ago, really cool.

 

[Frankenwill]

Yah it's the isobaric 4x10. And the amp is a hybrid. Tube pre amp, solid state power amp.

 

[BassmanPaul]

Yah it's the isobaric 4x10.

Just remember then that it will only get as loud as a regular 2x10.

 

[kawika5150]

Just remember then that it will only get as loud as a regular 2x10.

I own one of these and it is louder than the Epi PS410 I used to have. Maybe I have one that had PED's injected into it.

 

[Frankenwill]

WAY louder than my old setup. I had a 4x10 and a GK backline 600. This new rig blows the old out of the water.

 

[kawika5150]

Funny story last night...a friend of mine just picked up a brand new Ampeg HLF and brought it to the studio. I brought my SP410 and we did a comparison. Long story short, he ended up shipping his HLF back today and promptly placed an order for an SP410. He's never heard an Orange cab before (only read reviews and such) and was blown away by its power and tone. He's been in the local rock scene for 20 years too.

Chalk up another victory for Orange!

 

[Frankenwill]

Chalk up another victory for Orange!

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