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[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='454164' date='Apr 4 2009, 03:24 PM']I doubt that's the case. Look more closely.[/quote] Coo, so it is. Under all that foam, a 1" wide slot under the front baffle. Got some more information on the specs from EA - I guess if you want the right answer you have to ask the right question. Alex, you were very close! Fs = 50Hz Vas = 40.3 liters Qe = 0.43 Qm = 11.73 Can't find anything that's an exact match - what's the consequence of having a lower Vas ?

Mine is passive at the bottom, active in the middle, active + boost at the top. Hm. Tone controls are cut in passive, cut/boost in active.

Got my JJ teslas from Eurotubes. [url="http://www.eurotubes.com/"]http://www.eurotubes.com/[/url] You want a matched set of EL34s or equivalent for the power stage.

[quote name='OldGit' post='454236' date='Apr 4 2009, 05:48 PM']If I was starting from now I'd get a 16 channel mixer and 2 powered front of house speakers on stands[/quote] We've got some of these. I wouldn't buy them again. It's all very well when they're on the stands, but lifting the buggers on and off is a real PITA. +1 for everything else. Sage advice. Pete

[quote name='KASH' post='453391' date='Apr 3 2009, 02:30 PM']Hum...interesting. Is there any 2x15 good bass cab with powerful wattage in the market? I just loooved the low end. Or two 1x15 for that matter that make a good rig? Any 15" freaks around here? PS - has anyone ever played a 18"? curious about the sound[/quote] I had an 18" Peavey cabinet once. Great for Dub.

Spot on Bill, EA did say that the driver was made for them by Eminence. The wiring holes are the only air path from the front of the cabinet through to the middle. It doesn't need one at all?

I beg EA's pardon. It is a transmission line cab - I thought that that started with the CL series. Have to say this looks like a cabinet that was made by a proper furniture-making cabinet maker, built with care, precision and love. Some crappy camera pics: Here's the front of the cabinet. You can just see a slim port at the top of the cabinet which goes all the way to the back. There's a baffle with a hole in it where the cables go through. At the back with the control panel taken off, you can see another baffle about 1" from the back of the cab. This is blocked off on one side and there's a gap at the bottom, which presumably goes through to the space between the baffles. To get any further than this, it'll be necessary to knock the cab to bits. I'm not prepared to destroy such a work of art, even if I can't get a working driver and I have to use it as a plant pot stand :-) The driver doesn't look as though there's anything wrong with it. There again, they never do!

Somewhat off-topic, but how come this thread got un-stickied? I reckon it's still worthy.

MMM, nice! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-USA-Tony-Franklin-fretless-Precision-jazz-Bass_W0QQitemZ150336060679QQihZ005QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-USA-Tony-Fran...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

Thanks guys - I'm clearly in over my head since I didn't realise a recone kit would include a voice coil. I'll see if I can find someone round these parts who can recone a speaker for me. There must be plenty of ex-Celestion employees round these parts, now that the old factory is a housing estate.

Respect.

[quote name='sonny-d' post='452019' date='Apr 1 2009, 10:42 PM']I really think that some you should go back and read part 6 of the introduction which outlines the conduct and behaviour of members on this forum. I find a lot of the things said on these pages offensive, accusatory, and even liabelous. Some of you seem to think that your status outside of this gives you the right to slag off anyone and everyone without any real understanding of the situation at hand. Some of you don't even have a clue what you are talking about. If you spent just half the time you do writing these scathing reports on shops and websites etc as you do on actually playing bass then maybe you wouldnt be so frustrated. I find it childish, futile and pathetic that some of you feel the need to be so anally retentive. To me this sums up everything depressing and tragic about these so-called forums. If this the way you carry on behind peoples' backs then it's no wonder that YOU are the ones who get a reputation for being difficult. Its pathetic and god help anyone who has to deal with you.[/quote] There can't be too many places in Denmark St who would employ someone who is clearly intelligent, articulate and focussed on providing excellent customer service. Although telling your customers that they are full of sh*t may be seen as overstepping the mark more than somewhat. Wrong we may be, but WE are the ones who spend the hard-earned money which keeps the music shops in Denmark St and elsewhere afloat in these current times of hardship, so be prepared to live up to expectations however unreasonable if you want to stay in business.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='442828' date='Mar 23 2009, 07:30 PM']There's also some vintage German electricity stored on the sea-bed at Scapa Flow. Not a lot of people know that.[/quote] Any more on this Jack? I've made an extensive survey of the inside of most of those wrecks and not found anything with Glockenclang written on it yet!

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='443797' date='Mar 24 2009, 03:19 PM']American amps win for me I am afraid...[/quote] Says EBS_freak. LOL!

I had a Shine SB26 6-string. It was cheap and crap. I didn't lose anything on it, and it didn't put me off 6 strings but that's about all I could say for it.

[quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='452000' date='Apr 1 2009, 10:20 PM']I got it straight away. But just to prove I'm not omniscient, I thought that the "Alan Shearer returns" story was an April fool too.[/quote] You mean it isn't?? I logged in as a guest, and the timestamp of Kiwis original message was 11.02 pm on the 31st of March, so there was room for doubt! Fixing that bug is well overdue IMHO

[quote name='yorick' post='451362' date='Apr 1 2009, 12:24 PM']Transcribe some Fairport Convention.[/quote] AFAIK all Fairport is electric bass, so I'm not sure how relevant that is to upright players. You'd be better off listening to Oysterband's cello player, who is really a bass player with a huge attitude. Back to bluegrass- the best bluegrass bass I've ever heard was Country Gazette.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='451922' date='Apr 1 2009, 08:34 PM']This thread cracked me up! Ask for advice and throw your toys out the pram when you don't get it quick enough! Am I better off overpaying on my mortgage given we're on a tracker, or should I put the extra money available due to a low interest rate into an ISA? Quick. The Meter's running you bastards![/quote] An ISA? Don't be silly, use it to buy vintage Precisions. As far as the GL is concerned, I just paid £350 for an immaculate 2500 Tribute and was very happy with that.

I don't think the VL110 has transmission line gubbins. It seems to have a divider down between the front and back (with a hole for cables ) and a port from the back to the front at the top of the cab. I'll take some pictures of it while it's in bits. Anyway, I've just had a very nice reply from John D at EA who says that they don't hold replacement drivers for VL110, just a recone kit which i don't think is the problem. The driver was custom made for EA by Eminence. John says I need to find a replacement driver with the following specs: 2.5" dia. voice call with winding length 0.75" 80 oz magnet (presumably this is not necessary for a neo driver) 40 Hz to 2 KHz response Qt between 0.28 and 0.35 He also said: "The woofer is connected directly to the amp without going through any crossover components. We utilize the mechanical rolloff of the driver in the overall design to maximize efficiency." I can see why it was a custom driver! There are a couple of B&C drivers which are sort of close but don't match the frequency range. I'll need to do some more research. Any suggestions welcomed.

Ed bought a pedal board and an DF-7 pedal from me. Payment was instant and Ed was very patient when Parcelfarce failed to show up on the appointed day and I had to put the delivery back a day. A great guy to deal with - recommended.

There aren't too many upright bassists in the traditional music world. I can only think of two: Sharon Shannon's band has a double bass player whose name I can't remember, and Clannad had one whose name I can't spell, but it's something like Ciaran O Braonain! Going a bit further afield, the double bass is an essential part of many Finnish folk music bands, along with fiddles and harmonium. JPP are a brilliant band in that style. [url="http://www.myspace.com/thejppband"]http://www.myspace.com/thejppband[/url]. Just found this amazing link: [url="http://m.folk.ee:8080/ramgen/2004/JPP.rm"]http://m.folk.ee:8080/ramgen/2004/JPP.rm[/url]. Also Czech music and Hungarian string bands. And then there's bluegrass.

Gary helped me out when I had problems with an amp, but the speaker contact on the EA site is a guy called John so I've mailed him. Alex, many thanks for the reply - it does make some sense to me in that I can find the information on the datasheets, but I'm not sure how to interpret the variation, particularly with Vas - the cabinet is probably a lot less than 50l and there are some drivers in the 25-30l range. What's the significance of Qts? And by the way - there's no need to chastise me for breaking this cab. I'm gutted. It arose out of a set of circumstances that I really should have prevented - using it for too loud a gig, using a head that had the potential to overpower it, not wearing my earplugs and being deafened by the drummer to the point where I couldn't hear the sound breaking up until it was too late. Inshort, failing to obey Alex's rule. I'll be very upset if I can't get it working again. Is there any harm in putting a full-range driver in, even if the crossover circuit means that it's not seeing the higher frequencies? The Deltalite II 2510 seems to be closer to your ideal values, although Qts and Fs are a bit higher. Beyma SM 110-N looks good but Vas is a bit high Disappointed that the Celestion offerings in this space all seem to have a high Vas. I'm tempted to ask if there's going to be a vas difference, but I really should know better:-)

I bought a pedal board from Dan. Great guy, very easy to deal with. Goods arrived promptly and well packaged. Recommended.