pete.young

Was this a self-build or did you buy it from somewhere?

There is an excellent medium-sized venue called the Apex, which books a lot of interesting bands. There are two pubs, the Hunter Club and the Grapes, and the Bury Folk Collective meets twice a month. And an annual 2-day folk festival, this weekend.

Elephant, from Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens.

If you have the vehicle to transport 2 cabs, it would make more sense to me to get another 8Ohm 4x10 and run them both together.

My blues band has a gig this coming Friday in The Duke, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich. Formerly known as the Duke of York, I can see why rebranding to move away from that association is a good move!

To be fair to Eich, they have replied again. I think to get any customer service at all on a 15 year old amp made by a previous version of the company is not bad, certainly not terrible in my book. They have confirmed that the pictured driver is indeed a double magnet neodymium driver and not a chinese audio unit. They've offered to sell me a replacement driver for 39 Euro, with shipping, VAT and import duty it'll be around the same cost as the Basschat solution but not as good.

Its main function seems to be to keep all the for sale forums free of wanted ads, so I think it's doing something useful.

From your reply you seem to be in some doubt as to whether it is visible or not? Well at the moment I am not able to view it, presumably because I'm not currently a supporting member.

Is this why the Wanted forum is now visible to supporting members only?

I'm pleased to say that there is a happy ending to this tale. I replaced the driver with a Faital 4FE32. I was having difficulty sourcing capacitors for a reasonable price so I ended up going with an 800Hz crossover from Blue Aran. The difference is like night and day - not only has the annoying buzz gone, but the sound is much improved and there is much more clarity in the higher frequency. Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I did recieve an email from Eich, asking me to send photos of the driver because "we are unsure what is in there." No response so far to the email I sent back.

There is a very vocal minority on this site who rave about flatwound strings but unless you are looking to reproduce sounds from '70s TV cop show soundtracks or Motown thud, I'd advise caution. I like DR Sunbeams, they sound great, are relatively long-lived and have a gentle feel which might be attractive if you play a lot of slides.

I have one, it's what I use in the the band Waxies Dargle, a Pogues covers band. The double bass patch in the left hand is particularly realistic. I've played both Accordion and Bass parts at the same time when the bass player hasn't been available.

Thanks, yes I'm in dark mode. Can see it now. Should have gone to Specsavers, other opticians are available!

That's OK Phil, you can't help your looks and we forgive you 🙂. I'm no oil painting myself. +1 for the IPR3000, we had one for years and it was rock solid.

I didn't notice it. If you happen to stumble across it a screen shot would be helpful!

There's no 'report' button on the status updates, so I can't think of any other way to let you know that there is at least one commercial advertisement masquerading as one.

What do you make of this? Demo using an IR loader and an IR file of a German double bass from 3 Sigma Audio, comes in at about 30 seconds in.

Yes please. I have built a few effects pedals so I am confident I can do this.

So looking on the bright side, an actual crossover and a decent hi-mid driver could be a huge improvement. If anyone can recommend a crossover product or a circuit I will fit one. Thanks once again to @Bill Fitzmaurice and @stevie for sharing your knowledge. It is much appreciated.

I thought I'd better take the woofer out and have a look at the crossover. Turns out that there isn't a crossover as such: the mid driver is parallel-ed off the woofer and has a 4.7 µF capacitor in the positive line. Picture attached. I haven't a clue what effect that has, I'm hoping someone here can enlighten me. I think it's a partially rubbed-out 8Ohm rather than 3, which would match the woofer impedence.

As far as I know, I am the only owner of this combo. I bought it in October 2009 when guitarguitar gave up the distributorship. A lot of basschatters bought discounted Tecamp gear at that time. Unless it was a return before my ownership or gearformusic fitted it, I don't know how this driver got in there. The only people who have worked on this combo since I bought it are Tecamp themselves, who replaced the woofer when it failed in 2011. It's been fine since then, until a few weeks ago. Thanks everyone for the assistance and @Bill Fitzmauricefor the link to that Faital driver, Blue Aran have them in stock so I should be able to get one without any trouble.

This is the original. As far as I know, I'm the only owner of this combo. Ah, I see what you mean. It's possible that the original blew and was replaced before I bought the combo, but it was supposed to be new at the time and wasn't described as B Stock. I can't explain how they wouldn't have fitted an original part. If it's been in there all the time I've owned it, it's lasted 15 years, if I get another 15 out of the replacement I'll be 81 and long-retired from gigging!

I knew I should have done this before putting it back together. That serial number string doesn't bring up anything useful in searches. I just recalled that the original woofer was made for Tecamp by Sica, and I wonder if the hi-mid driver was too. It looks similar in spec to the 4 C 1,5 C P but I'm not sure where I can get one in the UK. https://sica.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Z001920-1.pdf

What's wrong with that? I listened to a lot of songs recorded in the 1920s when I was a teenager. Teenagers now are listening to songs recorded in the 1920s.

My Tecamp Puma 110 combo has developed an annoying buzz from the hi-mid 4" driver, so I think it is on the way to complete failure. There are no identifying marks on the driver and nothing useful except '8Ohms' . I can't find a specification for the existing driver apart from some marketing speak: "The combos feature the new NTM-1 middle-high cone speaker with a Neodymium double magnet system. Working in a sealed enclosure it impresses with a low roll-off frequency and a very flat frequency response, thus delivering a smooth top end far beyond 10 kHz at astounding sound pressure levels." I've tried a couple of emails to [email protected] but haven't had a response, so I don't have high hopes of either a replacement NTM-1 or the CT1 which they now fit. I have found this B&C driver, which has a range of 110 - 8000 Hz which seems to be in the right range. https://www.bcspeakers.com/en/products/lf-driver/4/8/4NDF34 Would this be a suitable replacement driver, or can someone propose something better?