BassmanPaul

I like tubes. When I went to Engineer School they were current technology. If I had a choice I would still be using full tube amps. BUT age crept up on me and my tube amps just got to be unmanageable. Something had ti give. The route I followed was a 2KW capable class D Stereo power amp to drive my Acme Sound B2 2x10 three way cabinets. I usually use two in a vertical skinny stack at 4Ω per channel. If I want more I can run all four for 2Ω per channel. I designed and built a two channel tube pre-amp to drive the power amp and the whole system sounds very good.

Good point IF the venue actually HAS a PA system and a competent sound man to run it. Over here such luxurties are few and far between!

@Scot 999 The OP hasn't been back since the day he joined up so I guess nothing we say is of interest to him. Sad that!

Ah but! .... can it handle a six string?

Just for interest how did the board in your amp get damaged?

In my mind a player should buy transportation that will carry his/her musical equipment. You are doing things backward!

Hello @Scott 999 - is anybody out there?

What you have done is pass all the love stored by this speaker cabinet on to a new player. Hopefully he/she will rise to that history and make you proud.

OK You've had more than a day - what news?

Bill, If you did drive that fast the New Hampshire cops would be on you pretty quick I think.

Hmmm... I didn't know I was complaining! LOL

Just as a thought: does the amp have an Effects Loop? If it does then try linking the Send and Return jacks with a signal cable. The normalizing contacts on these jacks are notorious for corrosion because they are not used that often. When this happens they fail to pass a signal through the loop.

Thy a different speaker cable would be the first step. A speaker cabinet can be easily checked for operation by using a jack cable into the cabinet and touching the terminals of a 9V battery across the other end. Should produce a hearty thump from the speakers.

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