BassmanPaul

Contact Ashdown for a service centre near you. Let them repair it.

I wouldn't! Isn't an ant an uncle's wife?

I'd look at something from the Yorkville range including Traynor. Homegrown is easier to get your hands on!

Too far away for me! 😥

There's an old saying that goes something like: don't fix what ain't broke!

Come on @afterimage are you going to let me get away with that??? LOL

I was worried about a certain president and feared he would engineer a coup. I was right and although the warnings were to administrators in private messages still I was banned.

If the loudness of the 'pop' increases when the volume control is turned up then the problem has nothing to do with the power section and lies in the pre-amp. Possibly a failing tube or a leaky cap.

You guys from Liverpool always were a little crazy!! LOL

I've had my first shot of the Pfizer vaccine, as has my Dorothy. I'm hoping for an earlier second shot than July as at the moment. Yes the GTA is badly hit mainly due to the variants of concern but we are all doing our best. We are locked down yet again. Keep you and yours safe and healthy.

Hi David, I trust all my old friends on Talkbass are well and properly vaccinated. I miss you all even @abarson! LOL

Sometimes a tube/valve can develop a heater/cathode short that will be noisy. Changing out the ECC83/12AX7 will often be the cure.

The old Acoustic brand produced by Acoustic Control Corporation was bought out by the Guitar Centre chain of music stores in the USA. The new versions are made in China and bear little resemblance to the original units. Some folk quite like them others not so much. You'll likely find more about this on an American forum such as Talk Bass.

Rock music plus 300W cries out for an SVT!

Any developments in this story?

Mesa TT800 would be my choice.

Just loading in a different driver is not going to make it suitable for bass. The cabinet has to be designed around the driver used.

I only have experience of the Rumble 350 combo. It was the first Fender bass amp I actually liked.

I played through a Laney......... and I liked it! Pervert!!

Take the amp to an Ampeg Service centre and get it repaired. Do the battery test on the speaker system to see if you actually blew the cabinet and not the amp. If you don't know what the battery test is: connect a speaker cable to the cabinet. Connect the plug on the opposite end across the terminals of a 9V battery. If the cabinet is good you should hear a hearty thump from it. Hey Paula that's a cue for a song! LOL

When I first arrived in Toronto I thought Pete Traynor's amps were aimed at beginners as in Trainer.! LOL The Yorkville plant is just up Kingston Road from my house. They make good reliable equipment. When the Pandemic is done with I'm hoping to get a tour of the plant.

Run the pre-amp as you normally do but use the power Amp faders to lower volume to an acceptable level.

Just loading in a different driver is not going to make it suitable for bass. The cabinet has to be designed around the driver used.

This cabinet seems to be aimed at guitar players not bass players. If it's loaded with Vin30s it won't handle much bass.