SimonK

Trace Elliot ELF everytime - you can also use it as a DI box!

So mine has the two ports at the bottom, and I think is actually the one labelled 1818x in the picture below from the Mark IV catalogue (I've zoomed in and think this does afterall have wooden strips holding the grill on). Looking at the later catalogues it looks like the 1818x were then changed to have a single port, and a full metal grill certainly by the time you get to series 6 (1991?). I've not seen any reference to "1810" in the catalogues I have. Also as I have presumably one Fane and one Celestion, either someone changed a speaker at somepoint, or maybe mine came from a period when they were changing speaker manufacturer? So my current guess is that your cabs are both 1818x's, but one is a series IV like mine from the 1980s, and the other a series 6 from the early 90s. Series IV: Series 6:

With thanks to my electronics mate we spent the afternoon flipping speakers: The 4x10 has now been disembowled awaiting it's fate as a piece of furniture, while the 1015H now has three new (to it) genuine TE branded Celestions and is back to sounding awesome! The other two Celestion 10s will be going into the 2103x to get it back up to its original glory, but we need to get a new attenuator built first.

...should just add that looking at your pictures closely mine seems most similar to the one you are calling an 1810 with the claim of being from 1979, in that it only has the one backplate. Also the grill is held on by strips of wood. Looking closely at the earliest catalogue I have - Mark IV - it seems the grill has metal right to the edge (like your 1818x) so I suppose there is a chance this could be before Mark IV so maybe early 80s?

Snap - just checked the speakers in my 1818x (I've always assumed this based on the 1991 catalogue, it isn't labelled) and I have a Celestion for the 10, and presumably Fane for the 18. This was definitely dated no earlier than late 80s.

...I'm planning something for this summer - problem is I have it distributed across four different places and one of those involves a narrow flight of stairs and the 1818x...

I'd stop worrying about brand names and just buy what I thought played well or sounded nice!

Bit of a necro-bump, but any TE discussion is a good one - even though some of the history on this thread is a bit dodgy! Can you post a picture of your cab? You may find some helpful information on this thread:

oops.. got it for £90 in the end. My plan is to flip the speakers into the TE1015H & 2103x to get both cabs working again, and then take advantage of the split grill design to turn this cab into a cool set of draws using some old B&Q soft closing kitchen draws I have lying around. Before anyone says that is sacrilege, I just want to say this isn't a "real" TE cab as it's from the early Peavey era. Mind you I did feel a bit bad when the chap said "goodbye old friend" as I closed the car boot 😞

Can someone please snap this up to stop me collecting Trace cab #10!!

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No you never do with anything that's more than a few years old - check this out from one I got last week! But £30/driver isn't too bad so long as one is prepared to fiddle and accept that they may not all work. WhatsApp Video 2025-03-16 at 20.25.44.mp4

...that guy want £60 each - the OP item works out as £30 each!

I think you will need more than a carpet under the drums - maybe carpet under the whole band, curtains/foam behind the band, and then a drum screen? I don't think it would be too bad aesthetically looking at the hall if you use say black curtains just in that corner and maybe extend them under the big monitor/screen? I don't think you will get the most out of the new PA unless you find a way to control the sound coming from instruments/amps.

Apart from if you read the above I said I was after the speakers for other projects and would probably junk the cab... but before I did that I was interested in whether others felt the home-made cab would actually sound OK because my instinct was that it wouldn't - £120 for the four drivers isn't awful so long as they all work. Also I know how much people here like seeing linear cabs!

I'm guessing that's not where the mixer will finally live! BTW where do the band go - stage right (where the guy on the ladder is)?

Pictures please - then we can keep you company at least online!!

So I was looking at this as a potential source of replacement speakers for a couple other projects not to actually use it like this, although I suppose if it sounds OK... However, while it seems that the logic of a linear cab may be good, the porting and position of the tweeter looks a bit weird, making me think that the designer was only thinking "linear cab" rather than worrying about tuning it or making any sorts of calculations?

Came across this yesterday - do you think it is made by someone who knows what they are doing - my guess is that they were using it for PA?

In other news I picked one of these up in loads better condition the other day for £40 (see above post). Was impressed this was more than ten times more expensive despite being older and looking in worse condition - mind you his user name...!

Yah - so all the speakers had been replaced at somepoint in the past, and even still the 15 and one of the 10s are blown. The cross over for the tweeter has also been fiddled with and no longer works, but the tweeter seems fine... so for £20 it's a case plus tweeter in pretty good condition, but I need to find replacement speakers and a cross over... still worth it for a punt!

Was absolutely resecued by the active EQ on my stingray this morning - I'd knocked the settings on my preamp and compressor and didn't notice until starting to play when everything sounded crap - managed to compensate with the onboard EQ prior to crouching down and resetting everything!

Awful and awesome this morning. In our first set the bass was just not right - rescued it a bit with the active EQ on my Stingray but really weird. Then looked down at my pedal board and realised that someone (probably me) had knocked the settings on the compressor - normally I'm really good at checking the setting but apparently not this morning! After that things were back to normal, and we finished with Mercy Road which was fun as I play slap through most of it, and the sound engineer liked the bass enough to crank it so that I could also feel it from the subs which doesn't often happen - it's a good song to do that on as it is so drum & bass led!

Clearly I wouldn't compare myself to Jacob Collier, but the major/minor third things is spot on for me - indeed I used to be a bit annoyed with myself when looking at the tuner to see I was flat/sharp on some of these, but since watching things like the above I feel a bit more confident trusting my ears over the tuner, now that I know that for some intervals the tuner will be a fraction out! I think I'd challenge anyone else with a fretless just to try this as once you know about it, it is noticeable even if you are not Jacob Collier!