ficelles Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 (edited) I really should have known... I bought a B-stock Eminence Gamma 12" a while back from a well-known electronics chain (the one that sounds like it should be a holiday camp). A brand new 12" Gamma for £25 which is pretty fair, looked just fine apart from some scratches on the chassis and the magnet label. Well finally I got round to using it and it seemed to work great, but when I cranked the amp got some horrible vibration at higher volume levels, so took it out for a close look and the base of the verdamnt chassis is warped! So I have spent a fair part of the evening very carefully tapping it back into a sensible shape, seems to look ok and in the brief high-volume test I can get away in a flat with sounded ok too but I won't know for sure until I gig the darn thing on Sunday afternoon... I think there may be a lesson in all this about B-stock speakers! ficelles Edited July 1, 2011 by ficelles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fitzmaurice Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 (edited) Technically any Gamma 12s are NOS, new old stock. Production of them ceased a number of years ago. Edited July 1, 2011 by Bill Fitzmaurice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 I wouldn't call that B stock. It's plain faulty and you'd be justified in asking for your money back. You might be lucky, but you'll certainly never be able to rely on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomBassmonkey Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 B stock to me means aesthetic wear (unless otherwise specifically mentioned). As Stevie said, that sounds like a fault to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ficelles Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share Posted July 5, 2011 Too long in the past for a claim I fear (I think I bought it in 2008 and it's sat in the cupboard until now), however I gigged it a festival on Sunday and the chassis-hammering exercise seems to have worked as it sounded fine. Not sure it would handle a 5-string but I guess I'll use it until it fails and consider it a lesson... ficelles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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