Why would you do this? (Barefaced content)

[Merton]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BASS-CABINET-2X10-600W-Fitted-With-2x-Celestion-BN10-300X-Not-Barefaced-/115270966860?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0
 

I can’t see why you’d change the proprietary drivers in this cab for the lesser-specced, and no doubt wrong for the cab, Celestions?

[pete.young]

32 minutes ago, Merton said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BASS-CABINET-2X10-600W-Fitted-With-2x-Celestion-BN10-300X-Not-Barefaced-/115270966860?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0
 

I can’t see why you’d change the proprietary drivers in this cab for the lesser-specced, and no doubt wrong for the cab, Celestions?

Because you are a blithering idiot? What do I win?

[chyc]

My guess is the original speakers are blown. The BN10-300X are no slouch, so if it works with the cab, it's a tempting price currently at 99p

[yorks5stringer]

Seller has barefaced cheek....

[Merton]

8 hours ago, chyc said:

My guess is the original speakers are blown. The BN10-300X are no slouch, so if it works with the cab, it's a tempting price currently at 99p

Likely answer; I’d have spoken to Barefaced to put in the Eminence drivers around which the cab is designed though… just seems an odd thing to do to me

[prowla]

Why have they said "Not Barefaced"?

[chyc]

1 hour ago, prowla said:

Why have they said "Not Barefaced"?

Because it looks like a Barefaced cabinet, right down to the logo and peeling tolex?

[prowla]

Just now, chyc said:

Because it looks like a Barefaced cabinet, right down to the logo and peeling tolex?

But it is a Barefaced cabinet.

[EssentialTension]

27 minutes ago, prowla said:

But it is a Barefaced cabinet.

 

Does he mean that the speakers are not the Barefaced originals?

[Reggaebass]

BF cab’s are really well built and light, so I think even with those speakers it could still be be a nice cab 

[Merton]

Could be. Could also be a crap shoot with drivers in a box not designed for them.

Could be a cheap winner or a disaster I guess

[LukeFRC]

flog the speakers and send it back to barefaced to have the correct speakers added and it might not be the worst idea. 

[Merton]

Just now, LukeFRC said:

flog the speakers and send it back to barefaced to have the correct speakers added and it might not be the worst idea. 

That’s a good shout indeed

[Reggaebass]

How much do you think it would be to have the right speakers fitted 

[Merton]

That’s a good question, no idea! No doubt more than the Celestions each … would £150/driver be too much?

[Happy Jack]

Perhaps more importantly, why on earth would you do this?

"The speakers are 8Ohm. Currently wired in series so it's a 16 Ohm cab.  (Can be re-wired to parallel very easily to give net 4 Ohm  if you wanted)"

[kwmlondon]

20 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

Perhaps more importantly, why on earth would you do this?

"The speakers are 8Ohm. Currently wired in series so it's a 16 Ohm cab.  (Can be re-wired to parallel very easily to give net 4 Ohm  if you wanted)"

That was my thought. Maybe the seller wanted to use in conjunction with another cab and that'd take the load below 4ohm? 

[chyc]

7 minutes ago, kwmlondon said:

That was my thought. Maybe the seller wanted to use in conjunction with another cab and that'd take the load below 4ohm? 

If you run a 16 Ohm 2x10 with an 8 Ohm 4 x 10, the total load will be 5.33 (repeating of course) Ohm, but most importantly I believe the load on all 6 cones will be spread evenly. May be desirable if you have identical speakers in the two cabinets.

 

I may be in the minority, but I have an amp that cannot go down to 4 Ohms. That's another possibility.

[lemmywinks]

As a cab of unknown performance it might be worth a punt if someone is interested in tidying it up and rewiring it to 4ohms.

 

Realistically what would a good condition Two 10 be selling for, around £550? A shabby example with tolex peeling all over the show and a knackered handle probably £100 less, then factor in whatever the cost would be to restore it to original spec means there probably isn't got a lot of wiggle room and you might as well just wait for a nicer one to appear.

[Reggaebass]

It sold for £304.99 , quite high I thought 

[Downunderwonder]

On 01/03/2022 at 06:31, Happy Jack said:

Perhaps more importantly, why on earth would you do this?

"The speakers are 8Ohm. Currently wired in series so it's a 16 Ohm cab.  (Can be re-wired to parallel very easily to give net 4 Ohm  if you wanted)"

Probably to give yourself less chance of blowing another set of drivers with your 1000w amp.

[chyc]

On 06/03/2022 at 18:10, Reggaebass said:

It sold for £304.99 , quite high I thought 

 

 

It's back on the market baby! Did someone weasel out? "Oh sorry, I've only just realized it's not the original drivers."

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115303921484?hash=item1ad8a6374c:g:6qAAAOSwDl1iG7HW

[gjones]

I changed the speaker in an underpowered Ashdown cab, for a bigger and more powerful one (from 200 to 400 watts).

 

Amazingly it sounded pretty good but I wouldn't buy a cab, that had the speakers swapped, without hearing it first.

[Lowend soldier]

I spoke to the guy. Hes got multiple barefaced cabs. Said a speaker stopped working in this and alex wanted too much for a speaker apparently. He had another cab with a dodgy speaker in it so he donored the good speaker into that. Didnt question him on the wiring job.

[mcnach]

So he managed to destroy two speakers?

 

Good job the new ones are 'unused' then... It sounds like this guy likes to push them hard.