Johannes Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Sometimes I hear and read fellow bassists complaining about the fan noise these amps tend to have. My experiense is similar. I have the smallest model Warwick Gnome for practising at home. It’s driving a markbass 12-inch wedge, 8 ohms so there is 130 W on tap, plenty for my practicing needs. Usually I use very modest volume but after a while playng its fan started to make really annoying and loud high-pitched whining noise. It is rather cheap amp so I didn’t care about voiding the warranty and decided to mod it. Original fan is a 12-Volt Crown-branded 30 mm fan. So I got the smallest high quality fan I could find, Noctua NF-A4x10 FLX, it is 40 mm and cost about 15€. First I removed the stock fan and drilled the holes on the top plate a bit larger. Then I removed the welded screw closer to the middle of the amp, it gives up easily by twisting it back and forth with pliers. Fixing it to the top needs some creativity, I managed it with the remaining screw and bolt, some heat-resistant glue, a twistable scrap metal piece and self-made silicone washers. When started, Gnome gives only couple of volts to the fan. Voltage raises according the temperature. Noctua kicks in at about 6 volts. It moves much more air than the stock one. After this mod it has been really quiet, even after playing long session I must take my ear few inches to the exhaust to hear it is spinning. One thing puzzles me is the eq of this amp. For live gigs I use Markbass amp, . To get somehow similar sound like eq set flat with mb You need to set Warwick’s bass at 3 a clock and mid+ hi at 8 am. My biggest wish is the ability to choose d.i. to be pre or post. By the way, gnome doesn’t need those (airflow obstructing) aluminium add-ons. Actually looks better without. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago You could have used the provided rubber clip system instead to attach this Noctua fan (which are the only really silent fans available): it would have been way more fast and easy. 😉 I've done this modification to all the amps with fans that I came across. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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