Pignose upgrade

[pbass67]

Hi

I have a Pignose Hog 30watt job. Great because its battery powered, but it sounds pretty pants with its 8" speaker. Anybody know what ohmage the speaker may be, I've had a look inside but it don't say on the speaker. I would hope it would sound better with a 10" speaker. I've also considered taking the idea and making it better ie: rebuild the cab bigger and lighter, neo speaker and more powerful amp that could still be powered by a 12v battery.

Any thoughts would be welcomed. Gotta dash to a gig now but if I make any progress I'll keep you all informed.

Cheers Paul

[waynepunkdude]

[url="http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/81372"]http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/81372[/url]

[casapete]

[quote name='pbass67' post='817466' date='Apr 24 2010, 07:37 PM']Hi

I have a Pignose Hog 30watt job. Great because its battery powered, but it sounds pretty pants with its 8" speaker. Anybody know what ohmage the speaker may be, I've had a look inside but it don't say on the speaker. I would hope it would sound better with a 10" speaker. I've also considered taking the idea and making it better ie: rebuild the cab bigger and lighter, neo speaker and more powerful amp that could still be powered by a 12v battery.

Any thoughts would be welcomed. Gotta dash to a gig now but if I make any progress I'll keep you all informed.

Cheers Paul[/quote]


I've got the same Pignose amp and have thought about upgrading the speaker too.
Let me know if you find any info? Cheers!

[pbass67]

Thanks for the link Wayne.

That at least shows there is more scope for a battery powered amp than the Pignose currently offers, although I wouldn't want to pay that much for the privilege.
Here's another idea. Could I use my East J Retro as a preamp in the amp instead of the bass with a little modding.

Hi Casapete, will let you know if I get anywhere with this.
Any other Pignose owners out there ?

Didn't somebody here build a BFM Omni 10.5 and then stick a little 5 watt amp in there. I seem to remember it worked ok for fun.

Any advice on possible speaker/s etc welcome. still don't the ohmage yet tho, Is there a way to test this ?

And finally, Am I just being silly or d'ya think its a go'er ?

P.