| Author | Message | ||
| SoulsearcherU1 |
I decided to change out from a 1 12 to 2 Fender 10's speakers. It was really easy, all I had to do was take out the speaker board, and cut a new one the same size out of 3/4 " ply wood and I used a yard stick around the edges to hold the grill cloth out a 1/4" from the board.Once I had it all cut and ready I painted it flat black on both sides and let it dry. Putting the speaker board in with the 2 10's mounted will not fit with out notching out the 2 side mounting bars in side the cabenet.I ordered new grill cloth but didn't have it yet so I took the old grill cloth off the old speaker board and decided to "practice" putting it on.It was not in good shape to start with and had a lot of little flaws in it.But after installing it like Steve had said in one of the posts on here I got it on with no proublem, and straight.After the instalation it looked like it was never touched. The key is to use a lot of staples close together. Spread them out and that is where the sags begin. Wiring is the issue on this model.I bought 8 ohm speakers so to keep every thing right I wired one speaker with a plug to go in the main plugin, and the other to the extention side. I had to flip the switch from 8 ohms to 4 ohms to work right. I know I should got 4 ohm speakers but there was none in stock at the time . And I am going to build a 4 10 cabenet and I am going to change out the speakers when I get the new grill cloth in. And that way I have a cabnet that is the right ohm setting for the extention side and the pair inside as well. As for the sound it is a lot more defined and crisp. Also feed back is a lot more controlled. | ||
| Steve Kennedy |
I personally prefer the sound of multiple 10" drivers over a single 12". If you simply replace the internals with 2 4-ohm (wired in series for 8-ohms total) or 2 16-ohm drivers (wired in parallel for 8-ohms total), then buy two more Fender 8-ohm units (to go with your existing pair) for your 4-10 extension cabinet (wired in series-parallel for 8-ohms total), then it will all work as planned! Using two 16-ohm drivers internally has the advantage that if one driver opens-up, the other one can still work (the amp won't die because it should be able to handle this sort of mismatch short-term with no problem). If this failure occurs with 2 series-wired 4-ohm drivers then the amp will have NO load (which is bad and potentially catastrophic if not caught and the amp turned off right away). 8-ohm position for internal speakers only, 4-ohm for use with both internals and external cab. Wow! 6-10's ought to sound CRUNCHY! Steve | ||
| djahngo |
How did you remove the speaker board/baffle? Does it unscrew or was it glued in? | ||
| Steve Kennedy (admin) |
The baffle board is screwed-in from the rear. There are 4 cleats, 2 screws through each cleat holding the baffle board tightly on all four sides of the cabinet. Steve |
Tue, 03/25/2014 - 09:48
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