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Correction:
I (of course) should have said: This is important to your result
because any 2 speaker mod to an even slightly smaller single speaker
cabinet will neccessarily result in "some bass loss" as the larger
box version.
Should have had my coffee before sending a letter. Dave
--- In , "stratrhythm"
<lawyerschroeder@s...> wrote:
>
>
> Remember that the problem can be in the (1)amp, (2)speaker, or (3)
> both. This reply is just about the speaker cabinet, because I'm
way
> out of my league on amps.
>
> This is my first post and I've been out of this for a long time,
> BUT, wasn't it true (and maybe the community out there can help me
> with this...) the single 15" Showman cabinet was somewhat smaller
> than the Dual Showman cabinet? I tried to find some cabinet
> dimensions on the web but was unsuccesful.
>
> This is important to your result because any 2 speaker mod to an
> even slightly smaller single speaker cabinet will neccessarily
> result in same bass as the larger box version.
>
> So...a little help out there on the dimensions of Showmen question?
>
> Dave
>
>
> --- In , "kahunatikiman" <chris@b...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I hope my Surf guitar 101 brethren can give me some advice. i
> hope
> > i can explain this well enough. I bought a '67dual showman amp
> and
> > 1x15 cabinet that had been covereted to a 2x 15 cabinet. It has
> JBL
> > D130 F 8 ohm speakers. One of the speaker says 8-16 ohms (?).
I
> > had the local tube amp wizzard (Bruce at Mission amps) go though
> it
> > and fix 'er up. He did the standard cap job, replaced some
other
> > parts, and gave it all new (?) preamp tubes. I had the cabinet
> > fixed up, because it was pretty rough. i finally got it all
> > together yesterday, and fired it up, expecting the "big Dual
> > showman " sound. It didn't happen. It sounds really thin, and
> > trebley, with hardly any low end, even with the bass knob
cranked
> > all the way up.
>
>
>
> > I have a Vibrosonic Reverb, and I plugged the cabinet into
> > that, and it was better, but still not what I was hoping for.
I
> > haven't plugged the showman head into another cabinet.
> >
> > Do I have the cabinet wired wrong? I checked the polarity of
> the
> > speakers, and I think I got it right, even thought the 8-16
ohm
> > speaker tested backwards, the red lead was -, the black was
+,
> > opposite the other speaker.
> >
> > any help would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Chris
