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Hi everyone !

3 weeks ago , I just bought a 4123 cab loaded with 125155's
The cab was owned by Jeff Stinco from Simple Plan before
he got famous ,I don't know much about him or this band
but I know I bought it from a friend of his or someone he used to know .
I tried to wash the black grill cloth with soap and water and gee's !!
what a mess , all the black dye came out and my kitchen counter top was
covered with a black mess ,so I learned not to do this anymore.

The cab sounds pretty good but still didn't get the tone I'm after with this cab,
and the tone I'd like to get his from the VHC Jam 3 ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... 55oPJJ7fjI


What a nice fat woody tone that is !!

According to DR Hiwatt , the cab played at the Jam was a 1978 SE4123 loaded with 125155's
and a JP30 head .

The amp at the Jam sounds darker IMO than the JP30 clip I've heard in a nice way
and I'm wondering if that is from the Head-cab combination or the amp
was tweaked tonewise to get that darker tone or maybe his Les Paul tone knobs had something to do with it ??

Anyway !..to make a long story short .......I love that tone !




Louis

Hi everyone !!


I have one speaker that doesn't move anymore
I did the 9 volt battery test and 3 of them pop out and
one is dead not moving ,no rub noise .

What is my solution .........or if its a coil ,where can I get a similar one
for a 125155 ?

I know someone near where I live that can change a coil without scrapping the cone
but I nead the right coil if that is causing the problem.


Thank's!...............Louis

Hi Louis,
unfortunately I do not know anyone up there.
merrenaudio.com claims to do this in California.
-Clayton

Dr.Hiwatt - I think Louis is looking for a parts donor. A 125155 with, say, a destroyed cone but good voice coil.

Louis, if this is the case, it's kind of a long shot. But, this would be the place if ever there was one .

Dave

OK,
sorry about the confusion, I am about half cross-eyed this afternoon.
just trying to be helpful.

OldSchoolDave wrote:Dr.Hiwatt - I think Louis is looking for a parts donor. A 125155 with, say, a destroyed cone but good voice coil.

Louis, if this is the case, it's kind of a long shot. But, this would be the place if ever there was one .

Dave

Thank you both Doc and Dave .I appreciate!

When you say this would be the place ,are you talking about Merren Audio or
placing an ad here on the forum ?

I guess None of you have 2 Fanes that would go good with my 125155's ?


Louis

Dr.Hiwatt wrote: just trying to be helpful.

louis wrote:
When you say this would be the place ,are you talking about Merren Audio or
placing an ad here on the forum ?

I guess None of you have 2 Fanes that would go good with my 125155's ?

I meant there were probably more Fanes connected with members of this forum than any other venue. Still, it doesn't hurt to ask around.

From your first post, it sounded as if you needed on speaker or donor. Do you need two?

As to the non-responsive speaker, can you (gently) move the cone in and out or is it completely seized? Do you have a Multimeter (a cheapie is fine) to test for DC Resistance across the leads? Are the leads physically connect to the terminals (it's not uncommon for them to come loose while soldering speaker wire from the other side.

While the "9 volt test" is probably safe for larger speakers, I still cringe when I hear about it. We found out the hard (and expensive) way, not to use this on high frequency drivers. It'll cook the diaphragms. On JBL drivers with 2" throats, that's a pricey lesson to learn .

"No more 9 volt tests for me" Dave

Thank's Dave for your input !!

You just scared the poop out of me with the 9volt battery,
I'll never do this again !!!

I'll try to check further more and get back for report !!


Have a great one!



Louis

A nine volt is safe for guitar speakers. A horn like Dave was describing, though, has a minimum allowable frequency to prevent damage, and DC (0 hz) is certainly far lower!

A really old crackly paper speaker might not like the excursion, but if so, it's probably not long for this world anyway...

--mark

Thank's Mark .......I feel a little bit better but still won't do it again.


I've check the speaker and no coil rub ,everything seems fine but no sound.

I think it's dead !!.......



Louis

Do you have a meter or continuity tester? If so, you can test the speaker by itself and see if the coil is open. Do both flying leads connecting to the cone seem intact?

--mark

mhuss wrote:Do you have a meter or continuity tester? If so, you can test the speaker by itself and see if the coil is open. Do both flying leads connecting to the cone seem intact?

--mark

Flying leads seems to be fine ,I'll try to get a tester and report back
and might also take pictures !

thank's for the help!


I really appreciate!.......................Louis

I finally took a few pictures ,the leads seems to be tight ,would it help
if I would melt the existing solder mud on the taps and solder the flying leads again and make
a test to see if sound comes ? This is the only speaker in the cab without a Fane purple cover,
got it like that.


Thank's!...........................Louis

If you have a speaker cable with aligator clips at one end (and everyone should ), try gently clipping those directly to the braided leads.

Otherwise, clean up those terminals, try resoldering the leads and testing again.

Dave

I resoldered and clean a bit ,plugged a jack into output 2 of my amp,
put tip and ring on tabs and still nothing ,tried it on another
speaker and works fine .

I guess I'll have to take it for a coil change ?


Thank's!.............................Louis