Installing a new speaker tonight!

[PraiseCaster]

I got home late last night, and found a notice in the mail: MY SPEAKER IS HERE! An Eminence Legend 105 (10", 8ohm).

Once I install it, and play the heck out of it, I'll give ya all an update!

So excited! Just like Han's and Frans (from SNL), this speaker has got me pumped! (Han's & Fran's: "Were going to, pump you up! That's right, you will be bulging in places you never dreamed! Your bulges, will have bulges!")

[trag-o-caster]

I'll be patiently waiting to hear all about it!

Funny how Eminence used to be just a generic brand that made unlabeled "Mystery Speakers" for most everything. Most folks regarded them as junk. I always thought different:

A number of years ago I picked up an old Vox Berkeley 2x10 cab for - like $50, or something like that. It didn't have the original speakers in it - just some unlabeled "Junk" that I later found out to be some real old Eminence. That cab was the greatest sound I ever heard! Every amp I ran into that thing, tube or SS, sounded great through it. I eventually ran a Boogie MK1 into it for a long time until I blew it up. I never could get that Boogie to sound satisfactory until I ran it into that cab. Later, I bought a Mesa 2x12 cab for the MK1, and it didn't sound NEARLY as good as the old Vox cab.

I've also kept the unlabeled Eminence 10's that came in my Peavey Classic 410E cab, and use it for almost every gig.

I've not tried any of the newish Eminence speakers since they came out of hiding and went "legit". I've heard a lot of people rave about 'em though.

Never underestimate the power of the "Unlabeled Mystery Junk"!

[Silverface]

Eminence makes some nice speakers. the ones they made for Holland amps are superb, and the 15" in the '64 Vibroverb Custom is really nice.

Like any others, they need a decent breakin period. Give the speaker 12-24 hours or so of actual playing time before reporting on the tone...it'll change drastically in that time frame.

[Ptrallan01]

Which amp, the little piggy?

Peter

[PraiseCaster]

Originally Posted by Ptrallan01

Which amp, the little piggy?

Peter

Oh yeah! I think with that speaker, it ought to sound like a caged wild boar now! I cant wait!

[Ptrallan01]

Let me know how it turns out. I still haven't solved my hum.

Peace

Peter

[PraiseCaster]

well, it turns out not to be an Eminence speaker, but rather a Carvin Vintage 10" speaker. Nice construction: looks better than the stock speaker in my Pignose.

Went right in, nice and easy. Hooked her up and played it for about two hours.

It's very responsive too Highs' and Lows, but not too much mid response. I can get it to overdrive, but it doesnt break up as much as I want it too. I'm gonna keep playin with knob combonations, and see what I can come up with.

It isa a very clean sounding speaker. If I was going for a clean SRV sound, this would definitely be the one: Booming bass, and crystaline high's.

I'll give you another update later!

[DADGAD]

PraiseCaster, did you replace the original speaker because it blew or did you want something different?

It was on your input last year that I got a G40 and it's my Tele's favorite amp. The stock speaker is okay. Lately I've had a hankerin' to try a Celestion 10" in it, though.

Ptrallan01 Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 3:38 pm Post subject: Cool

Let me know how it turns out. I still haven't solved my hum.

Peace

Peter

Is that a hum problem with a G40V, Peter?

Gary

[PraiseCaster]

Originally Posted by DADGAD

PraiseCaster, did you replace the original speaker because it blew or did you want something different?

Originally Posted by DADGAD

It was on your input last year that I got a G40 and it's my Tele's favorite amp. The stock speaker is okay. Lately I've had a hankerin' to try a Celestion 10" in it, though.Gary

No it didnt blow, I just wanted to try something a lil more towards an older classic sound, and hopin the Eminence could do it. I had run it through an EV12 speaker, and man talk about overdive, that speaker loved being overdriven! And yeah, I'm also thinkin bout the Celestion 10"" too (just seeing if I can improve the sound, even though it's very nearly flawless). I'm gonna give it a few more hours messin with it, and if I'm not happy, I'll swap the stock one back in their, and package this Carvin Speaker back up, and send it home.

Funny thing how that lil Pignose gets slammed a lot (not talkin bout you Peter!), but it does fine for me and you, day-in, and day-out!

[Ptrallan01]

Except for the hum. It has a beautiful clean sound and I get these chimes with the right attack that are simply wonderful but the hum coming from it is annoying when the volume is low. When the volume is high you can't hear the hum. But after the praise & worship set at church I have to turn it off or turn the volume to zero because it is so destracting.

My Tele loves the Piggy, my Series 10 loves the Piggy, my Artcore loves the Piggy. Its easy to carry, has plenty of volume and sounds sweet.

One of the reasons I think it gets slammed is that you can't hide behind it. You make a mistake it tells everyone about it. What you put in you get out.

So, in a month or two, when I get some money back to the tech it goes. I think the caps(?) are bad since the new tubes corrected the bubbling. I got it used for 100 bucks and she was in bad shape but still sounds nice.

Have fun with the experiment Praisecaster.

Dadgad, glad to know that there are other people who like the GV40!

[DADGAD]

The hum in a G40V is caused by a ground loop. I don't have mine here @ work but here's what my gray matter remembers...

Take the chassis out of the amp. Near the input jack are three black ground wires. One goes to the ground lug on the jack. Two other black wires go to a ground lug on the chassis, near the input jack. Lift those two, and attach them to the ground lug at the input jack. One of the two is a little short. It will need to be extended a couple of inches by splicing a lead to it.

Once all three ground wires are hooked together at the input jack ground point, your ground loop hum is gone.

Gary

[trag-o-caster]

A good friend of mine has that amp. We both put it through the paces, trying a different speaker, etc. and came to the conclusion that it sounded MUCHO better through an outboard cab, soooooo....

My buddy sawed the top off of the amp, turning it into a head, and mated it with a 1x12 cab. Sounded real good for a couple of days. It then blew a fuse, which my buddy did a quick fix with a piece of foil. I wasn't present for this, but I did tell him over the phone to NOT DO IT! Well, it died. I don't remember exactly what happened, but I think it threw sparks, or caught fire - something really cool like that. Unfortunately, I wasn't there to vouch for how great it sounded just before the flames erupted.

Oh well - can't have everything!

Cool amp though!

[PraiseCaster]

After muco, mucho knob turning, this is my final conclusion on this lil Carvin 10":

This is a mucho clean sounding driver! I mean REAL CLEAN! Tons of headroom, lot's of highs, to the point of being very crystaline in tone, and lotsa low's, with plenty to spare. Not much mid response though. It really lives in the high and low range, without much in between. It delivered a very twangy sound, with very little break-up. It would overdrive nicely, but the speaker would just not give me the kind of break-up that I crave and need for my style. I think that is due to it's lack of mid range punch. It was very responsive to all the knob turning I did, except for the Mid knob.

Bottom line: If you are looking for an ultra clean 10" speaker rated at 65 watt's, 8 ohm's this is a great speaker! I can definitely see it in action doing country, or clean sounding blues and jazz.

Unfortunately, it didnt deliver the sound I was looking for, so the old Piggy speaker went back in, and I will be sending the Carvin speaker back home from where she came. As I said, I would definitely recomend that speaker for someone wanting a clean speaker w/ plenty of headroom, booming low's, and crystaline high's. just dont expect it to break up and get a lil gritty sounding.

[Pierce]

made by eminece...the same spec as you were looking at new. You should look into an alnico speaker if you are looking for an earlier break up
tom

[PraiseCaster]

A very specail thanks to the as yet un-named TDPRI'r, that sent this speaker too me. He remains un-named, cause it was all co-ordinated thru PM, and Email, so You know who you are, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Not a lot of people would do that (except for a lot of people here at the TDPRI!).

And, as soon as I cash my next check (in 2 weeks), I'll be sending this clean driver home too ya!