Twin Amp External Cab

[John_Copey]

So today I bought a Fender Twin amp but by the time it had reached me it seemed like the courier had dropped it several times. Now it has a crack on the top and rattles on certain notes. Also one of the power tubes had fallen (only running two) and when I put it back in I got like a high pitched feedback.

Anyway so I haven't just wasted my money completely I was thinking about getting it serviced and running all 4 power tubes. I then saw the Ohm selector for an external speaker and started thinking about unplugging the main stock speakers and plugging in an orange or Marshall type cab. I would like to get peoples opinions on this, I have thought of some positives....

*Rip out the stock speakers and make it 99% lighter

*Have the cab a fair distance from the amp eliminating any rattles or noises (this is also very good for the studio)

*Most people replace their stock speakers any way so this seems to be a good way of picking my speakers

*A 4x12 giving a much bigger sound (not louder)

*No one will see the massive chunk missing (really annoying)

If people could tell me what they think I would appreciate it alot. Had a very hard time with fender amps breaking on me (red knob got delivered and had popping sounds, no reverb and then blew the fuse. Needless to say getting that serviced next week)

John

[jh45gun]

First of all get it properly serviced then go from there. Your not going to make it 99 percent lighter by taking out the speakers the Iron (transformers) and the chassis all add up to some weight. I would also fix the cab so it does not rattle.

[John_Copey]

An external cab just seems a good fix. Of course I will get it serviced but it always seems hard to get rid of rattle in old amps.

[jh45gun]

Originally Posted by John_Copey

An external cab just seems a good fix. Of course I will get it serviced but it always seems hard to get rid of rattle in old amps.

Nothing wrong with the external cab idea but rattles can be found and fixed there is no reason to put up with it.

[RockerDuck]

I saw Robin Trower back in the day using Showman amps with Marshall cabs, so you can do it. I've toyed with the idea of takin the back off my Marshall cab and putting my twin in it, wire it up to the top speakers, then nobody sees an amplifier.

[jh45gun]

Originally Posted by RockerDuck

I saw Robin Trower back in the day using Showman amps with Marshall cabs, so you can do it. I've toyed with the idea of takin the back off my Marshall cab and putting my twin in it, wire it up to the top speakers, then nobody sees an amplifier.

God do not tell them that the Twin is too heavy crowd will be having a fit!

[Green Lantern]

I would see if I could get some recompense for that damage. There's no way I would just roll over for that one. Also, yeah, it's not just the speakers that makes these things so heavy. Those big ass transformers add a lot of weight.

I would also try to use the original cab and fix any rattle or sympathetic vibration issues. Who knows. Your problem could just be a tube. You can try putting an object of mild weight (maybe 4 or 5lbs.) on top of the cab and see if that does anything to the rattling.

[RockerDuck]

I own a reissue but I don't understand why people say 64lbs is heavy. Taking the speakers out makes it less than 50lbs. Putting Neo's in it would even out at 50lbs. My DRRI's weigh 42lbs. What's up with a few pounds more?