Just wanted to report back on my adventure with finding replacement speakers for my Ruble 800 2x10.
Trying to contact Fender was a dead end, as was trying to get info from Eminence. Might still get a reply at some point, but not interested in chasing this down.
Played a gig the other day, wasn't doing anything too crazy but it was a loud band, so I brought the 2x10 extension.
Was running input gain around 9 am, output at around noon or 1 on full power mode. EQ just about flat, high end cut some.
About 2/3rd the way through I caught a whiff of the magic happening and knew this would be it for the combo speakers.
The extension cab was fine. I imagine a previous owner had whipped it pretty good and it was just a matter of time, like I has suspected.
Anyway, the speakers never stoped functioning but sounded a bit rattly, and crappy the next day, so I decided to try a new set.
Looking at Eminence, the stock drivers appear closest to their bass lite SC10-16.
I considered these, but to my ear the extension cab always sounded superior so I decided to try a pair of standard speakers despite adding a few pounds. I didn't want to buy premium drivers, since this is such a budget amp, so went with a pair of Beta 10-B.
They arrived yesterday, and I swapped them out today. Boom! They sound fantastic!
Big improvement, testing the amp pretty cranked (more than I would gig at by far) just to see if there would be any anomalies due to driver and enclosure parameters and porting since this was a blind swap, and there was no issues at all.
Weight is coming in at around the same as the extension cab now, maybe a couple pounds more.
A couple things to note- my combo was completely covered on the interior with absorption material, which I did not expect. Pretty cool. Looks to be stock.
The quality of the wood used is really poor, like dent with your fingernail poor, So I went slow and used minimal torque setting on my power drill.
The quality of the Eminence (100 bucks each) is equally cheap, as are the screws, which can strip easily so slow and low power is the way.
I managed to get both speakers in without issue, but one was making a slight rattle so I reseated it, making sure the wiring wasn't contacting anything (pretty sure that was the problem). Last the slide on clips on the stock wire are junk, one just fell apart when I tried to gently re-crimp it while on the speaker because it was loose. I ended up soldering.
I know I'm harping about quality a lot, but I'm not mad. We get incredible stuff cheap as chips, and some of it is likely to function well into the future. At cost per gig, it makes sense. If it dies, it's not a major set back. I'm still well over 100 bucks below new cost, and feel the overall sound of the rig is quite improved, regardless of the condition of the previous drivers. (I had used these quite a bit in shared back line situations before buying).
Will report back if it takes a dump or anything negative happens.
Thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts and info.
Trying to contact Fender was a dead end, as was trying to get info from Eminence. Might still get a reply at some point, but not interested in chasing this down.
Played a gig the other day, wasn't doing anything too crazy but it was a loud band, so I brought the 2x10 extension.
Was running input gain around 9 am, output at around noon or 1 on full power mode. EQ just about flat, high end cut some.
About 2/3rd the way through I caught a whiff of the magic happening and knew this would be it for the combo speakers.
The extension cab was fine. I imagine a previous owner had whipped it pretty good and it was just a matter of time, like I has suspected.
Anyway, the speakers never stoped functioning but sounded a bit rattly, and crappy the next day, so I decided to try a new set.
Looking at Eminence, the stock drivers appear closest to their bass lite SC10-16.
I considered these, but to my ear the extension cab always sounded superior so I decided to try a pair of standard speakers despite adding a few pounds. I didn't want to buy premium drivers, since this is such a budget amp, so went with a pair of Beta 10-B.
They arrived yesterday, and I swapped them out today. Boom! They sound fantastic!
Big improvement, testing the amp pretty cranked (more than I would gig at by far) just to see if there would be any anomalies due to driver and enclosure parameters and porting since this was a blind swap, and there was no issues at all.
Weight is coming in at around the same as the extension cab now, maybe a couple pounds more.
A couple things to note- my combo was completely covered on the interior with absorption material, which I did not expect. Pretty cool. Looks to be stock.
The quality of the wood used is really poor, like dent with your fingernail poor, So I went slow and used minimal torque setting on my power drill.
The quality of the Eminence (100 bucks each) is equally cheap, as are the screws, which can strip easily so slow and low power is the way.
I managed to get both speakers in without issue, but one was making a slight rattle so I reseated it, making sure the wiring wasn't contacting anything (pretty sure that was the problem). Last the slide on clips on the stock wire are junk, one just fell apart when I tried to gently re-crimp it while on the speaker because it was loose. I ended up soldering.
I know I'm harping about quality a lot, but I'm not mad. We get incredible stuff cheap as chips, and some of it is likely to function well into the future. At cost per gig, it makes sense. If it dies, it's not a major set back. I'm still well over 100 bucks below new cost, and feel the overall sound of the rig is quite improved, regardless of the condition of the previous drivers. (I had used these quite a bit in shared back line situations before buying).
Will report back if it takes a dump or anything negative happens.
Thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts and info.
