Hmmm

[Dubious Aa]

I don’t know how i end up with stuff like this, maybe im just a sucker for DIY stuff

 

[JRA]

wow, dubious --- it looks bulletproof!

it looks 'solid'....just needs a caster and an appropriate driver, no? have you 'heard it' yet?

if it sounds as cool as it looks = you win!

 

[Dubious Aa]

wow, dubious --- it looks bulletproof!

it looks 'solid'....just needs a caster and an appropriate driver, no? have you 'heard it' yet?

if it sounds as cool as it looks = you win!

I have an Eminence 15 that should work. Supposedly the cab is an Ampeg that someone at sometime roadcase-ized.
Its got all 4 casters, they pop out like my old peavy PA cabs!!
The thing that throws me off is that the top pops off..... I suppose its for access to the inside but it’s weird and definitely not sealed.
Kinda crazy.
The 4 pin xlr makes me laugh too... i used those in the entertainment lighting world for color scrollers, maybe they were used in audio before my time??

 

[Redbrangus]

Some early Ampeg B-15's had XLR-4 speaker connectors.

 

[Wasnex]

I have an Eminence 15 that should work. Supposedly the cab is an Ampeg that someone at sometime roadcase-ized.
Its got all 4 casters, they pop out like my old peavy PA cabs!!
The thing that throws me off is that the top pops off..... I suppose its for access to the inside but it’s weird and definitely not sealed.
Kinda crazy.
The 4 pin xlr makes me laugh too... i used those in the entertainment lighting world for color scrollers, maybe they were used in audio before my time??

The 69 SVT used a 4 pin XLR

Pins 2 and 3 are part of interlock circuit for the power supply. The idea is the amp cannot be set from standby to operate unless a speaker is plugged in.

Here is connection in the power supply.

 

[Dubious Aa]

The 69 SVT used a 4 pin XLR
View attachment 4579249

Pins 2 and 3 are part of interlock circuit for the power supply. The idea is the amp cannot be set from standby to operate unless a speaker is plugged in.

Here is connection in the power supply.
View attachment 4579257

Cool!

 

[JRA]

I have an Eminence 15 that should work.

the seal would be important, would some kind of foam insulation tape fit the join? cool that @Redbrangus and @Wasnex remembers ampeg history...i would never have remembered! but that detail is easily modified to 'usable'.

anyway, i can't wait to hear how that sounds --- to you.

 

[Redbrangus]

The 69 SVT used a 4 pin XLR
View attachment 4579249

Pins 2 and 3 are part of interlock circuit for the power supply. The idea is the amp cannot be set from standby to operate unless a speaker is plugged in.

Here is connection in the power supply.
View attachment 4579257

I absolutely did not know that. Weirdly cool.

 

[Killing Floor]

Nice! It looks so cool who cares what it sounds like. Fire it up.

 

[Redbrangus]

@Wasnex - So did the B15's use that same scheme?

 

[Dubious Aa]

Some early Ampeg B-15's had XLR-4 speaker connectors.

So maybe its an old b-15?
Did they have that center brace as well?

 

[Dubious Aa]

Nice! It looks so cool who cares what it sounds like. Fire it up.

If it sounds bad, ill use it as a guitar cab!!

 

[Redbrangus]

So maybe its an old b-15?
Did they have that center brace as well?

I'm not the guy for that, but there are people around here that are. I'm sure they'll wander by. My memory is that there was a vintage of B15 with that center brace. One of the experts could probably date it to within a few years by that feature if that's the case.

Edit: See if you can edit the thread title to include something about Ampeg B15s... that should attract the guys that know Ampegs. With the current title, I just checked in thinking it was about resolving hum issues... something I actually do know a little something about. (But for God's sake, don't tell anybody. )

 

[Wasnex]

@Wasnex - So did the B15's use that same scheme?

The 62 schematic for the B15N shows a similar interlock.

 

[Redbrangus]

On an octal socket, no less. Wow

 

[ComicBass]

The dog is what makes this post good!

 

[MultiScaleMale]

The 62 schematic for the B15N shows a similar interlock.

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interlink (BladeRunner reference, every time I hear inter-anything)



(language if started before the start point)

 

[clockworkcorpse]

Get rid of the sharp screws, cram a pillow or some padding into the bottom of it. Tie a rope around it, add a full dish of dog food, a bowl of water, then load that tired looking dog in there. Hire a film crew and drag it around the block a few times. Cut the footage down to a few minutes, and post it on some social media site with Terry Reid's "To Be Treated Right" as the soundtrack.

 

[Dubious Aa]

I'm not the guy for that, but there are people around here that are. I'm sure they'll wander by. My memory is that there was a vintage of B15 with that center brace. One of the experts could probably date it to within a few years by that feature if that's the case.

Edit: See if you can edit the thread title to include something about Ampeg B15s... that should attract the guys that know Ampegs. With the current title, I just checked in thinking it was about resolving hum issues... something I actually do know a little something about. (But for God's sake, don't tell anybody. )

Ha!
I wont tell
Im not worried about dating it or anything either.
Like most of my gear, itll be fixed enough to work well.


Thanks for the replies so far though, I didn’t have questions and I’m getting some background about this cab, very cool!

im not opposed to more info,
ill keep posting on this thread as i work on it too

 

[Dubious Aa]

Tie a rope around it, add a full dish of dog food, a bowl of water, then load that tired looking dog in there.

Poor Buster wasn’t tiered, he was board and rolling his eyes at me because i was messing with gear and not playing with him....
Poor, poor Buster.