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You should see the 70s Fender Bassman 100 I recently assessed after being imported from the US...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
This is not the first time I've seen this either - a friend of mine bought an amp from France, and when it arrived all the valves were smashed and there was glass from them inside the closed space between the speaker and the grille cloth where it could not possibly have got with the speaker in place.
The Fender Bassman I mentioned had been dropped from enough of a height that the power transformer had bent the floor of the chassis down by about 3/4", pulled the end rail up by about 1/4", and it had popped one of the OT bolts out of the chassis entirely.
This is why I do not ship amps, as a rule... I thought a rack preamp would at least be fairly immune, but I was wrong there too.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
What time?
FFS this is agony. Like waiting for the next Game of Thrones.
What's wrong with this damn thing? Why is there no sound? And who's to blame? Can a drummer safely operate an amp? So many unanswered questions
At a loss to explain what was the defect, Jesse suggested trying the old battery to the speaker trick. For a brief moment there was sound and then nothing. It looks like a defective speaker. Jesse is sending a replacement in the post.
My mate is thoroughly impressed by Jesse, the work gone into the amp, and his availability to fix the amp on the other side of the world.
A Lazy Jesse he ain't.
Tune in for the next installment when a Drummer mounts a speaker.
On the other hand if it's a UK-made Celestion it *could* be a manufacturing fault - I have come across that too, on one. (But never on a Chinese one...!)
The good news is that shipping a speaker separately in its box is actually less risky for it, since the frame isn't bolted to anything solid and so the magnet doesn't stress it if it gets dropped.
Maybe, but it isn't an issue with a good-quality transformer unless the amp was really cranked, and even then they will usually survive.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
It could be that the spider has come unglued and the voice coil lifted out of the magnet - quite common shipping damage. There could still be a full load on the amp.
In fact even if there wasn’t a speaker load, the resistance of the OT windings themselves still acts as a load (albeit very small) which in a properly designed TX is enough to let the amp idle for a good few hours. The Mojo TXs in Lazy Js are built by Heyboer, so are well engineered and proving the user didn’t run the amp at full crank for ages with a signal, they will be fine.
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
So the OT should survive regardless
If the OP's drummer takes a resistance reading across the speaker at the jack, that'd say for sure if there was a load?
That's right though isn't it? With DC the speaker will make a short noise while the cone moves, then stay silent with the cone in the new position.
Or do you mean that the speaker did that once then stopped?
Ah ok.
Or borrow another cabinet to attach to the amp
Failing that, he might be able to get an A60 more locally in Oz - they are sold under the brand name 'Fane' - only difference being the upwards inflection on the 'e' rather than a more guttural, Sean Bean-like Yorkshire word ending in a soft 'n' :-)
It works gloriously.
On all accounts a very satisfying result and a demonstration that you were all right about Jesse's fantastic customer support.
Does the speake cone move on the opposite direction in Oz? ;-)