It was only when I saw the IEC on the rear that I realised it was not 1960s, scuffed red mock leather covering, large thick leather handle, "ivory" knobs , that cream stove enamel used on a lot of medical kit etc of the era after the crackle finish of the 40s/50s. Now I've seen it all. To get the amp out you need to remove a speaker to release the speaker wires internally. But its a dummy speaker, presumably the 2 in the model name means 2 speakers. Basket , suspension , kevlar looking skirt, and cone , only. No pig tails or holes for pigtails or Voice coil or magnet. So if these were off a production line, how were they further processed? 4x3 sets of holes in the basket for what I would have thought were screw holes for a magnet , but sealed off by the seated cone. Would they glue in VC to the cone and magnet glued in to the basket with some sort of active monitoring of sound output , while posistioning in the uncured glue? Problem is the otherwise Ashdown Bass amp common symptom of loss of output , returning a few minutes later, but this one will then continue for an hour or more with no drop-out. Not had a chance to power up yet , to investigate
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10 years ago