Post by newey on Dec 26, 2009 17:36:52 GMT -5
Got a $50 gift cert to my local shop, and went looking for a speaker cab to use with my new EH .22 Caliber "amp-in-a-stompbox". They had an old Peavey 210 Column for $75. It was in excellent shape, no tears in the grill or the tolex, just a bit of moss on the chrome corners.
It sounded really nice with the EH amp so I grabbed it at $75. It's a 2X10 cab, 16Ω, with rubber feet on both the bottom and one side so it can be used either vertically or horizontally. It's apparently built like a tank, in good ol' Meridian MS USA.
A quick search of the Peavey boards disclosed that it's rated at 70 watts RMS and was primarily intended for PA/vocal use. It's a sealed-back enclosure.
And, I do mean "sealed"! Got it home, expecting that undoing a few phillips screws would yield me a look at the speakers, but there is no back panel- the tolex appears to be continuous all around the sides and rear of the thing.
It must be front-loaded, but I have no idea how to remove the grill. It has no visible screws, just has the typical Peavey brushed-look strips running longways on each side of the grille.
I want to be able to get a look at the speakers and how they're wired. Is it 2 8Ωs in series? 2 32Ω in parallel? I was thinking of a possible stereo wiring, but if I can't get into the thing, I'm stymied.
Anyone know how to access the innards? Also, if this is a vocal cab, could I use it for bass without perforating the cones? I thought that PA cabs were mostly full-range speakers just like a bass speaker.
And, of course, this thing is 30-something years old. The speakers in there may not be original. They may not even be 16 Ohms for all I know.
It sounded really nice with the EH amp so I grabbed it at $75. It's a 2X10 cab, 16Ω, with rubber feet on both the bottom and one side so it can be used either vertically or horizontally. It's apparently built like a tank, in good ol' Meridian MS USA.
A quick search of the Peavey boards disclosed that it's rated at 70 watts RMS and was primarily intended for PA/vocal use. It's a sealed-back enclosure.
And, I do mean "sealed"! Got it home, expecting that undoing a few phillips screws would yield me a look at the speakers, but there is no back panel- the tolex appears to be continuous all around the sides and rear of the thing.
It must be front-loaded, but I have no idea how to remove the grill. It has no visible screws, just has the typical Peavey brushed-look strips running longways on each side of the grille.
I want to be able to get a look at the speakers and how they're wired. Is it 2 8Ωs in series? 2 32Ω in parallel? I was thinking of a possible stereo wiring, but if I can't get into the thing, I'm stymied.
Anyone know how to access the innards? Also, if this is a vocal cab, could I use it for bass without perforating the cones? I thought that PA cabs were mostly full-range speakers just like a bass speaker.
And, of course, this thing is 30-something years old. The speakers in there may not be original. They may not even be 16 Ohms for all I know.
