I blew 2 v30s today lol

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I blew 2 v30s today lol

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I had practice this afternoon and we got a really large studio room (50'x50') so I thought that was the perfect opportunity to bring the Super Lead without an attenuator :love:


had it cranked to 8, which is pretty much full power. 5 songs in and I hear a high-end screech from the cab. I stopped playing and turned it down to see if I could hear what the problem was. Verdict: the Super Lead blew the 2 top V30s in my 4x12. :lol: :eek:

Needless to say, practice is over and I'm back home :lol:

This cab should handle 240w so I don't know HOW that happened, but it did. I think I will get 4 Redbacks now :lol:

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How dis it sound before the earth shattering kaboom?

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eyeball987 wrote: Sat Jun 15, 2024 1:48 am How dis it sound before the earth shattering kaboom?
I imagine it had to be glorious, but yeah, we’d like to know lol! And that’s crazy that 2 of 4 V30s couldn’t handle that amp! That’s insane to me that the Super Lead just wrecked them.
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eyeball987 wrote: Sat Jun 15, 2024 1:48 am How dis it sound before the earth shattering kaboom?
Man it sounded amazing. So much power and punch. These amps are really something special. I was boosting with my green rhino for solos but other than that I was just went straight in with my HS strat. Just killer!!

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According to the guy who owns Scumback Speakers, a 100w Plexi can put out about 180w. How it blew 240w worth of Vintage 30s is beyond me, though I'm curious if the first speakers from the jack end up taking more of the brunt. That'd be my luddite, uneducated guess. Wattage, particularly with older amps, is clean headroom to my understanding. So basically to reach distortion, it is exceeding that wattage. Just a guess or extrapolation based on what I've read.

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Yeah, I’d like to know how they failed too. Did it smell? I imagine the coils got too hot and melted/burned?

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Overheating the speaker at 180 watts for sustained playing will definitely have the potential to blow some speakers!
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bonano wrote: Sat Jun 15, 2024 2:53 am Yeah, I’d like to know how they failed too. Did it smell? I imagine the coils got too hot and melted/burned?
Yep there was a bit of a burning smell coming from the cab. But nothing excessive. I opened it up when I got home and there's no visible physical damage to the speaker so it was probably the speaker coil inside. But they sound like AM radio now :lol:

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Guitarbilly wrote: Sat Jun 15, 2024 4:19 am
bonano wrote: Sat Jun 15, 2024 2:53 am Yeah, I’d like to know how they failed too. Did it smell? I imagine the coils got too hot and melted/burned?
Yep there was a bit of a burning smell coming from the cab. But nothing excessive. I opened it up when I got home and there's no visible physical damage to the speaker so it was probably the speaker coil inside. But they sound like AM radio now :lol:
That's... that's a bummer, man. That's a bummer.

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