bolero Posted March 16, 2014 Posted March 16, 2014 wow check this out...talk about blues on fire looks like the ( blown?) voice coil caught the paper speaker cone on fire? I think the fire starts in the lower speaker, not the amp itself
Redsand Posted March 16, 2014 Posted March 16, 2014 Hilarious! I love how the Johnny and drummer are just hammering on while the roadies quickly slip into freakout mode!
yoslate Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 I've seen Johnny several times. And I've never seen him that he wasn't too loud.... Pretty cool vid, though.
tbonesullivan Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 Did one of the speakers burn out a voice coil or something? It looks like it started down at the bottom, and worked it's way up.
tbonesullivan Posted April 2, 2014 Posted April 2, 2014 Was it the original Marshall DSL40s that would go up in smoke? Doesn't matter how good your amp is, eventually the speaker voice coil will go if it's played at live volumes, and when it goes, LOOK OUT
CJTopes Posted April 3, 2014 Posted April 3, 2014 Or a Carvin? wait... Carvin? are they known to flame up... I have a Nomad....
HANGAR18 Posted April 3, 2014 Posted April 3, 2014 wait... Carvin? are they known to flame up... I have a Nomad.... He was just busting on me because I have a Carvin amp. I was busting on Peavey because I have become rather disenchanted with them in recent years. I did have smoke come out of some Peavey PA speakers I once owned. But I know there are a number of Peavey fans here so I fully expect to take a small beating for dissin' Peavey.
CJTopes Posted April 3, 2014 Posted April 3, 2014 Only amp I ever had in flames was a Marshall head I owned when I was young.....
DetroitBlues Posted April 3, 2014 Posted April 3, 2014 He was just busting on me because I have a Carvin amp. I was busting on Peavey because I have become rather disenchanted with them in recent years. I did have smoke come out of some Peavey PA speakers I once owned. But I know there are a number of Peavey fans here so I fully expect to take a small beating for dissin' Peavey. Actually, I wasn't. I know two people who had Carvins that had a voltage spike and caught their speaker cabs on fire.
HANGAR18 Posted April 4, 2014 Posted April 4, 2014 Actually, I wasn't. I know two people who had Carvins that had a voltage spike and caught their speaker cabs on fire. So I guess that wouldn't be the fault of the Carvins. Regulated power is important. I saw a show last year where the guys had a fan on the PA amps. I assume that is either normal or at least just a good idea. (See photo.)
CJTopes Posted April 4, 2014 Posted April 4, 2014 Thats not uncommon to have a fan on the power amps for a PA.... My PA head has a built in fan....
tbonesullivan Posted April 8, 2014 Posted April 8, 2014 So I guess that wouldn't be the fault of the Carvins. Regulated power is important. I saw a show last year where the guys had a fan on the PA amps. I assume that is either normal or at least just a good idea. (See photo.) A lot of power amps have built in fans. Both of my bass heads have built in fans that go faster if the temp goes up, and my power amp does as well. If you look inside the power amp, it's a GIANT HEATSINK. before the fan. There are a good amount of tube amplifiers that also have fans to help keep the chassis cool. If you run your amp at an angle, it's often a good idea to blow a fan across the back from a distance to prevent heat from getting trapped in there. This is also why some combo amps have vents on the top.
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