NCD: Dog Piss Edition

Alex Kenivel

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In my search for a higher powered 2x12 to go with my DIY 700w SS amp, I came across this 300w Fender 4x12 GE-412 that was super light and didn't sound half bad so I snagged it for a great price, haggled down a little due to the obvious dog piss stain on the grille, bottom right speaker, and underside of the cab. I own a 4x12 again!

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Much less high end than the Greenback 2x12 I have, which I count against it but I brought it to my gig anyway so we'll see how it goes. I cleaned it up a little and took a peek inside. Might want to change the stock speakers down the line but here comes the next band.
 
In my search for a higher powered 2x12 to go with my DIY 700w SS amp, I came across this 300w Fender 4x12 GE-412 that was super light and didn't sound half bad so I snagged it for a great price, haggled down a little due to the obvious dog piss stain on the grille, bottom right speaker, and underside of the cab. I own a 4x12 again!

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Much less high end than the Greenback 2x12 I have, which I count against it but I brought it to my gig anyway so we'll see how it goes. I cleaned it up a little and took a peek inside. Might want to change the stock speakers down the line but here comes the next band.
Just so you know, you have to piss on it to legally claim ownership from the dog that claimed it first.
 
Gig was meh, cab did well.

The first band, The Louie Louie's, reminded me of Rush but with a punk tinge, who had been playing together since the 70s, was playing when I posted this thread. Weird songs, cool energy, I dug.

The second band was Fault Supply, typical modern trust fund kids with more pedal taps than notes and extra instruments on stage that they didn't even use. Those kids filled the house with young college-age kids, whispered into the mic half the time and ended with a cover of that fucking Vanessa Carlton song. Instead of breaking down their shit they smoozed with their adoring fans so I tossed the Pisscab up onto the middle of the stage and they soon got the picture.
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Of course the sound engineer put the mic on the piss speaker:rofl

The kids from Fault Supply packed up and left, took their bar full of college kids with them, and emptied the place out for me to walk around the venue with my guitar, utilizing my Lekato WS-50 wireless for our line check to find out how things sounded.
A little high pass and high shelf from the HX Stomp's global EQ put things in the right place for this cab and we were off to the races.

At one point, our keyboard player, Jeff and I switched spots. I jumped over the monitor, he dragged his keyboard across in front of the drums next to the bassist. We go a little ham, jumping around and making a mess of the stage and put on a show. I guess he ended up yanking a bunch of XLR cables out of a snake on the wall and the engineer came down and berated him toward the end of that specific song. It was kind of funny!

4th band was Gen 11. The singer played a double neck Carvin with a stereo amp setup, it was pretty epic, and their lead guitarist scooped up this nice 3rd Power amp that was for sale local around here for a while and brought it to the gig.

So, back at home this morning I had a chance to literally play both this Fender cab and my Peavey 212-6 back to back
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They're really fun to blend but I don't like the speakers in the Fender cab by itself without some EQ which is easy enough to do, and less time consuming or expensive as hunting for and purchasing the right speakers.
 
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Tone is in the piss.:grin
So I keep hearing! ..and smelling.

Not really, the piss must be so old by now. The grille is oxidized from it, I've cleaned it a few times now and the only option now is to paint but I think I'll leave it. It gives it character!

I took a few pictures of the inside and the speaker markings. I'm going to try to identify these but the internet tells me these are most likely Stock Fender speakers, supposedly made by Eminence.

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The markings on the speakers say 8ohm, and its an 8ohm cab, so I guess two speakers are wired in series, and then the groups of two are wired in parallel for a total of 8 ohms, 16 each when run parallel/stereo. Is my math mathing?

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Actual jacks and good wire! none of that PCB mount BS!
 
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