Fender Super Twin.

[DrNomis_44]

Time to let the neighbours know you're a guitar man...??

Lol....yep, revenge will be sweet....*cue long, drawn-out evil laugh*

[Dedman]

[DrNomis_44]

Now picture that scene extended by, oh, 100 hours, now that's an evil laugh....lol.


Just out of curiosity, I had a quick peek at the insides of the quad box by shining a torch through a gap in the back baffle, inside it, I saw four rear-mounted Celestion G12E-50 Rocket 50 speakers.

[FrankenWashie]

Now picture that scene extended by, oh, 100 hours, now that's an evil laugh....lol.


Just out of curiosity, I had a quick peek at the insides of the quad box by shining a torch through a gap in the back baffle, inside it, I saw four rear-mounted Celestion G12E-50 Rocket 50 speakers.

Oh bugger, you'd best send it back then eh Doc!?

[DrNomis_44]

Oh bugger, you'd best send it back then eh Doc!?

Nah, it's a keeper, Celestions are good speakers.

[Simon Barden]

Celestions are honest speakers, (so will handle a true 50W, unlike some other speaker brands) but not all are great. Those ones are definitely built to a low price-point. At 95dB, it's not the loudest speaker out there (though probably a benefit with a 200W amp) so don't be surprised if the amp doesn't sound as loud as you think it should. https://celestion.com/product/20/rocket_50/

The trouble with a quad-box is that it costs such a lot to upgrade all the speakers.

[DrNomis_44]

Celestions are honest speakers, (so will handle a true 50W, unlike some other speaker brands) but not all are great. Those ones are definitely built to a low price-point. At 95dB, it's not the loudest speaker out there (though probably a benefit with a 200W amp) so don't be surprised if the amp doesn't sound as loud as you think it should. https://celestion.com/product/20/rocket_50/

The trouble with a quad-box is that it costs such a lot to upgrade all the speakers.

I guess the Ashton quad box I bought is better than nothing at all, at least I know it is working perfectly with no rattles or distorted sound from the speakers, I may end up upgrading the speakers at a later date, but for the time being they're fine.

Now that I've got the speakers sorted out, I can turn my attention to the amplifier itself, I have been doing my best to resist the urge to try the amp out with the quad box because I want to be 100% sure that the amp is totally electrically safe, I really don't plan on dying from a 500V DC shock any time soon, one thing I definitely need to do is replace the stock 3-core mains cabling, if I was doing an electrical Tag and Test on it I'd fail it.

[FrankenWashie]

Nah, it's a keeper, Celestions are good speakers.

Only kidding Doc😜😁

[DrNomis_44]

Only kidding Doc😜😁

Yeah I know, it's all good mate.

[DrNomis_44]

Update:

Did some work on the Super Twin amp chassis this afternoon, this involved replacing the original power and standby switch (they seemed a bit sluggish in operation) with two new 240V AC 3A DPDT Toggle Switches I bought from Jaycar Electronics, while I was in the process of replacing the original standby switch, I noticed that there was a wire and the + terminal of a 100uF/350V cap that was supposed to be soldered to one lug of the switch, in fact, they had not been properly soldered to the lug at all, just crimped onto it, so I made sure I soldered them in place on the new switch.

Going to be doing some more work on the Super Twin amp tomorrow, which will involve replacing the original 240V AC mains lead with a new one.


Stay tuned for more updates......