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Post by zappafied on Apr 7, 2007 17:04:37 GMT -7
I just got a 1x12 Z cab with a celestion blue for my maz 18 head, but it sounds stiff and ice picky in the highs. Is this just a result of the speaker being new and if so how long will it take to break in?. everybody always says how the blues have smooth highs but not with mine. It has nice sustain in the low strings but it is very stiff and lacks sustain in the high strings. Overall quite brittle sounding. If any one has any info regarding breaking in a blue please post.
Peace
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Post by jwr on Apr 7, 2007 17:20:56 GMT -7
It just takes time. Play it loud and proud for a while and it'll break in and smooth out. Ya just have to grin and bare it, but it'll be worth it.
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Post by James on Apr 7, 2007 17:54:09 GMT -7
exactly as jwr says. I remember when I got mine, I had the same experience with my giah. Wondered what all the "rumpus" was about with the blue..... After about 4 months of "pounding", however, the ice pick dissappeared and everything starts sounding just the way you want it to. Be patient.
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Post by mudskipper on Apr 9, 2007 6:28:06 GMT -7
or you can put it on a Variac for 12 hours or so.
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Post by herf on Apr 9, 2007 10:25:04 GMT -7
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Post by kledbet on Apr 9, 2007 17:44:59 GMT -7
You can save some time also by hooking it up to your stereo. As long as the impedance is ok, you can use it with a transistor receiver and get the speaker going with a good amount of bass and just leave it playing all day. Works great and saves your tubes :-)
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Post by Hohn on Apr 9, 2007 23:12:32 GMT -7
I just got a 1x12 Z cab with a celestion blue for my maz 18 head, but it sounds stiff and ice picky in the highs. Is this just a result of the speaker being new and if so how long will it take to break in?. everybody always says how the blues have smooth highs but not with mine. It has nice sustain in the low strings but it is very stiff and lacks sustain in the high strings. Overall quite brittle sounding. If any one has any info regarding breaking in a blue please post. Peace Soon after I got my 2x12 w/Blues, I swapped one of the into into a 1x12 and took the EVM from the 1x12 and put it in the 2x12 Z cab. Shortly after that, I put my 2x12 into storage and just played the 1x12. This went on for quite a few months. So today I get the 2x12 out and start playing through it, and stored the 1x12. The Blue in my 1x12 sounds much better and smoother than the one with fewer hours in my 2x12. It's really quite remarkable. As the others said, just give it a little time, and you'll be glad you did. You can't rush fine wine. jmo
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Post by bluzman on Apr 13, 2007 20:41:33 GMT -7
On my first Maz 18 Jr. I made sure I did as much time as I could as often as I could... I can remember about six months after I got it I was playing in a room I had played it when it was new with the same band set up the same way, but I noticed andt he bass player noticed that it was MUCH more mellow even though we were playing a little louder. I never payed attention to speaker break in before that!!! So now when I get a new amp I try to used it as much as possible.... I'm doing this with my Stang Ray now as that is going to be my gig rig for a while and I want those blues to mellow a tad too!! It's easy playing the SR loud!
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Post by Telemanic on Apr 17, 2007 12:22:04 GMT -7
I just posted on another thread, but i read that Weber, i believe, has a customizing trick in which he paints the cone suspension with regular hardware store acetone, and just let it be. It apparently has the effect of the speaker being broken in, yet doesnt effect the material or longevity in any way. I think it's similar to how, ... who was it matchless's Mark sampson?, would put some glue of some sort on there to voice the speaker in.
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